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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Spectran Corporation:
 
     We consent to the use of our reports included herein and incorporated by
reference and to the reference to our firm under the headings "Selected
Consolidated Financial Data" and "Experts" in the prospectus.
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Boston, Massachusetts
January 8, 1997