ROME -- Bolstered by a boom in the global fiber-optic communications industry, Italy's Pirelli SpA said it will split its cables and systems division in two. Pirelli, which also manufactures tires ...

Dedicated Eindhoven facility Prysmian has been manufacturing fiber-optic cables for more than 30 years, with the technology originally developed at Philips and Pirelli. The firm, which has a huge ...

Pirelli Cables and Systems North America and Canadais Ledcor Industries, Ltd., have signed a contract for Pirelli to provide a multi-year supply of fiber optic cable to Ledcor. The cables will be ...

CORNING, N.Y. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of U.S. fiber-optic maker Corning lost upward momentum and retreated Wednesday after the company said it'll acquire Pirelli's optical components and devices ...

ByBridgeNews Corning Inc., the Corning, N.Y., maker of fiber-optic cable, has agreed to buy Pirelli SpA's Optical Technologies unit for US$3.6 billion in cash, the two companies announced this week.

Cisco also will invest a total of $100 million in two other Pirelli units: one that makes undersea fiber optic cable and another that makes parts for optical networks. The level of Cisco's ...

These fiber-optic cables transmit internet data through tiny beams of light, making it possible for us to be online. They run under oceans and across deserts. It is the largest network humans have ...