Hi Kathy:
I found the article on the web at:
http://search.usatoday.com/plweb-cgi/fastweb?search
Click on:
Lucent probes Tellabs-Ciena charges
The article states that the message originated at
Lucent:
"At the center of the investigation: an anonymous e-mail
message sent to Tellabs and cable TV channel CNBC
that accuses Ciena of falsifying test results to indicate
its equipment met industry standards.
"Ciena says it has confirmed the e-mail - sent at 3:47
a.m. ET on Aug. 28, the day after Ciena agreed to accept
a reduced merger offer from Tellabs - originated from a
Lucent facility in New Jersey."
The article also states:
"Only AT&T and Metlabs, both of whom were testing
Ciena equipment, had access to the confidential
information about Ciena contained in the e-mail,
McCurdy says. AT&T spun off Lucent two years ago
and still has close ties."
The implication in the article is that there was a leak from
either AT&T or Metlabs to Lucent. The leak could also have
come from within Ciena.
The accusation implies that someone had access to both the
"true" test data and the "falsified" test data. Hmm. Most
of us don't publish test data, but simply that we comply
with the standards. If Ciena only claimed compliance and
did not publish test data, then how did the perpetrator,
presumably at Lucent, obtain the falsified data?
It seems we have the workings of a mystery! Do we have the
likes of Hercule Poirot to investigate cases of falsified
data?
Best regards from San Diego,
Rich
ps: Will they make the e-mail public (despite the
embarrassment it may cause the perpetrator)?
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