ADVA Optical Networking SE was a German

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company specialized in network equipment for data, storage, voice and video services. It was founded in 1994 by Brian Protiva. On August 30, 2021, it was announced that ADVA and Adtran Holdings would be merging, continuing business under the name Adtran.

History

ADVA was founded in 1994 by Brian Protiva. It established its headquarters in

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and its first production facility in

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. Funded by Egora Holding, it was initially focused on the development of

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technology. In 2016, ADVA was listed as the industry leader (#1 position) in

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's data center interconnect (DCI) global market share report, with the largest market share in both the metro ICP/CNP and enterprise categories. ADVA demonstrated the world's first 100G quantum safe transport over 2800 km on 13 June 2018. ADVA announced in August 2021 that they are planning a merger with ADTRAN in an all-stock transaction with ADTRAN shareholders to own approximately 54% and ADVA shareholders to own approximately 46% of the combined company.

Acquisitions

* In 2014, ADVA Optical Networking acquired Oscilloquartz * In 2016, ADVA acquired

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. * In 2017, ADVA Optical Networking acquired its US rival, MRV Communications in an effort to increase its cloud access portfolio and strengthen its Network Edge portfolio. Following the acquisition, one MRV executive, Scott St. John, was appointed to ADVA's board.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adva Optical Networking Telecommunications companies of Germany Meiningen Munich (district) Companies based in Upper Bavaria Telecommunications companies established in 1994 1994 establishments in Germany Societas Europaea companies