April 25, 2008, Woburn, MA and Clinton, NJ--Aegis Lightwave, a company focused exclusively on providing a wide range of optical monitoring solutions to the fiber-optic communications industry, announced the acquisition of CardinalPoint Optics, a manufacturer of next-generation optical channel monitors.
The acquisition augments Aegis' product portfolio with optical channel monitors featuring advanced capabilities and lays the foundation of a center of excellence in central New Jersey. The product lines combine under one company to represent the most comprehensive offering of optical channel monitors on the market. The product suite will expand to include new advanced signal quality monitoring functions that will be necessary to realize the performance monitoring requirements of optical networks as they increase in capacity and flexibility, while retaining their optical transparency.
"We continue to dedicate our company to addressing the complex challenges of optical performance monitoring that we envision in the future," said Jeff Farmer, president and CEO, Aegis Lightwave.
"We are eager to build on Aegis' past and present successes with large-scale deployments of optical channel monitors in ROADM-based networks," said Chris Koeppen, VP and general manager, Aegis-NJ. "We plan to take optical monitoring technology to a new level with an exciting new series of products that will serve the needs of high-speed and optically-switched networks."
For more information, visit www.aegislightwave.com.