JDS Completes Merger, Issues Sales Warning
News Fibre-optic components giant JDS Uniphase completed its $13.5bn (£9.2bn) merger with SDL on Tuesday and then promptly warned that the combined company will miss analysts' sales and earnings targets in the third quarter.
[February 14, 2001, 9:15]
Stocks To Watch: Compuware, Lucent Technologies And Motorola
News JDS Uniphase Fibre optics product makers JDS Uniphase and SDL said Monday they would merge in a stock deal worth $41bn. Under the definitive agreement, 3.8 shares of Canada's JDS Uniphase will be exchanged for each SDL share, the companies said.
[July 10, 2000, 11:14]
The Day Ahead: Oplink IPO Set To Soar, But Beware
News Three customers -- Lucent, Sycamore Networks and JDS Uniphase -- account for 68.9 percent of Oplink's sales. Oplink cites Avanex, Ciena, Lucent, New Focus, Nortel and JDS Uniphase, which acquired E-Tek and plans to acquire SDL, as competition.
[October 4, 2000, 12:51]
The Day Ahead: New Focus Eyes Strong IPO
News JDS Uniphase bought New Focus rival E-Tek Dynamics in a stock swap valued at $15bn in January. The company has a blue-chip client list that includes Agilent Technologies, Alcatel USA, Avanex, Corning, Corvis, JDS Uniphase, Lucent and Nortel.
[May 16, 2000, 12:37]
The Day Ahead: Lucent Ups Fibre Optic Ante
News These players include JDS Uniphase, Ciena and Sycamore Networks. JDS Uniphase doesn't have much to worry about -- it's been buying companies and technologies aggressively. You've heard about the long-haul fibre buildouts by Qwest Communications...
[June 1, 2000, 12:14]
News Roundup: Tech Companies Face Clouded Future
News JDS Uniphase reports record loss LATEST EARNINGS REPORTS Invensys sheds 6,000 jobs Monday 30th July Tech gloom continues as the owner of Baan announces a 7.5 percent cut in its workforce Friday 27th July 2001 World's top supplier of fibre-optic...
[July 26, 2001, 10:35]
Broadcom Acquires NewPort For $1.2bn
News Other large customers include Alcatel, Ciena, and JDS Uniphase. Broadcom will acquire privately-held NewPort Communications in a deal worth around $1.2bn. NewPort makes optical communications chips, used in construction of fibre optic infrastructure.
[August 14, 2000, 14:08]
The Day Ahead: Is Wall Street's Summer Lull Already Over?
News Those familiar tech names -- JDS Uniphase, Broadvision, Intel among others -- all had banner days Friday. Wall Street, which is usually ahead of the curve, has investors wondering if the usual summer lull already happened -- in the spring.
[June 5, 2000, 12:36]
The Day Ahead: Ciena, Sycamore Stoke Fibre Optic Love Affair
News Component company JDS Uniphase upped its revenue target Thursday, and both Nortel and Cisco are betting big on fibre optics. Sure, you could argue the optical networking crowd is overvalued, but you can't quibble about the results.
[May 19, 2000, 11:25]
The Day Ahead: Compaq Sheds 'show Me' Status
News These worries zapped Nortel in afterhours trading and whacked JDS Uniphase and other fibre optic companies. Chief executive Michael Capellas won Compaq's credibility back, but the company was still mired in single-digit growth.
[October 25, 2000, 13:21]
News Schmooze: Tech Economy Suffers As Bill Gates Heads For Fantasyland
News JDS Uniphase, which makes fibre-optic components, even had the dubious distinction of reporting the biggest annual loss in US corporate history -- $50.6bn. In case you were under any illusions that the global economy was going to make a Rocky-like...
[July 27, 2001, 17:40]
