11.   Sprint also said the new switches will help it meet and stay ahead of increasing Internet demand by allowing traffic to continue moving at its highest speeds.

12.   The company has a new optical switch that was made from materials developed by its advanced materials unit.

13.   The new switches are the handiwork of computer scientists and chemists at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, Calif., and at the University of California at Los Angeles.

14.   The researchers said there is still much experimentation needed to create complete computers from the tiny new switches.

15.   COM Corp has introduced a new multi-layer switch which the company claimed offers unprecedented levels of network capacity - up to four times that of competing products.