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Metromedia Fiber Launches Optical Networks
Aug 9, 1999 — NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has launched intracity dark fiber networks in the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C. Dark fiber networks are comprised of fiber-optic cable that has no signal or light passing through it. Metromedia Fiber leases individual dark fiber strands to organizations that attach their own transmissions and receiving equipment to the fibers, providing these customers with the flexibility to deploy a wide range of telecommunications...
FiberCore Sets Record Results, Anticipates Growth
Aug 4, 1999 — CHARLTON, Mass., Aug. 4 -- FiberCore, Inc. announced record sales for the first six months of 1999 and said that it expects to see continued growth during the second half of the year. Sales for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1999...
Construction Begins on Pan-European Fiber Optic Network
Aug 1, 1999 — London-based i-21 Future Communication has begun building what it says will be Europe’s largest and most ambitious broadband network. Planning to "go live" next May and to have 90 percent of the coverage available by the end of 2000, the...
Researchers Achieve Higher Bandwidth over Single-Mode Fiber
Aug 1, 1999 — A technology that would improve the transmission capacity of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems on standard single-mode fiber may affect the majority of installed fiber networks. Researchers from Pirelli Cables and Systems of Milan,...
Worldwide Fiber Appoints Chief Technology Officer
Jul 5, 1999 — VANCOUVER, B.C., July 6 -- Worldwide Fiber Inc. (WFI) has named Steve Baker vice president and chief technology officer. Prior to joining WFI, Baker was vice president of Strategic Technology Planning for Sprint Canada. In 1988 Baker founded...
Fiber Optic Unit Promises More Crash Data
SUDBURY, Mass. -- SUDBURY, Mass. -- Airplane crash investigations have been hindered by limited flight data, prompting the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to push for more recorded information so they can determine...
International FiberCom Signs Agreements with AT&T
Jun 25, 1999 — PHOENIX, Ariz., June 25 -- International FiberCom Inc. will provide AT&T Broadband and Internet Services (AT&T BIS) with design-build services for the upgrade of its cable systems. Initial work will include portions of AT&T's cable upgrade projects...
Metromedia Fiber to Buy AboveNet
Jun 25, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, June 25 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has agreed to acquire AboveNet Communications Inc., a supplier of managed Internet services, in a stock swap worth about $1.55 billion. Under the terms of the acquisition, which is expected to...
Four Firms Agree on Fiber-to-the-Home Specs
Jun 23, 1999 — ATLANTA, GA, June 23 -- Four major telecommunications companies -- BellSouth, British Telecommunications (BT), France Telecom (FT) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) -- have developed a common technical specification that should hasten...
Metromedia Fiber Expanding into London & Amsterdam
Jun 18, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, June 18 -- Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. plans to build local high-density fiber optic networks in the metropolitan areas of London and Amsterdam. The company will deploy more than 32,400 fiber kilometers in London to cover in excess...
Bell Atlantic, Metromedia Fiber Reach Agreement
Jun 15, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, June 15 -- Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. and Bell Atlantic have signed an agreement under which Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) will implement dark fiber connectivity within all Bell Atlantic central offices. This accord, a first for...
New Fiber Optek Division Eyes Faster Networks
Jun 11, 1999 — WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY, June 11 -- Fiber Optek Interconnect Corp. is forming a new division to develop technology to increase the capacity of existing communications infrastructures. Such a boost could be achieved by converting global telephone...
Metromedia Fiber Awards Lucent $100 Million Contract
Jun 9, 1999 — MURRAY HILL, NJ, June 9 -- Lucent Technologies has signed agreements valued at more than $100 million with Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. for deployment of TrueWave RS Fibre throughout the US and Europe. Under the terms of the contract Lucent will...
Fiber Optic Ring Around Africa Planned
Jun 8, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, June 8 -- Africa ONE, an independent telecommunications network, announced that it will link the countries of Africa to one another and to growing global broadband telecommunication networks. S.G. Fassoulis, chairman of Africa ONE,...
BellSouth Plans Fiber-Optic Test
Jun 3, 1999 — ATLANTA, Georgia, June 3 -- BellSouth Corp. will test a new fiber-optic data line at 400 suburban Atlanta homes this fall as part of the company's plan to provide affordable high-speed Internet access. The fiber-optic line should transmit data...
ZrW2O8 Could Help Fiber Optics
MURRAY HILL, N.J. — More than three decades have passed since the unique properties of zirconium tungstate were first observed by Penn State University researchers. This material exhibits negative thermal expansion -- expansion occurs on cooling rather than heating --...
Fiber Amplifiers:
May 1, 1999 — Amplifying telecommunications signals in optical fiber systems is a relatively straightforward process: Signal photons + pump photons + erbium atoms = more signal photons. Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) has changed the power...
Siemens Demonstrates 1.2 Tb/s Transmission over One Optical Fiber
May 1, 1999 — Siemens Information and Communications Networks in Boca Raton, Fla., has taken a step toward increasing the speed and data capacity over fiber optic networks by demonstrating transmission rates of 1.2 Tb/s over one 80-km-long optical fiber....
Submarine Fiber Market to Hit $31.8 Billion by 2004
Apr 22, 1999 — CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 22 -- Total investment in the worldwide fiber optic submarine systems market will total $31.8 billion over the next five years, according to a report from market researcher Pioneer. This spending will represent a 169 percent...
Fiber, Photonics Drive Corning Earnings Growth
Apr 15, 1999 — CORNING, N.Y., April 15 -- Corning Incorporated credits demand for optical fiber and photonics products with helping to lift 1999 first quarter earnings to $0.36 per share, an increase of 33 percent over the $0.27 per share earnings for the same...
US, Dutch Fiber-Optic Joint Venture Finalized
Apr 13, 1999 — AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, April 13 -- KPNQwest announced the finalization of a joint venture between KPN, the Dutch telecommunications company, and Qwest Communications International Inc. of Denver. The venture currently provides Internet...
FiberCore Gets Favorable Ruling Against Corning
Apr 9, 1999 — CHARLTON, Mass., April 9 -- FiberCore, Inc., a manufacturer of optical fiber and preforms for the telecommunication and data communication markets, reports that an independent arbitrator has ruled in its favor in a 1998 patent infringement claim...
Bandwidth Reigns at Fiber Conference
Apr 1, 1999 — Multiwavelength and high-speed optical fiber transmission technologies, particularly those aimed at metropolitan communications networks, converged on the exhibit floor at the Optical Fiber Communications Conference in February. The conference...
Fiber Optics Finds a Limit
Apr 1, 1999 — Several optical effects can degrade the signal quality of optical transmission over silica glass fiber. The more well-known mechanisms, such as attenuation and chromatic dispersion, are linear in nature and can be accurately predicted. Other...
Lucent Forms Fiber Venture
Apr 1, 1999 — Lucent Technologies Inc., headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., and SviazStroy-1 of Russia have teamed up to manufacture fiber optic cable to meet the burgeoning needs of network operators within Russia and other countries that were formerly part of...
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