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PROFILE EXFO


The Innovation Summit in Quebec included a hackathon launched by the Deputy Premier, Dominique Anglade (centre) pictured with executive chairman, Germain Lamonde (right) and CEO, Philippe Morin (left)


field market and has credibility for its strength in testing and monitoring fibre optic test solutions. Over the years, the business has evolved from testing alone, with a number of acquisitions in adjacent markets, including copper, IP service assurance, wireless, analytics, optical RF testing and real-time network topology discovery.’ It’s fitting that acquisitions play such a


significant part of EXFO’s story so far, taking into account that the meeting took place at this year’s OFC, which – as it opened its doors – coincided with the news that Lumentum Holdings and Oclaro had reached an agreement upon which Lumentum will acquire the outstanding common stock of Oclaro. Te first of such acquisitions for EXFO took place back in 2001, with the purchase of Montreal-based pre-revenue test company, Avantas Networks. Tis allowed EXFO to go forward with high-speed network testing, from 10 to 400G.


From the top Most recently, the company acquired 97.44 per cent of the share capital and 95.07 per cent of the voting rights of Astellia, a specialist in the performance analysis of mobile networks and subscriber experience. With sales of €38.6 million in 2017, more than 400 employees and


120 customers worldwide, the acquisition of Astellia is designed to strategically position EXFO among the top providers worldwide of service assurance, with solutions deployed at more than 250 network operators. Te merging of the two companies’ sales organisations, meanwhile, has allowed for further cross-selling opportunities, 3G and 4G investments, and deployment of 5G, RAN and C-RAN infrastructures. Speaking of which, Stéphane Chabot,


EXFO’s vice president, test and measurement, was also on hand to show some of the latest product developments, including the recently launched SkyRAN scalable remote access and monitoring platform, designed to help mobile network operators identify and resolve network problems before they impact on subscribers. Tis is something that is likely to become


more and more important as networks are transformed in preparation for 5G, as the reliance on highly dense networks could result in an increase in the number of radio frequency RF interference sources.


RF spectrum a valuable asset Te platform provides real-time, on-demand testing and 24/7 monitoring of fibre-optic networks and RF spectrum. It combines


EXFO has strength in the field market and has credibility for its strength in testing and monitoring fibre optic test solutions


high-resolution RF spectrum analysis over common packet radio interference (CPRI) with advanced fibre monitoring capabilities to reveal RF issues that were previously either undetectable or difficult to identify. By looking into the CPRI signal, operators


can obtain information about the health of the RF signal. Te new unit integrates technology originally developed by Absolute Analysis – another acquisition for EXFO which took place about 18 months ago. Explained Chabot: ‘For mobile network


operators, RF spectrum is one of their most valuable assets and RF interference is one of their worst enemies. SkyRAN protects this asset, and also generates significant opex savings by reducing the need to travel to macro


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