Nortel Leader with full optical product range.

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Li Fei, analyst for Dagong Global Credit Rating Company and author of the bond rating report, told FORBES that optical fiber preform is the upstream product of the optical fiber industry and requires high technical content in its manufacturing techniques.

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The product also includes high-quality optical and stereo cables.

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And the product examples you cite attest to Alcatel's U.S. market leadership in the fast-growing optical submarine network, ADSL broadband Internet access and digital-loop carrier product areas.

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To have a fully flexible finished product, both parts of the display have to be flexible - the optical frontplane and the backplane, where transistors are - as well as the device's battery, the outer shell, the touchscreen and other components.

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