Alcatel-Lucent acquires Capella for WSS technology
Alcatel-Lucent has shored up its
in-house optical transport expertise with the acquisition of wavelength-selective
switch (WSS) developer Capella Intelligent Subsystems Inc. (a.k.a. Capella
Photonics).
The privately held Capella was one of the few independent vendors of WSS
subsystems for reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) in the
optical communications market.
ECI Telecom was one of Capella main customers.
The deal was first reported by Ray Le Maistre of Light Reading. In
confirming that report, an Alcatel-Lucent source described Capella’s WSS
products as “strategic to our business.” The source declined to provide other
details of the transaction, other than to say, ”the acquisition was not
considered material.”
Capella was founded in 2000. Investors have included Formative Ventures,
Levensohn Venture Partners, Lucas Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners, Silicon
Valley Bank, Saints Capital and Black Diamond Ventures. SingTel Innov8 joined
as strategic investor in early 2011. Executives included Larry Schwerin as CEO,
Bruce Gray as president, and George Berberis as COO.
The company’s last announced new product was the CR-EX 1x20 WSS
subsystem.
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