News Release from: NeoPhotonics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 6 March 2006
Azzurri takes optical modules to Europe
Azzurri Technology Group has been signed as a reseller for NeoPhotonics.
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NeoPhotonics and Azzurri Technology Group have concluded a reseller agreement for optical components, featuring advanced planar lightwave circuits and other designs, for FTTP, metro and long-haul equipment. The products covered by the reseller agreement, which makes Azzurri the leading reseller of high performance PLC-based components in Europe, include arrayed waveguide gratings, variable optical attenuator/multiplexers, power splitters and couplers, video combiners and a range of transceivers including integrated PLC designs. All these products are designed to reduce certain operational and capital costs for FTTP, metro and long haul network operators.
Azzurri Technology is a well established company with eight years of experience servicing the telecommunications industry.
Azzurri employs a staff of more than 80, of which more than one third are qualified engineers, who provide 'value-added' design and integration services to their clients.
Together with their superior marketing and sales capability, Azzurri has a proven track record of successfully introducing advanced component technologies to the European market.
'We are excited to be working with NeoPhotonics in Europe and are enthusiastic to be working with their high-quality and full-featured optical module and subassembly products', said Mike Carlucci, Azzurri's Chief Executive Officer.
'We will work closely with our OEM customers to understand their needs and the benefits of this cutting-edge technology as it is integrated into their products for maximum effect'.
'Azzurri Technology has worked with some of the largest component and semiconductor names in the telecommunications industry'.
'We feel confident that their resources and experience will increase our ability to serve customers with leading edge solutions while increasing rapidly our market share in Europe', said Tim Jenks, President and CEO of NeoPhotonics.
'With this action we are taking our commitment to innovation and technology leadership in optical components to a truly global level, given our current momentum in Asia and North America'.
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