Capella is the industry leader of wavelength selective switch (WSS) technology for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) and optical cross connect (OXC) applications. Capella's intelligent subsystems provide the best performing wavelength management products on the market offering dynamic, remote reconfigurability with fully integrated optical channel monitoring (OCM), essential technology for next-generation ROADMs.\nCapella was founded in 2000. Privately held and located in San Jose, California, Capella has a seasoned management team with experience from leading telecom and technology companies. Additionally Capella has an extensive intellectual property portfolio with 27 patents issued and over 30 pending.\nThe company has been funded by leading ventures funds including Formative Ventures, Levensohn Venture Partners, Lucas Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.

Ciena is the network specialist. They collaborate with customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. With focused innovation, Ciena brings together the reliability and capacity of optical networking with the flexibility and economics of Ethernet, unified by a software suite that delivers the industry's leading network automation. They routinely post recent news, financial results and other important announcements and information about Ciena on their website.

Alcatel-Lucent SAS engages in the provision of communications solutions to telecommunications companies, Internet service and data providers. It develops and integrates technologies, applications and services to offer global communications services. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

ZTE Corp. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of information and telecommunication technology products. It operates through the following segments: Carriers’ Network, Consumer Business, and Government and Corporate Business. The Carriers’ Network segment focuses on meeting carries’ requirements in network evolution with the provision of wireless access, wireline access, bearer systems, core networks, telecommunication software systems and services, and other innovative technologies and product solutions. The Consumer Business segment is involved in the production and sale of products such as smart phones, mobile data terminals, family terminals, innovative fusion terminals, related software application, and value-added services. The Government and Corporate Business segment offers informatization solutions for the government and corporations through the application of products such as communications networks, IOT, Big Data, and cloud computing. The company was founded by Wei Gui Hou on February 7, 1985 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

IPG Photonics develops and manufactures fiber lasers and amplifiers for diverse applications in numerous markets. Its diverse lines of low, medium and high-power lasers and amplifiers are used in materials processing, communications, entertainment, medical, biotechnology, scientific, and advanced applications. Its products are displacing traditional technologies in many current applications and enabling new applications for lasers. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Oxford, Massachusetts.

Xerox Corporation (/ˈzɪərɒks/; also known as Xerox) is an American global corporation that sells print and digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut (having moved from Stamford, Connecticut in October 2007), though its largest population of employees is based around Rochester, New York, the area in which the company was founded. The company purchased Affiliated Computer Services for $6.4 billion in early 2010. As a large developed company, it is consistently placed in the list of Fortune 500 companies.

Xieon Networks SARL, a subsidiary of Infinera Corp., is a company headquartered in Luxembourg providing investment services.

ZTE USA provides telecommunications equipment and network solutions in the United States. It offers wireless communications systems, wireline switch and access equipment, optical and data communications equipment, handsets, and telecommunications software systems and services. The company also provides Ethernet Passive Optical Network solution that allows multiple system operators to deploy optical distribution network architectures for residential, commercial, and mobile backhaul applications; and remote control switch systems, multi-media communications systems, and communications transmission systems; computer software and digital equipment; integrated circuit products; and electronic components. In addition, it offers technical design, development, consultation, and related services for the research and manufacture of mobile communications systems equipment, satellite communications, microwave communications equipment, beepers, computer hardware and software, closed-circuit televisions, automated signal control, computer information processing, process monitoring systems, and fire alarm systems as well as 3G mobile hotspot. Further, it purchases and sells electronic devices and micro-electronic components; sub-contracts communications and related projects; and engages in the technical development and sale of electronics systems equipment. ZTE USA founded in 2003 and is based in Richardson, Texas. It operates as a subsidiary of ZTE Corp.

Juniper Networks, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling products and services for high-performance networks to enable customers to build networks for their businesses while achieving agility and improved operating efficiency through automation. The firm also offers routing, switching, Wi-Fi, network security, artificial intelligence-enabled enterprise networking operations, and software-defined networking technologies. The company was founded by Pradeep S. Sindhu on February 6, 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

II-VI Delaware, Inc., part of Coherent Corp., is a company headquartered in the United States specializing in primary smelting/refining of nonferr. metals, excp. copper/alum..

Part of Hengtong Optic-Electric Co., Ltd., Huawei Marine Networks Co., Ltd. is a company headquartered in Tianjin, China. The firm wholesales electronic parts and equipment. It was founded in 2008. Huawei Marine Networks Co., Ltd. was acquired by Hengtong Optic-Electric Co., Ltd. from INNOVATE Corp. on May 12, 2020 for $85.00 million.\nThe company says this about itself: Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd operates its business through segments such as Products and Solutions. The company offers light-weight and high-quality single, and double-armored submarine fiber cables, which are designed for repeatered and unrepeatered systems.

Arizona Board of Regents oversees college activities. The company was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Vello Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of open programmable application infrastructure software solutions that uniquely allow both Ethernet and optical networks to act as a dynamic pool of resources for ever-changing application requirements, thus simplifying operational complexity and to speeding the deployment of critical enterprise applications. Vello Systems eliminates the complexity of connecting storage and compute systems to improve overall IT performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness. Vello’s open networking solutions, with standard programmatic interfaces, integrate seamlessly into leading IT solutions. The Vello family of products is built around the VellOS® 7.0 operating environment and OpenFlow-enabled hardware from an ecosystem of partners. Vello solutions have been deployed with blue chip Fortune 500 customers in mission-critical environments. For more information please visit: www.vellosystems.com. Vello Systems, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Huawei Technologies is a telecom solutions company that offers infrastructure application software and devices with wireline, wireless, and IP technologies. The company’s products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and have served 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators as well as one third of the world's population. Huawei Technologies has 3 divisions in the United States: enterprise (IP networking and routers, wireless, storage, data center security), carrier, and consumer devices (smartphones and tablets). Founded in January 1987, Huawei Technologies is headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its testing lab is based in Plano, Texas with an additional office in Santa Clara, California.

Infinera Corporation provides optical networking systems based on photonic integration technology in the United States. Its digital transport node (DTN) system utilizes the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology to enable digital processing and management of data with the capability to generate wavelength division multiplexing wavelengths and to add, drop, switch, manage, protect, and restore network traffic digitally. The company's PICs transmit and receive 100 Gigabits per second of optical capacity and incorporate the functionality of approximately 60 discrete optical components into a pair of indium phosphide chips. The DTN System is used to enable optical to electrical to optical conversions at every network access point to provide communications service providers with the ability to digitally process the information being transported across their optical networks. It also offers a range of support offerings, including 24/7/365 hardware and software technical support, installation and deployment services, spares management, first line maintenance services, on-site technical services, professional services, product technical training, and extended product warranties. The company offers its products to operators of optical networks, including telecom carriers, cable operators, and Internet or content service providers. Infinera Corporation, formerly known as Zepton Networks, was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Futurewei focuses research on advanced ICT domains that will benefit an intelligent and digital society. By focusing on open innovation beyond traditional ICT industry, we aim to advance these technologies into real world solutions through standardization, open source collaboration and partnering with industrial ecosystems.

Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of communication equipment and the provision of network solutions. Its products include communication system equipment, optical fibers, cables and data network products. The company was founded on December 25, 1999 and is headquartered in Wuhan, China.