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To: Techplayer who wrote (60584)	4/6/1999 8:58:00 AM
From: bill c.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Brain, Thank you for the article. I would love to see the updated release now that ASND/LU is merging. From this report, it seems the 2nd and 3rd players are merging under the Lucent Broadband Optical Networking group. Lucent is addressing the "Automatic Protection Switching" APS, which is located in Sonet/SDH transmission layer, for DWDM systems. Lucent Technologies Clears Major Hurdle in Race Toward Optical Data Networks MURRAY HILL, N.J., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- With its eye on being the company that makes optical data networking a reality, Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news) today unveiled its new WaveWrapper(TM) technology. WaveWrapper will enable Lucent's optical networking systems to cost-effectively monitor and manage the explosion of data traffic on today's networks. As a result, service providers will be able to offer their customers faster, more efficient data services. Developed by Bell Labs, WaveWrapper will provide network management functions such as optical-layer performance monitoring, error correction and ring-protection capabilities on a per-wavelength basis. This will help Lucent lead the charge toward optical data networks that can reliably carry packet-based traffic such as Internet Protocol (IP), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) directly over the optical layer of the network.... biz.yahoo.com