Infinera
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| Public | |
| Traded as | NASDAQ: INFN |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2000 as Zepton Networks |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, CA, US |
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Key people
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Tom Fallon (CEO); David F. Welch (President). |
| Products | Networking systems and products |
| Website | www.infinera.com |
Infinera Corporation is a vertically integrated manufacturer of Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical transmission equipment for the telecommunications service provider market. It offers an end-to-end packet-optical portfolio designed for long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications. It was a pioneer in design and manufacture of large scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company sells data communications equipment to network operators building the global infrastructure that underpins the Internet. The company’s systems can send large amounts of data on optical fiber cables.
Infinera was founded in 2000 as Zepton Networks by Drew Perkins, Jagdeep Singh and David Welch.
It raised its first round of funding in April 2001. The startup remained in stealth mode until its first products were launched in 2004, although a few early media articles did describe the company's component technology - a photonic integrated circuit in indium phosphide.
Underwritten by Goldman Sachs, Infinera went public on the NASDAQ in 2007, raising $182 million.
David Welch was recognized in 2013 with the JJ Thomson Medal for Electronics, an award from the Institution of Engineering and Technology for his role as a pioneer in the field of optical devices and optical networks, including PICs.
In August 2015, Infinera acquired Transmode, a supplier of metro packet-optical networking solutions based in Stockholm, Sweden (following an offer made in April 2015). Transmode shareholders receiving a mix of cash and Infinera shares, giving a total equity value for Transmode of about $350 million.
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