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To: signist who wrote (16432)10/23/1999 10:21:00 AM
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Sycamore Networks Shares Soar Almost Fivefold After IPO Trading
Begins
By Per H. Jebsen

Sycamore Networks Soars in First Day to $14 Bln Value (Update6)

(Updates with closing stock price.)

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Sycamore
Networks Inc., which makes equipment that lets fiber-optic
networks carrying Internet traffic operate faster, increased
almost fivefold in its first day of trading.

Shares of two-year-old Sycamore rose 146 3/4 TO 184 3/4,
giving the company a market value of $14.42 billion. Sycamore
closed with the biggest market value ever achieved by an Internet-
related company in its first day of trading, according to
CommScan LLC.
''Sycamore could revolutionize the way optical networks are
built,'' said Tom Nolle of CIMI Corp., a Voorhees, New Jersey-
based consulting firm that specializes in telecommunications.
''Its technology reduces the cost of building an optical network
while increasing capacity at the same time.''

Companies that assist in providing high-speed Internet
access have been among the hottest offerings this year as
investors look for ways to profit from the growth of the
worldwide computer network. Sycamore is the first company to go
public that focuses on providing a way to increase the speed of
fiber-optic networks, which are already faster than copper
telephone lines.

Sycamore's 386 percent gain was the fourth-biggest first-day
gain ever. The shares traded as high as 270 7/8.
''This is where you can get the best connectivity,'' said
Richard Begun, who helps oversee $1.2 billion at Orbitex
Management Inc. and bought Sycamore shares in the IPO. ''The
benefits of fiber-optics become more apparent -- that's why
investors are just dying to get it.''

quote.bloomberg.com
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