Jun 22, 2000 — CORNING, N.Y., June 22 -- CoreComm Ltd. has chosen Corning Inc. to furnish fiber, cable, hardware and fiber management systems throughout CoreComm's fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband services network. Corning will supply products and services throughout CoreComm's placement of FTTH broadband services in several cities around the US, said Corning. CoreComm will begin by setting up FTTH in multiple-dwelling units in cities where the company currently operates, including Chicago, Cleveland, and...

Jun 21, 2000 — SAN DIEGO, June 21 -- Teligent will assess the equipment used in AirFiber Inc.'s new OptiMesh network. The network, which is based on wireless optical networking technology, will bring carrier grade, high-bandwidth services to customers in a campus...

Jun 20, 2000 — DALLAS, June 20 -- Alcatel plans to triple its fiber optics production volume by 2002, the company said. Alcatel anticipates the demand for solutions in the fiber market to grow by more than 30 percent this year, and keep on growing for the next few...

Jun 19, 2000 — PALO ALTO, Calif., June 19 -- Sun Microsystems Inc. and Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. are working on a plan that will allow customers to use bandwidth and storage services on a pay-as-you-go basis. The companies have agreed to develop and organize...

Jun 16, 2000 — DALLAS, June 16 -- Allied Riser Communications Corp. (ARC) said that it would begin trials of a wireless optical network developed by AirFiber Inc. aimed at eliminating local-access barriers to high-bandwidth connectivity. AirFiber's OptiMesh...

Jun 15, 2000 — CHARLTON, Mass., June 15 -- FiberCore Inc. has finalized a private placement agreement with an institutional investor that entails a $30 million financing commitment. FiberCore received proceeds of $9.5 million with the rest available under...

Jun 13, 2000 — ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 13--Fiber Technologies LLC has signed a Master Facilities Agreement worth $100 million with Choice One Communications. Fiber Technologies designs, constructs and leases high-performance fiber networks in second and...

Jun 12, 2000 — MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 12 -- Lucent Technologies said that it will use CYTOP material made by Asahi Glass Co. of Japan to develop a new line of graded index plastic optical fiber (GI-POF) products. The new optical fiber is expected to enhance the...

Jun 9, 2000 — MURRAY HILL, N.J., June 9 -- Lucent Technologies has signed a $330 million contract to install its AllWave and TrueWave RS fiber for Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. (MFN). This makes MFN Lucent's largest AllWave fiber customer. The fiber-optic...

Jun 6, 2000 — LONDON, June 6 -- Fibreway, a subsidiary of Marconi plc., will increase its fiber-optic network in four countries thanks to its recent acquisition of fiber on Viatel's Pan-European Network. Fibreway plans to combine its UK network with Viatel's...

Jun 5, 2000 — PITTSBURGH, April 5 -- In order to bolster its position in the fiber-optic component marketplace, Cable Design Technologies (CDT) is acquiring BoseLAN. Based in Silicon Valley, Calif., BoseLAN develops multiplexers, switches, media converters and...

Jun 2, 2000 — PLAINVIEW, N.Y., June 2 -- Aeroflex Inc. will produce $6.6-million worth of microelectronic thin film subassemblies for use in fiber optic interfaces. The company expects to deliver the order over the next 12 months. According to Aeroflex its...

Jun 1, 2000 — Fourteen Taiwanese networking manufacturers, representing approximately 25 percent of the global production of hardware for local area networks, have formed a consortium to promote the adoption of fiber-based solutions for local area networks. The...

May 26, 2000 — LONDON, May 26 - In a plan that will eventually link sites around South America to sites in the Caribbean and the US via a broadband fiber-optic network, three telecommunications companies from different continents announced the creation of Southern...

May 24, 2000 — NEW YORK, May 24 -- Expanding on an existing agreement, Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. (MFN) and Bechtel Corp. have reached a new contract for what is being hailed as the world's largest fiber-optic infrastructure project. The agreement stipulates...

May 22, 2000 — CHARLTON, Mass., May 22 -- FiberCore Inc. announced that it has extended orders from an existing customer for singlemode and multimode optical fiber worth 3.5 million EURO. The shipments are to be made throughout this year. In addition to its...

May 11, 2000 — PITTSBURGH, May 11 -- Cable Design Technologies said that it has received fiber optic cable orders worth $10 million from a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier and a Competitive Access Provider/Wireless Service Provider. The orders comprise CDT's...

May 11, 2000 — HOUSTON, May 11 -- Therapy Lasers Inc. have created a new division to provide fiber optic and structural wiring technology for commercial and residential projects. The company's subsidiaries currently supply goods and services to commercial...

Apr 25, 2000 — SAN DIEGO, April 25 -- AirFiber Inc. has signed an OEM agreement to supply its wireless optical networking products to Nortel Networks. The agreement between the two companies assigns Nortel worldwide marketing rights for AirFiber's OptiMesh...

Apr 20, 2000 — PHILADELPHIA, April 20 -- Sunoco Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Sun Pipe Line Co., has joined a group of firms that have agreed to allow Denver's Aerie Networks Inc. to use rights of way in constructing a 20,000-mile national broadband...

Apr 20, 2000 — ATLANTA, April 20 -- Superior TeleCom Inc. reported that the expansion of its Superior Essex Communications Group's cable plant in Brownwood, Texas has been completed. The company invested approximately $20 million in upgrading the copper cable...

Apr 10, 2000 — NEW YORK, Apr. 10 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has launched intracity fiber optic networks in Boston, Houston and downtown San Francisco. The new networks, which connect the major business districts within the three metropolitan areas, expand...

Apr 6, 2000 — PELHAM MANOR, N.Y., Apr. 6 -- Vicon Fiber Optics reported that it will take a one-time charge of $500,000 against 1999 earnings on a capital investment it made in Another Universe.com in 1998. Vicon said this charge comprised the bulk of its...

Apr 5, 2000 — CHARLTON, Mass., Apr. 5 -- FiberCore Inc., a manufacturer of optical fiber and preforms, has reported record sales of $12,126,000 for the year ended December 31, 1999. The company said sales increased 48 percent over 1998's results of...

Apr 1, 2000 — Researchers from Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., and W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. of Newark, Del., have successfully tested Corning’s prototype InfiniCor fiber using Gore’s 850-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. The fiber,...