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Ciena Corp. (Linthicum, MD) achieved ISO 9001 certification for the design, development, manufacturing, installation, and servicing of its dense wavelength-division-multiplexing system products. . . . The 20th Annual Newport Conference on Fiberoptics Markets will be held in Newport, RI, Oct. 20-22, 1997. The conference, sponsored by KMI Corp. (Newport, RI), will address such topics as the migration of copper to fiber, the market for WDMs, WDM technology, fiber to the home, and European fiberoptics markets. For more information, contact Carole McCormick at (401) 849-6771. . . . Spectran (Sturbridge, MA) announced record results for its second quarter, ended June 30, 1997. Net income was $1.3 million, an increase of 60% for the same period in FY1996. Revenues increased 4% to $15.9 million.