Lucent Technologies provides broadest small-form
connector platform in the market
March 19, 2001
ANAHEIM, CA - Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), the
inventor of the optical connector, today announced that it
recently shipped its 20,000,000th LC small-form factor connector
- just one member of Lucent's small-form factor line of products
designed to help service providers minimize both equipment
size and space requirements. Lucent's small-form factor LC
connector features a rugged design made to withstand the wear
and tear of daily usage in today's fast-growing networks.
Lucent's LC connectors combine a wealth of features and deliver
as much as a 50 percent reduction in space requirements, which
reduces system costs. The LC is a top performing optical connector
and is easy to install.
"Lucent's LC connector is the small-form connector with the
greatest acceptance in the market today," said Denise Barnes,
vice president of Lucent's Fiber Optic Apparatus and Premises
Cable business unit. "Major equipment manufacturers have already
adopted the LC in their next-generation equipment, which makes
compatibility and standardization much easier. And our entire
small-form factor product line is targeted at helping both
manufacturers and service providers to shrink their cost of
operations and to maximize their profitability as a result.
"
Lucent's complete LC optical product line first introduced
in 1996, is the largest [small form factor family in the communications
business and now comprises a group of 20 products composed
of connectors, adapters, attenuators, terminators, high-performance
jumpers and pigtails. All of these Lucent products are designed
with a focus on enabling service providers to follow an evolutionary
path towards highly efficient and cost-effective networks
-- or to build "green field" networks - that require a minimum
of space. Lucent's small-form factor products are also developed
for high performance and endurance and are being installed
globally in a wide range of network applications.
Lucent's Optical Fiber Solutions is a world leader in the
manufacture of optical fibers, fiber cable, specialty fibers,
and fiber optic apparatus. Lucent Technologies' Optical Fiber
Solutions business is headquartered in Norcross, Ga., and
led the industry in the shift to new application-based fibers
with its introduction of TrueWave® Fiber in 1993. Lucent's
AllWave® ZWP Fiber was recently named as one of Industry Week
magazine's "Technologies of the Year."
About Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA,
designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services
for next-generation communications networks for service providers
and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of
Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as broadband
and mobile Internet infrastructure; communications software;
communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based
enterprise solutions that link private and public networks;
and professional network design and consulting services. For
more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site
at http://www.lucent.com.
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