SWITCHING THE WAY THE WORLD COMMUNICATES

telecommunications software for the transmission of analog and digital signals over a fiber optical cable system; optical telecommunications network hardware, namely optical transport and switching equipment, multiplexers, demultiplexers, optical gateway managers, optical amplifiers, variable optical attenuators, and optical cross-connects, and modules and subsystems consisting of the foregoing goods; telecommunications software for operating, monitoring and controlling the foregoing optical telecommunications hardware; computer hardware and software for communication and data networking over an optical fiber network