Fiber Optics
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Nortel delays fiber-optic components unit IPO until next year
News Nortel Networks Corp, the No 1 maker of phone equipment, delayed the initial stock sale of its fiber-optic components unit until next year, citing waning demand by investors for such shares.
Lucent revs up optics push
News Communications giant Lucent Technologies on Wednesday introduced a new high-speed fiber-optic technology and signed a contract to provide the equipment to Time Warner Telecom.
NTT to unveil plan to share fiber optic network
News Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, Japan's largest telephone company, will today announce a plan to share its fiber optic network with other telecommunications companies.
Nortel Networks signs US$273m in Chinese telecom contracts
News Nortel Networks Corp, the world's largest maker of fiber-optic equipment, signed US$273.6 million dollars in contracts with China's three largest telecommunications companies.
Nortel Networks signs US$273m in Chinese telecom contracts
News Nortel Networks Corp, the world's largest maker of fiber-optic equipment, signed US$273.6 million dollars in contracts with China's three largest telecommunications companies.
Time dotCom on US$789m expansion; expects to double profit
News Time dotCom Bhd, manager of Malaysia's biggest fiber optics network, plans to spend RM3 billion (US$789 million) over five years to expand its phone and Internet services, its draft prospectus said.
Short Take: Broadband firm ties up with Jones Lang LaSalle
News BroadbandAccess Pte Ltd has tied up with real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle to wire the latter's commercial buildings with broadband connectivity and other IT services.
Reliance applies for new phone permit in India
News Reliance Telecom Ltd, the phone services unit of India's No 1 petrochemicals maker, has become the first company to apply for a license to operate domestic long-distance phone services, the Business Standard reported, citing Shyamal Ghosh, secretary at the ministry of communications.
US-China undersea cable partially fixed
News A broken trans-Pacific cable, severed Friday night for the second time in one month, has been partially repaired.
Short Take: NTT to set up fiber-optic Internet subsidiary
News Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp, Japan's biggest telephone company, will set up a fiber-optic subsidiary to provide high-speed Internet access.
Time dotCom on US$789m expansion, expects to double profit
News Time dotCom Bhd, manager of Malaysia's biggest fiber optics network, plans to spend RM3 billion (US$789 million) over five years to expand its phone and Internet services, its draft prospectus said.
Nortel cashes in on Chinese network contracts
News Nortel Networks, the world's largest maker of fiber-optic equipment, won US$273.6 million dollars in contracts with China's three largest telecommunications companies.
US-China undersea cable partially fixed
News A broken trans-Pacific cable, severed Friday night for the second time in one month, has been partially repaired.
Thai national telecom project to finally get under way
News Thailand's new national fiber optic telecom project will finally take off with the signing of a deal between state agency, the TOT, and Alcatel on Thursday, coinciding with the dissolution of the House.
Tunable lasers music to optic industry's ears
News Tunable fiber-optic lasers may strike the right note with a communications industry intent on cutting costs.
