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To: Moosie who wrote (38487)	5/11/1999 11:38:00 AM
From: gpphantom	Respond to of 90042

Few day old news on CIEN: (REUTERS) Ciena <CIEN.O> says Bell Atlantic using its DWDM Ciena <CIEN.O> says Bell Atlantic using its DWDM LINTHICUM, Md., May 5 (Reuters) - Ciena Corp. said Wednesday that Bell Atlantic Corp. <BEL.N> will deploy Ciena's network capacity-increasing technology in its core network. Linthicum, Md.-based Ciena, a pioneer of dense wave division multiplexing technology (DWDM), said it believed the move is the first time a regional Baby Bell had deployed the technology for revenue-bearing customer traffic. Ciena shares were up $2.25, to $25.625, in afternoon trade on the Nasdaq stock market after the announcement. The deployment of DWDM, which splits the light that travels across fiber optic networks into multiple channels, each with the same carrying capacity as a full fiber, is also a further development of Bell Atlantic's plans to get into the long-distance market. DWDM is frequently used in long-distance networks to multiply capacity without laying in additional fiber. The Baby Bells are currently blocked from offering long-distance services until they satisfy regulators that they have sufficiently opened their local networks to competition. Ciena said its equipment is now carrying live traffic in Bell Atlantic's network. The New York-based Baby Bell has deployed Ciena's DWDM between two central offices in Freehold and New Brunswick, N.J. ((New York Newsdesk 212-859-1700)) REUTERS * end of story *