Simply by a process of elimination, it is difficult to foresee any other player besides Finisar being interested in purchasing JDSU’s planned spinoff of its…
Category: Spinoff/Divestment
Would Nokia Sell AlcaLu’s Optical Landline Business?
A few years ago, Nokia decided to unload NSN’s optical networks division to focus more on the wireless sector. Now, with the proposed acquisition of…
Avago’s Spinoff of Optics in Short Term?
While for now, Avago Technologies will be preoccupied with the immense and time-consuming effort of its integration process with Broadcom, not too long afterwards, it…
Avago Optical Assets Sold, Pointed Out by FoxConn PR
A recent press release written in Chinese apparently demonstrates that Hon Hai Precision Industry’s Foxconn Interconnect Technology has purchased some of Avago Technologies’ optical product…
Finisar Should Play Hardball, Then Exit
Finisar’s current business model based on the all-encompassing optical components approach in the datacom/telecom market with a large amount of vertical integration from chips to…
Finisar: De Facto Owner of VCSEL Space?
Given that we have learned that Avago Technologies intends to keep only the VCSEL chip fab (in March, we were the first news source to…
EU Split Could Help Optical Space
Despite all of the unnecessary commotion and unjustified delirium of panic resulting from the Brexit referendum, we hope that it will lead to the dismantlement…
Nokia Directionless in Optics Space
An industry observer might ask a Nokia executive about its plans for 400G and there is a good chance that the response is more likely…
Finisar Execs Should Get Out Now
While the CEO of Finisar has been associated with the company for over 25 years, the average time that the rest of the executive management…
Oclaro’s Limited Options?
Regular followers of our other blog were able to read the recent article, “Oclaro’s Possible Mistake,” in which we stated: “While we have been very…
