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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (53390)	5/27/2001 9:36:05 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77400

So John, I don't understand why, if CSCo is targeting the metro mkt as its big growth area, why is CSCO a no-show in the metro mkt? Would any of the csco bulls know? Victor Thursday May 24 4:37 PM ET Nortel Tops Urban Fiber-Optic Market TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. (Toronto:NT.TO - news) (NYSE:NT - news), the world's largest telecommunications equipment supplier, took top spot in sales of high-capacity fiber-optic equipment used inside cities, according to research released on Thursday. The report from telecoms research group Dell'Oro Group put Nortel at No. 1, with a 2 percent gain in sales in the first quarter from the fourth quarter. The $183 million market, which grew 16 percent in the quarter, is forecast to hit 141 percent annual growth in 2001, Dell'Oro said. ONI Systems Corp. (Nasdaq:ONIS - news) took second spot, but saw a sharp 50 percent gain in sales, while Ciena Corp. (Nasdaq:CIEN - news) placed third, despite a 3 percent sales drop. The market for the fiber-optic networks, which transport data, voice and video traffic over multiple streams of light through glass fibers, has expanded each quarter over the past two years, Dell'Oro said.