| | Business Summary | | Corvis
Corporation
designs,
manufactures
and
markets
high-performance
optical
communications
systems
that
lower
the
overall
cost
of
network
ownership
for
service
providers.
Its
all-optical
products
enable
a
fundamental
shift
in
the
design
and
efficiency
of
backbone
networks
by
allowing
for
the
transmission,
switching
and
management
of
communications
traffic
entirely
in
the
optical
domain.
These
products
include
ultra-long-distance
optical
signal
transmission,
reception
and
amplification
equipment,
all-optical
switching
equipment
and
software
that
enables
the
creation
of
all-optical
backbone
networks.
By
deploying
its
products,
service
providers
eliminate
the
need
for
bandwidth-limiting
electrical
regeneration
and
switching
equipment.
The
Company
has
three
customers,
Broadwing
Communications,
Inc.,
Williams
Communications,
Inc.
and
Qwest
Communications
Corporation. | | More
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Business Description |
| | Financial Summary | | Corvis
Corporation
designs,
manufactures
and
markets
products
that
allow
for
the
transmission,
switching
and
management
of
communications
traffic
entirely
as
optical
signals,
enabling
the
creation
of
all-optical
backbone
networks.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/30/01,
revenue
totaled
$149
million,
up
from
$0.
Net
loss
totaled
$922.7
million,
up
from
$127.6
million.
Results
reflect
continued
commercial
deployments,
offset
by
increased
amortization
costs
and
write-downs. | | More
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| | | | FY2000 Pay | |
| David Huber, Ph.D., 50
Chairman,
Pres, CEO | $261K | Terence Unter, Ph.D., 48
COO | 591K | Anne Stuart, 38
Sr.
VP, CFO, Treasurer | 148K | Kim Larsen, 43
Sr.
VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. | 130K | | Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. |
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