Topic - optical

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Alloptic Snags $24M for Optical Gear

The investment resurgence of a market once left for dead continues as another fiber optics firm cashes in.
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Communications

Nortel Goes Shopping

‘90s icon has rediscovered its appetite for startups.
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Computers

Intel Develops Laser Chip

Lab Report: Chip maker teams with University of California to make laser silicon chip.
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Communications

Magazine Preview: Glass House

"Riding the Optical Boom" and more in the November 14 issue of Red Herring that reaches newsstands on Monday.
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Biosciences

Data at Your Fingertips

Japanese researchers have found a way to store data on a fingernail, but don’t hold out your hand just yet.
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Finance

NanoOpto Closes Series C

The optical nano-manufacturing company raises its venture funding total to $43.3 million.
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Finance

Picolight Gets Funding

The optical transceiver company will use its $13-million Series H round to bring its next-generation product to market.
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Communications

Broadwing Settles Ciena Battle

Once a competitor, now a customer, Broadwing cleans out the cobwebs by ending optical networking patent battle.
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Archives

Optical startup bites its tongue

A Craven look at high-tech business: One optical networking company lends its money, but not its name; another clings to life.
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Archives, Magazine

Don Green Reigns as the Don of Optical Networking.

Don Green Reigns as the Don of Optical Networking.
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Archives, Magazine

VC Whispers: Optical components shine in dreary market

Carriers may not be spending much on Internet communications infrastructure these days, but investors are expressing interest in companies that build optical components for carrier networks.
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Archives

Optical router rivalry heats up

Following the acquisition of its competitor Catamaran, optical chip maker SynTera is now next in line to be snapped up.
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Archives, Magazine

Sycamore Networks: Teaching software intelligence to optical networks

Sycamore Networks
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Archives, Magazine

Qwest Communications: The top optical network provider. Any questions?

Qwest Communications: The top optical network provider. Any questions?
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Archives, Magazine

Intira: Making optical components smaller

Intira: Making optical components smaller
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Archives, Magazine

PhotonEx: Delivering the optical core to your doorstep

PhotonEx: Delivering the optical core to your doorstep
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Archives, Magazine

Genoa: Making optical components smaller

Genoa: Making optical components smaller
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Archives

Khosla and the optical revolution

In the final installment of our three-part series on Vinod Khosla, Red Herring looks at how the noted VC jumped on the broadband communications bandwagon in time to begin investing in key optical networking companies.
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Archives

Investors need to adjust their optical focus

Optical startups enjoyed a huge influx of venture capital last year, but now the future doesn't look as bright. Did those VCs have tunnel vision?
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Archives

Fiberlane's legacy lives in optical offspring

Optical networking pioneer Fiberlane Communications turned out to be a breeding ground for future optical stars.
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