ADVISORY/Tellium CEO, Harry Carr, to Deliver Keynote Speech at NFOEC 2001.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY...for Monday (July 9) OCEANPORT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2001 Tellium (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : TELM), provider of the world's first in-service intelligent core optical switch, today announced that Harry Carr, Tellium's chairman and chief executive officer, will deliver the Monday afternoon keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work at the 17th annual National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2001). The conference will take place from July 8 to July 12 at the Baltimore Convention Center The Baltimore Convention Center is a convention and exhibition hall located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. It is managed and operated by the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association, a semi-private association started in 1980 by former Baltimore mayor William Donald , in Baltimore, Md. In his keynote, "Core Illusions: Time for a Reality Check," Carr will examine the myths and realities of some of the most important issues facing carriers as they incorporate new optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. technologies into their networks. These issues include the differences between the core and the edge of the new public network, transparent switches vs. transparent networks and the near term realities of true multi-vendor interoperability. Carr will also discuss compelling business reasons why carriers should move from ring to mesh architectures that will simplify networks and eliminate costly redundancy. Carr's keynote will take place on Monday, July 9 at 1:15 p.m. in the Baltimore Convention Center, level 4 ballroom. NFOEC 2001, hosted by Telcordia Technologies Telcordia Technologies, formerly Bell Communications Research, Inc. or Bellcore, is a telecommunications research and development (R&D) company based in the United States and created on January 1 1984 as part of the 1982 Modification of Final Judgment that broke up , is a premier event in the fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber industry offering a continuing forum for the sharing of information, experiences, and the latest developments in optical technology.
Who: Harry Carr, Tellium chairman and CEO
What: Keynote Address
Where: National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC 2001)
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Md.
When: 1:15 p.m., Monday, July 9, 2001
About Tellium Tellium delivers high-speed, high-capacity, intelligent core optical solutions, that empower service providers around the world to create, run, control and optimize their networks. First in the world to provide in-service, intelligent optical switches, Tellium's Aurora Optical Switch(TM) family and the StarNet Software Suite(TM) together offer service providers a simple and cost-effective migration path to next-generation public networks. More information is available at www.tellium.com. Tellium(R)...smarter, faster optical networks.(TM) Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. |
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