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approach and our DTN platform have enabled Infinera to maintain our market leadership in North America,” commented Infinera Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales Ron Martin. “Our growth in new segments and countries will let us capitalise on our innovative approach and help additional service providers build Digital Optical Networks that will lower their costs and make them more competitive.”
Semiconductor analyst Terence Soh joins ABI Research
Soh will initially be concentrating on mobile communications, in which he has broad industry experience, having worked for Motorola, Delphi and Fujitsu Microelectronics.
Semiconductors are at the heart of modern electronics and central to ABI Research’s market intelligence services. As such, ABI Research has recruited an additional semiconductor expert, Terence Soh, to its team of experienced analysts, as Principal Analyst, Semiconductors.
Based in ABI Research’s Singapore office, Soh will initially focus on mobile device and mobile handset semiconductor current market performance data and forecasts, and on vendor competitive analysis.
He has broad industry experience in the fields of mobile communications, automotive, and semiconductors where he has held various positions in R&D, marketing and project management, in technology companies such as Motorola, Delphi, Fujitsu Microelectronics and local startups.
Chief Research Officer Stuart Carlaw says, “Terence’s long track record in the semiconductor industry provides ABI Research with much-needed expertise that, when combined with our recent teardown acquisition, allows us to better serve our growing Asian client roster as well as providing significant localised expertise to our wider partner community.”
Terence Soh holds a B.Eng. (Electrical) from the University of Tasmania in Australia.
II-VI acquires Aegis Lightwave
The acquisition will enhance II-VI’s telecommunication product portfolio for the increasing deployments of 40G and 100G products. II-VI is also updating its revenue guidance from a range of $565 million to $580 million to a range of $595 million to $615 million as a result of the transaction.
II-VI Incorporated has acquired all of the outstanding shares of Aegis Lightwave, Inc. (Aegis), including Aegis’ wholly-owned subsidiary AOFR Pty Ltd (AOFR).
The initial consideration consists of cash of $52 million. In addition, the purchase price is subject to customary closing adjustments including a working capital and debt adjustment which could increase the purchase price by an additional $3 million.
Founded in 2000, Aegis is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts with additional locations in New Jersey and Australia. Aegis is a privately-held company that is an industry leader in tunable optical devices required for high speed optical networks that provide the bandwidth expansion necessary for increasing internet traffic.
Aegis offers a broad portfolio of cost-effective optical channel monitors specifically designed for reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexing (ROADM) applications in high speed optical networks featuring 10G/40G/100G transmissions.
Its AOFR subsidiary is an industry leader in fused fibre components including those required for fibre lasers used in material processing applications. AOFR also manufactures optical couplers used primarily in telecom markets. Aegis and its subsidiaries had revenues of $26.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2010.
Francis J. Kramer, president and chief executive officer of II-VI Incorporated stated, “Aegis will further strengthen our telecommunication product offerings and will partner with our Photop Technologies, Inc. (Photop) operations to enhance our ability to address our customers’ growing needs for an advanced product portfolio for the increasing deployments of 40G and 100G in flexible and
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