Technology >> Analyst Interviews >> June 29, 1998

All-optical Networking Stocks : William A. Magill – Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities

WILLIAM A. MAGILL is a Principal and Senior Research Analyst in the Technology Group at NationsBanc Montgomery Securities in San Francisco where he follows telecommunications transport equipment companies. Previously, he was associated with Ryan Hankin Kent, Inc. as a Senior Analyst following telecommunications systems technologies and markets and with ElectroniCast Corp. as a Senior Analyst. Mr. Magill was also a Technologist responsible for the operation of lasers and optical systems, first at TRW and then at Lawrence National Labs. He earned his Bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Davis and his MBA from San Francisco State University. Mr. Magill also received a degree as an Associate of Applied Sciences, Lasers and Electro-Optics, from Texas State Technical Institute. Profile
TWST: Let's start by discussing photonic technologies and all-optical

networking. What are we talking about?

Mr. Magill: We're talking about traffic being carried in a network in

an optical