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
Harry Bosco, who will become chairman of Opnext on April 1, and Gilles Bouchard, who will replace Bosco as president and CEO, discuss the challenges they and the company face in today's marketplace.
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The Lightwave Blog
Yeah, we've got a lot of big names from the vendor community on the speaker roster for Lightwave's Optical Networks for Enterprises Conference (Lightwave...
Roy Rubenstein
Skype’s planned initial public offering doesn’t directly call to mind the travails of the optical component industry. But the hope of raising...