ADVA Optical Networking buys mic AG division to strengthen optical monitoring

Optical transport systems vendor ADVA Optical Networking has purchased an engineering division from technology incubator mic AG that specializes in optical monitoring technology for fiber-optic networks. The newly acquired expertise will focus on further development of ADVA's FSP 3000 Access Link Monitoring (ALM) product.

Terms of the deal, including its expected close, were not revealed.

"We're adding dynamic new talent to our engineering force," said Christoph Glingener, CTO at ADVA Optical Networking. "Our new team members will help us to further strengthen our Layer 1 assurance strategy. In a world driven by cloud and mobility, service delivery and assurance are critical factors that can effectively decide the success or failure of cloud offerings. That's why our team will be working hard to explore new possibilities and rapidly implement new features. Make no mistake, in 2016, our FSP 3000 ALM will be a product to watch."

The new engineering team will be based in ADVA Optical Networking's Meiningen campus and will set to work on improving the ADVA FSP 3000 ALM, which the company launched in 2014 as a compact and easy-to-use optical monitoring platform that provides intelligence about an operator's fiber plant (see "ADVA offers access link monitoring for dark fiber networks").

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