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To: SirRealist who wrote (23543)	12/19/2000 5:42:15 AM
From: noneed	Respond to of 24256

if those last three posts were only true. nothing short of that, i fear, can bring the panic, hopefully followed by capitulation, to clear out the cobwebs and push through this drift.

To: SirRealist who wrote (23543)	12/19/2000 6:34:03 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24256

Lucent deal 'key' says Bookham Optical components maker Bookham Technologies’ shares recovered slightly today after the company announced that Lucent Technologies will use its new product for optical networking systems. Lucent is the first customer to take Bookham’s (BHM) MUX-VOA, an optical multiplexer and attenuator on a single chip, which was launched last month. The product is targeted at the Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer (DWDM) network business, typically for long distance or metropolitan communications networks. A Bookham spokeswoman said Bookham had been well-known for its access products, but ‘this product is proof that Bookham is a major player in the DWDM market as well’. She said the MUX-VOA, which combines multiplexing, or splitting the wavelength, and attenuation, or balancing channels, is ‘the most integrated product on the market’, and Bookham is the first in the world to achieve this level of integration, she said. The MUX-VOA handles up to 40 channels, and provides the two functions for all forty channels. The advantages of integrating these functions onto a single chip is that they take up less space, and are cheaper. Lucent has been an early player in the DWDM market, and it will integrate Bookham’s product into its new generation of optical networking systems. ‘This is very key for Bookham’ the spokeswoman said. Giorgio Anania, president of Bookham Technology described the Lucent deal as a ‘major account validation for the MUX-VOA’. Bookham has already sold other DWDM products to customers such as Marconi, and the deal with Lucent is non-exclusive, so other customers are expected to be announced in the coming months. Bookham’s shares were up 106p at £11.66, a fraction of their June high at nearly £50.