vices and tech- nology broadband arenas at the time of this writing. Although lists such as these are subject to change over time, they do provide a snapshot of the industry. Examples of carriers with broadband opportunities include the following: ILEC metro optical networks Bell Canada, BellSouth, Qwest, SBC Communications, and Verizon Next-generation communication carrier metro optical networks To be determined ELEC metro networks Cogent, Telseon, and Yipes CLEC metro networks Digital Teleport, Inc., Electric Lightwave, Time Warner Telecom, and WorldCom Interexchange Carrier (IXC) and utility metro optical networks AT&T, AT&T Canada, Cable & Wireless USA, Enron Communications, Global Crossing, Level3 Communications, MetroMedia Fiber Networks, Qwest, Sprint Corporation, and Williams Communications European carriers British Telecom, Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Hermes Europe Railtel/GTS Trans-European Network, RegioNet, Tele Danmark, Telecom Italia, Telemonde, Telenor, Viatel, and WorldCom Chapter 1 Storage services providers (SSPs) Arsenal Digital Solutions Worldwide, Inc., Centripetal, Inc., ManagedStorage International, Sanrise, Storability, Inc., StorageNetworks, StorageWay, and WorldStor The following are examples of vendors of optical/broadband equipment: Component vendors Agility Alcatel Optronics SA Amphenol Fiber Optic Anritsu Corp. Aurora Photonics, Inc. Blue Sky Research, Inc. Bragg Photonics, Inc. Burleigh Instruments, Inc. Calient Networks Corning DiCon Fiberoptics GN Nettest Integrated Photonic Technology (IPITEK) JDS Uniphase Corp. Mitel Semiconductor Optical Micro-Machines, Inc. (OMM) Optilas International Precision Optics Corp. (POCI) Southampton Photonics (SPI) Tektronix Wavesplitter Technologies Equipment vendors Agere Systems Alcatel Network System Alidian Networks APA Optics Advances and Opportunities in Next-Generation SONET Avanex Bookham Technology Canoga Perkins Ditech Communications Dynarc, Inc. Ericsson Hewlett-Packard Hitachi Cable America Lightchip Lightwave Mic