Bandwidth9 Suspends Operations, Citing Weak Market for Tunable Lasers

Bandwidth9, a start-up based in Fremont, California, will suspend its operations due to “limited revenue potential for tunable transmitters in the foreseeable future.” Bandwidth9 said it intends to seek long-term opportunities to integrate its VCSEL-based products with interested companies. The company recently began deployment of its second generation OC-48 tunable transmitter, capable of transmitting to distances beyond 600 km. Furthermore, Bandwidth9 claims significant results in fixed-wavelength VCSEL technology, which it believes could be able to achieve 10 Gbps operation at 1310 nm using its Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) structure.
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