March 2, 2005, Newark, CA--Lightconnect announced today that it recently shipped its 40,000th variable optical attenuator (VOA) to a large optical system manufacturer.
"With 55 paying customers in 2004 and more than 50% share of the worldwide VOA market, Lightconnect is now the market leader for MEMS-based components and modules," said Sushil Shah, COO of Lightconnect. "Our goal for 2005 is to further increase our leadership by providing our customers with the most reliable and a cost-effective product thanks to the industry's best manufacturing practices."
Also today, Lightconnect announced that its latest product, the Fast Variable Optical Attenuator Series 5000 has successfully passed the reliability requirements listed in Telcordia GR-1209 and GR-1221. This was the last hurdle for the industry's smallest MEMS VOA before world-wide field deployment, Shah said, as several large system companies have already qualified this component in their systems.