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Ovum: No quick fix for telcos

MARCH 15, 2010 -- The telecoms industry may have shown resilience during the recession but the focus on driving efficiencies and reducing costs looks set to continue, according to Ovum. Telco...

Research and Markets: The U.S. glass and fiber-optic manufacturing industry includes 2,000 companies with combined annual revenue of $25 billion

MARCH 14, 2010 - The U.S. glass and fiber-optic manufacturing industry includes roughly 2,000 companies with a combined annual revenue of $25 billion. Large companies include PPG Industries,...

KITCO experts seek to reduce costs of fiber optic components as part of Navy contract

MARCH 14, 2010. Photonics experts at KITCO Fiber Optics in Virginia Beach, Va., will find ways to reduce the costs of fiber optic component manufacturing and repair under terms of a $9.8 million...

MSOs continue to avoid salary freezes

MARCH 11, 2010 -- The Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA) reports that while 30 percent of employers in the United States froze salaries in 2009 and 14 percent...

GigOptix gains funding to enable new era of ultra fast hybrid silicon-organic integrated circuits based on proprietary polymer

MARCH 10, 2010 - GigOptix-Helix AG, a subsidiary of Palo Alto, Calif.-based GigOptix Inc., will participate in the European Union-funded project Silicon-Organic Hybrid Fabrication Platform for...

ElectroniCast: Market for fiber-optic fusion splicers to reach $550 million in 2014

MARCH 9, 2010 -- ElectroniCast Consultants has released a new market forecast and analysis report that says the market for fiber-optic fusion splicers will increase to $550 million in 2014, with...

ABRY Partners to acquire RCN Corp.

MARCH 5, 2010 -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and Boston-based media and communications focused private equity investment firm ABRY Partners have reached a definitive agreement for an investment...

Dell’Oro: PON, VDSL, DOCSIS 3.0 sales enjoy robust fourth quarter 2009

MARCH 1, 2010 -- According to a newly published report by research and analysis firm Dell’Oro Group revenue from telecom infrastructure equipment capable of providing high-speed access...

IDATE: FTTH market growing in Europe and Middle East

FEBRUARY 24, 2010 -- On the eve of the FTTH Council Europe’s FTTH event in Lisbon, Portugal, market analysis and consulting firm IDATE has released its latest analysis of the FTTH market in...

Limelight Networks posts $9.2 million quarterly loss, but $34.89 million overall profit for 2009

FEBRUARY 24, 2010 -- Limelight Networks Inc., a fiber optic network company in Tempe, Ariz., reported a net loss of $9.2 million in the third quarter ending 31 Dec. 2009. The company reports...