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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  St.  SW  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554 
 News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  01-  2432 


 Released:  October  17,  2001 


 OET/  CORNING  OFFER  TUTORIAL  ON  OPTICAL  COMMUNICATIONS 
 Dr.  B.  Roe  Hemenway,  Manager  of  Optical  Network  Equipment  Research  at  Corning’s  Sullivan 
 Park  Research  facility  in  the  state  of  New  York,  will  present  an  examination  of  Corning’s  role  in 
 optical  fiber  communications  on  October  24,  2001  from  2:  30  to  4:  30  in  the  Commission  meeting 
 room.  Corning  is  the  inventor  and  world’s  largest  manufacturer  of  optical  fiber  and  cable  as  well 
 as  photonic  components  that  constitute  the  optical  layer. 


 Dr.  Hemenway  will  discuss  Corning’s  optical  networking  strategy.  He  will  discuss  the  range  of 
 products  and  technologies  associated  with  implementing  the  strategy.  These  include  optical  fiber 
 and  photonic  components  and  such  technologies  as  dense  wavelength  division  multiplexing, 
 optical  amplification,  highly  scaleable  and  reconfigurable  optical  cross  connects,  add  drop 
 multiplexers,  and  other  novel  transport  technologies.  Dr.  Hemenway  will  show  how  today’s 
 optical  layer  has  the  unique  ability  to  cost-  effectively  manage  network  capacity  at  data  rates 
 varying  from  as  little  as  a  few  megabits  per  second  at  the  edge  of  the  network  up  to  hundreds  of 
 terabits  per  second  at  the  core  of  the  network. 


 For  further  information  contact  Kent  Nilsson  at  202-  418-  0845  or  TTY  202-  418-  2989.  Real 
 Audio  and  streaming  video  access  to  the  meeting  will  be  available  at  http://  www.  fcc.  gov. 
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