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Technology Stocks : Ciena (CIEN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ibexx who wrote (11853)	2/21/2002 6:48:28 AM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12623

Wednesday February 20, 2:26 pm Eastern Time Ciena-ONI Deal Sounds Like Win-Win By Cody Willard Special to TheStreet.com Ciena's (NasdaqNM:CIEN - news) steal -- I mean purchase -- of ONI Systems (NasdaqNM:ONIS - news) on Monday left the combined companies in a much better position to weather the ongoing (but lifting) telecom-equipment depression. Ciena's good customer base and synergistic product lines, when combined with ONI's industry-best metro optical platform, make the combined companies quite compelling here. Several months ago I wrote that Tellabs (NasdaqNM:TLAB - news) was shopping for an acquisition, then noted later that Tellabs finally made its purchase . But since then, I haven't seen or heard much on the consolidation front for telecom-equipment vendors. With sources telling me that Cisco (NasdaqNM:CSCO - news) is sniffing around a little bit here and there, I've had my ear low to the ground, expecting to hear of more acquisitive actions in the telecom-equipment vendor world. ... ( This article continues for RealCommentary subscribers...) Ibexx