THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, March 2, 1995 TAG: 9503020574
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D2 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Daily Digest
LENGTH: Short : 22 lines
AT&T Corp., three regional Bell operating companies and a research center have formed a group to advance optical communications technology under a five-year, $100 million project. AT&T, Bell Atlantic Corp., Pacific Telesis Group, BellSouth Corp. and Bellcore, the research and development arm of the Baby Bells, said that they formed the group to improve the capacity and performance of optical communications. Specifically, they said that the new technology will allow the U.S. military to maintain information and to better communicate with its forces. (Bloomberg) by CNB