Xtera Communications recently has acquired Azea Networks, a privately held company based in the UK and supplier of optical networking solutions. Azea is uniquely focused on delivering substantial capacity gains to existing undersea repeatered links; its optical networking upgrade solutions allow operators to exploit the full potential of their existing repeatered subsea cable assets.
With the acquisition, Xtera extends its subsea product portfolio from the unrepeatered market to include repeatered subsea applications. Xtera's unrepeatered product line provides unprecedented reach for new deployments and enables existing unrepeatered links to be upgraded to significantly higher capacities. Azea's product line provides similar benefit to repeatered upgrades and initial deployments. By upgrading their existing repeatered assets with these solutions, service providers are able to quickly achieve the capacity of a new system at a fraction of the cost of a new deployment. The consolidated company provides global service providers with an end-to-end optical transport solution covering land and sea.
This acquisition is part of Xtera's planned growth as announced earlier this year. "This provides cost-effective growth to one of our core business areas and strengthens our position in the optical networking market," commented Jon Hopper, CEO of Xtera Communications.
