1.   But it also appears that carriers are spending less than expected on fiber optic equipment to prepare networks for huge amounts of Internet traffic.

2.   Chief of JDS Uniphase Steps Down JDS Uniphase, the component manufacturer for fiber optic equipment, said that Kevin Kalkhoven had retired as co-chairman and chief executive.

3.   JDS Uniphase, the largest component manufacturer for fiber optic equipment, said Thursday that Kevin Kalkhoven had retired as co-chairman and chief executive.

4.   JDS UNIPHASE COMPLETES ACQUISITION The big fiber optic equipment maker JDS Uniphase completed its takeover of SDL Inc., a rival component maker.

5.   Robust sales of fiber optic equipment fueled much of the growth of revenue and earnings at Nortel, which is based in Brampton, Ontario.

6.   Simpson cited ONI Systems, a maker of fiber optic equipment that went public last May, as one company that Nortel needs to watch out for.

7.   That generated weakness at large equipment companies like Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks and the smaller producers of fiber optic equipment.

8.   The glass materials and component manufacturer cited decreased demand from telecommunications equipment manufacturers for its fiber optic equipment.

9.   Worries about Cisco spilled over into shares of fiber optic equipment makers.

10.   Experts from a Congolese state mining enterprise testified the surveying equipment was genuine professional optic equipment, the news agency reported.