Infinera Corporation was an American vertically integrated manufacturer of Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)-based packet optical transmission equipment based in San Jose, California. It was also a manufacturer for IP transport technologies, for the telecommunications service provider market. It was a pioneer in designing and manufacturing of large-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
The company sold hardware and software networking options for Tier 1 carrier, Internet content provider, cable operator, government, and enterprise networks.
In June 2024, Nokia acquired Infinera for $2.3 billion.[1]
History
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.[2] 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.[3]