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M/C Venture Partners Lists Fiber Data Offerings in Top 10 Communications Industry Trends

nprecedented bandwidth demand by consumers and enterprises will drive communications services providers to offer more powerful bandwidth solutions in the coming year, according to M/C Venture Partners, which today is releasing its annual list of the Top 10 communications and media industry trends to watch in 2010.

1 Dec 2009

Scientists Successfully Make Custom-Shaped Microparticles to Self-Assemble in Liquid Crystal

Chemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped microparticles to interact and self-assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal.

26 Nov 2009

Tata Communications Enters Partnership with Middle East Telecommunications Operators for New Cable System

Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, as part of its strategic intent to participate and assist in the rapid development of the Middle East Region, has signed strategic partnership agreements with several of the major telecommunications Operators in the Middle East to construct a new cable system into the Gulf. The new cable will connect the Region directly to the world's major business hubs and city centres via Tata's Global Network (the TGN).

24 Nov 2009

Ciena Wins Bid to Buy All Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Assets of Nortel MEN

Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that it has been selected as the successful bidder in the auction of substantially all of the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business. Ciena has agreed to pay US $530 million in cash and issue US $239 million in aggregate principal amount of 6% Senior Convertible notes due 2017 for a total consideration of US $769 million for the assets.

24 Nov 2009

Veracity Communications Merges with Broadweave Networks to Expand Service in Utah

Veracity Networks today announced the finalized merger of Broadweave Networks and Veracity Communications, creating the premier, local provider of telecommunications services. This merger allows Veracity Networks to offer an expanded array of offerings to its more than 20,000 Utah customers. These customers will benefit from superior customer service and advanced technology platforms--including a powerful fiber-optic network--to deliver optimal Internet, phone and video capabilities.

21 Nov 2009

Astro-Med Unveils Smallest, Lightest Printer for Aviation Industry

Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOT) announced today that it has introduced the ToughWriter 5, the smallest, lightest ARINC744A-1 printer available in the industry. The ToughWriter 5 was displayed at the National Business Aviation Association's 62nd Annual Meeting & Convention (NBAA2009) in Orlando, FL, October 20-22, 2009, and was extremely well received.

20 Nov 2009

Clarks Installs BTI Systems' 7000 Series Solution for its FTTH Triple Play Network Backhaul

BTI Systems, a global supplier of Intelligent Service Edge solutions for the delivery of high bandwidth, multi-protocol services, today announced that Clarks Telecommunications Company (Clarks), based in Nebraska, has deployed a BTI 7000 Series solution to support Fiber to the Home (FTTH) triple play network backhaul.

20 Nov 2009

Advanced Photonix Subsidiary Achieves US Patent for Photodiodes

Picometrix, LLC, an Advanced Photonix company (NYSE Amex: API), announced that it has been awarded patent 7,078,741 for enhanced responsivity photodiodes and 7,468,503 for planar photodiodes by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

20 Nov 2009

Molex Launches iPass+ High-Speed Channel CXP Copper and Optical Interconnect System

New System Achieves the Industry’s Next Generation Fastest Data Rates up to 120 Gbps of Pluggable Data in One Assembly

19 Nov 2009

Optical Cable Board Approves Plan to Purchase 5% Outstanding Stock

Optical Cable Corporation (Nasdaq GM: OCCF) ("OCC") today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has approved a plan to purchase and retire up to 325,848 shares of OCC's common stock, or 5% of the current shares outstanding. OCC anticipates that the purchases will be made during the next 12 to 24 months.

18 Nov 2009