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| 6 Companies Get US Telecom Contracts by Jeremy at  9:59 am EST, Dec 31, 2003
 |  | Six companies (Ciena, Sprint, Sycamore, Juniper, Qwest, Cisco) were awarded four contracts worth at least $400 million by the United States government to build a global network with optical and data networking gear. Analysts have said that the four contracts combined could generate almost $1 billion in the initial two years. |  
 
 
| 6 Companies Get US Telecom Contracts by Rattle at 10:39 pm EST, Dec 31, 2003
 |  | Six companies (Ciena, Sprint, Sycamore, Juniper, Qwest, Cisco) were awarded four contracts worth at least $400 million by the United States government to build a global network with optical and data networking gear. Analysts have said that the four contracts combined could generate almost $1 billion in the initial two years. Someone got a new network for Christmas. |  
 
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