Corning Announces Enhancements to Leaf Optical Fiber.CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 15, 1998--Corning Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ) today announced a series of enhancements to its LEAF(R)non-zero dispersion-shifted (NZ-DSF NZ-DSF Non-Zero-Dispersion Shifted Fiber (Fujitsu) ) optical fiber. The enhanced LEAF fiber will improve overall system performance, lower installation costs and open a new transmission window for high data rate communications networks. When compared to other commercially available NZ-DSF fibers, the enhanced version of Corning(R) LEAF(R) fiber continues to outperform other NZ-DSF fiber in both the conventional band (C-Band) and the developing long band (L-Band) transmission windows. The L-Band is the region of the spectrum being considered by network planners as they look to expand the transmission capabilities of communications systems. According to Curt Weinstein, manager, High Data Rate Applications, Corning Telecommunications Products Division, "Enhanced LEAF fiber with the L-Band specification will facilitate the next technological leap in fiber-optic networks. At the same time, it will continue to provide our customers with the greater information carrying capacity carrying capacity the number of animal units that a farm or area will carry on a year round basis, including that needed for conservation of winter feed. Usually stated as dry cows or dry sheep equivalents per hectare. and lower overall system cost benefits in the C-Band that they have come to expect from Corning's LEAF fiber. These enhancements to LEAF fiber only widen the gap between LEAF fiber and competitive NZ-DSF fibers. "Additionally, NZ-DSF fiber with a larger effective area provides a critical performance advantage by uniformly reducing all non-linear effects, which are the greatest performance limitations in high-capacity, multi-channel, dense wavelength division multiplexing See WDM. (DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing ) systems," Weinstein said. In addition to adding an L-Band specification for LEAF fiber, Corning also announced that it will be improving the dispersion performance, fiber curl and core/clad concentricity specifications. Collectively, these enhancements will also help to improve system performance capabilities and lower splicing splicing /splic·ing/ (spli´sing) 1. the attachment of individual DNA molecules to each other, as in the production of chimeric genes. 2. RNA s. and installation costs. The enhancements being announced today will become commercially available in the first quarter 1999. Since it was first introduced in February 1998, LEAF fiber has been embraced by companies such as Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications NASDAQ: LVLT is a communications and information services company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, USA. , Williams Communications, IXC (1) (IntereXchange Carrier) An organization that provides interstate (long distance) communications services within the U.S., which includes AT&T, MCI, Sprint and more than 700 others. See LATA. (2) (IXC Communications Inc., Austin, TX, www. Communications and others who are building extensive, high-capacity networks. Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated creates leading-edge technologies for the fastest growing segments of the world's economy. For communications and communications-related industries, Corning manufactures optical fiber, optical networking components, high-performance glass and components for television and other electronic displays and equipment, and advanced materials for scientific and environmental markets. Corning's total revenues in 1997 were $3.5 billion. More information on the company is available at www.corning.com CONTACT: Investor Relations Contact: Katherine Dietz, 607/974-8217 or Corning Contacts: Paul A. Rogoski, 607/974-8832 rogoskipa@corning.com Lisa A. Burns, 607/974-4897 burnsla@corning.com |
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