A fiber optic company faces the same demands for profitability and market share as other firms.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions are an important tool for fiber optic company executives. They can be used to expand product portfolios, gain market share, remove a competitor, or pay off investors. In the larger scheme, industry consolidation through M&A and other means remains a Wall Street recommendation.

Mergers & Acquisitions News & Products
The Lightwave Channel
Jerry Rawls, executive chairman at Finisar, explains why his company's downward 4Q11 guidance represents a short-term dip rather than another industry downturn.
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Oclaro Chairman and CEO Alain Couder and CFO Jerry Turin discussed the company's results of the company's fiscal second quarter 2012 with analysts January 26...
Jim Theodoras, ADVA Optical Networking
Recently, there has been a lot of confusion around the area of next-generation 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) development and who is doing what. Given the...