A market examination of the fiber optics industry in the U.S. Covers: fiber optics components, industry structure, trends technologies and applications, international markets, industrial competitiveness, development of the National Information Superhighway, optical fiber manufacturing processes, revisions of SIC classifications, and changes to the harmonized tariff schedule. Comprehensive!

A research guide locating reliable sources on industry, markets, countries, products, and regulations for doing business internationally. The reference volume includes primary, secondary, and reference sources, periodicals, indexes, government documents and computerized sources available through February 1996. The 800 sources are annotated and provide, when appropriate, locator numbers for government documents and order numbers for book purchases. The guide does not list journal articles or dissertations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR