Lucent bets on fiber optics, but faces hurdles

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Lucent Technologies Inc. is committed to becoming the dominant player in the fiber-optics market. To do so, it must compete effectively with more nimble start-ups and established equipment leaders. Lucent is a major player in optical networking and has contributed its own optical technologies including dense wave division multiplexing, or DWDM. Lucent is in hot competition with Nortel Networks, but plans to roll out a more sophisticated product than Nortel's OC 192, which has been on the market for several years.

Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Fiber Optics Systems & Equip, Communications equipment, not elsewhere classified, Product information, Forecasts and trends, Fiber optic networks, Fiber optics industry, Fiber transmission equipment, Communications technology, Telecommunications

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Lucent bets on laser technology with TeraBeam deal

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Lucent Technologies is teaming with TeraBeam Networks to form TeraBeam Internet Systems. The new company will send data through the air via light beams to a company's small satelllite dish, avoiding the gridlocked "last mile". Daniel R. Hesse will run the new company, reporting to Richard McGinn. TereBeam Networks products will carry the Lucent brand.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing, Joint ventures, Telegraph & other communications, Data Communications Equip, Computer network equipment industry, Network hardware industry, Internet service providers, Data communications equipment, Company joint venture, Data communications, Telecommunications transmission technologies, Hesse, Daniel R., TeraBeam Networks, TeraBeam Internet Systems

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Switching over: Lucent bets a packet on bridging worlds of phones and data; its new Internet-savvy look may risk undercutting a business it dominates; with a 'foot in both camps.'(Company Business and Marketing)

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Lucent Technologies, through its acquisition of Ascend Communications in January, hopes to join technologies and combine packet switching and telephone lines. This new technology is being created in hopes of making the Internet more reliable, but some worry that it may not be feasible.

Strategy & planning, Company business planning

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