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[KPMG LETTERHEAD]
EXHIBIT 23.2
The Board of Directors
Spire Corporation:
We consent to the inclusion of our report dated February 4, 2000, with
respect to the balance sheets of Optoelectronics (a Division of Spire
Corporation) as of September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998, and the related
statements of operations, shareholder's equity and cash flows for the
nine-month period ended September 30, 1999 and the year ended December 31,
1998, which report appears in the registration statement on Form S-1 of
Stratos Lightwave, Inc. dated June 22, 2000. We also consent to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the related prospectus.
KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
June 21, 2000
