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

To: craig crawford who wrote (2300)	6/11/1998 1:54:00 AM
From: Brian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

Yes Craig, Osicom is a joke but it look's like Osicom has a functional 32-channel WDM available today, Ciena's 24 channel metro WDM system will be available at the end of the year. Craig, You may have missed this part of the article so I will repeat it for you "On Ciena's heels in the metro WDM space is Osicom, which boasts five customers in North America, Europe, and Asia for its 16-channel metro WDM. At the show, Osicom is demonstrating its Electrical Photonic Concentrator (EPC) technology, which subdivides WDM channels and enables service providers to carry traffic from customer premises equipment-without throwing away capacity. Osicom offers EPC in its new 32-channel WDM, enabling it to carry 512 OC-3 signals over one fiber. Osicom promises 64-wavelength WDM as soon as a customer fills 32. The systems sport 1+1 protection that does not interfere with SONET ring restoration, Osicom claims. In the exhibit hall, Osicom hooked its 32-channel WDM system to a three20ode SONET ring made up of OC-48 multiplexers supplied by NEC. Osicom is also loading up a Fore ATM switch with a 155 Mbps interface. Osicom is targeting CLECs that want to steal away data business from incumbents, says Ron Mackey, Osicom's executive v.p. of technology." Of course once Ciena's 24 channel metro WDM system is up and running they will far outsell anything that Osicom could produce. Brian