RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 17 -- Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. and Shaw Big Pipe, a division of Shaw Communications Inc., have activated Big Pipe's New York corridor, extending its cross-country network backbone comprised of Fujitsu's Flashwave optical transmission equipment. Big Pipe's network consists of a redundant fiber backbone that transects Canada and the United States, combined with numerous local-access, intracity fiber optic networks in the municipalities Big Pipe serves. For more information, visit: www.fnc.fujitsu.com