IntelCore's Custom Specialty Optical Fibers Addressing Key Industry Challenges; ADC Among Several Suppliers Reaping Benefits.Business/Technology Editors OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference 2002 BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2002 IntelCore Technologies, Inc. has introduced several types of specialty optical fiber designed to address performance and cost-related issues facing the telecommunications industry. Typically designed and produced on an application-specific basis, IntelCore's fibers enable improved product performance, lower manufacturing and material costs, and reduced package sizes. Carter Houghton, Director of Business Development at IntelCore, explained that the Company's business strategy and focus helps optical component manufacturers differentiate their products: "First, we are an independent supplier of specialty optical fiber and focused solely on the telecommunications market. Second, we work collaboratively with our customers so that the resulting fiber designs are optimized for their applications. When compared with other makers of specialty optical fiber, we're able to provide rapid solutions because of our precise focus and business strategy." ADC Telecommunications ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) is a communications company located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. History In 1935, Ralph Allison founded ADC Telecommunications in the basement of his south Minneapolis home, inventing ADC's very , Inc. (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 : ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ) is one of several optical component manufacturers gaining functional and economic differentiation through the use of IntelCore's advanced fiber technologies. IntelCore is designing multiple fibers for ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. , including an advanced coupler Refers to a myriad of different types of sockets for plugging in electric or electronic cables or devices. See network coupler. fiber, which ADC is currently using in high-performance, low-loss WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. Couplers. Dana DuToit, Director of Photonic Components at ADC, said specialty fiber plays a pivotal role in the evolution of optical component technologies. "Our customers want to simultaneously drive down costs and improve performance," said DuToit. "IntelCore's advanced coupler fiber is just one example of how specialty optical fiber can play a significant role in component evolution. In our case, the fiber enables very low insertion loss which means that optical amplifier manufacturers can then realize lower noise figure." IntelCore will be featuring four of its specialty optical fibers--erbium doped fiber, advanced coupler fiber, photosensitive A material that changes when exposed to light. See photoelectric. fiber, and 80im fiber--as well as other fiber-related products in Booth 3389 (Hall C) at OFC in Anaheim, CA, March 19-21, 2002. About IntelCore IntelCore develops, manufactures and markets innovative specialty optical fiber and fiber-based solutions for the Photonics industry. The Company, co-founded in 2000 by industry veterans Dr. Abdel Soufiane and William `Bill' Beck, is based on a business model that combines materials-based technology innovation with rapid product development and flexible, high-volume manufacturing to provide growing component and module makers with performance and commercial differentiation. Presently located in Boston at the Boston University Photonics Center, IntelCore will be moving to its new, state-of-the-art, Advanced Development and Manufacturing Center at CenTech Park in Grafton, Massachusetts. Construction is underway and the Company expects to occupy the new facility by mid-2002. About ADC ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC tailors high-quality, custom solutions of network equipment, 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 , software and systems integration services that enable communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video, and voice services to consumers and businesses worldwide. ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT) has operations in nearly 100 countries and is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq 100 Index Nasdaq 100 Index A market-capitalization-weighted index of the largest and most active nonfinancial domestic and international issues listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. . Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com. |
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