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Fiberspace Inc. acquires Altadena-based optics firm. (Media & Technology).


LASER communications equipment maker Fiberspace Inc. of Woodland Hills has acquired Tunable Photonics Corp. of Altadena as part of an effort to strengthen its position in the optics market.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Dr. Leonardo Berezovsky, Fiberspace's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and its co-founder, said the company hopes to benefit from the wide range of products and the technology developed at Tunable Photonics.

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By improving the efficiency of communications lasers, network carriers are able to reduce their costs of building more infrastructure to correct inefficiencies, he added.

As part of the deal, Fiberspace will acquire a number of patents that were originally developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation).

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Fiberspace makes laser communications equipment such as its patented Optical Phase Locked Loop, a new technology that improves the overall performance and efficiency of lasers used in communications equipment.

Business Journal reporter Carlos Martinez may by reached at (818) 676-1750 ext. 17 or by e-mail at cmartinez@sfvbj.com
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Title Annotation:Tunable Photonics Corp.
Author:Martinez, Carlos
Publication:San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 2, 2002
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