Press Release
February 28, 2006
KOTURA Announces Two-Year Supply Agreement with Tropic Networks Inc.
Monterey Park, Calif., February 28, 2006 — KOTURA, Inc. a leading supplier of silicon photonics products, today announced that Tropic Networks, located in Ottawa, Canada, has signed a two-year supply agreement for KOTURA’s Ultra Fast Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) Arrays.
"We selected KOTURA’s VOAs because they have the ability to deliver the fast power management capability that we require to bring the full power of our patented Wavelength Tracker™ technology to our customers," said Len Hayes, Vice President of Operations, Tropic Networks. "KOTURA has been very responsive during our transition from development to production."
Arlon Martin, KOTURA’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing, said, "It has been a delight to work with a market leader like Tropic Networks. The teamwork between our two companies has allowed Tropic to take full advantage of the natural speed of silicon photonics."
About KOTURA, Inc.
KOTURA, Inc., a worldwide leader in silicon photonics, designs, manufactures and markets CMOS optical components that enable optics to migrate throughout the communications industry. KOTURA’s Ultra VOA Array is a monolithic silicon device with the fastest response time available in the market today.
About Tropic Networks
Founded to meet the challenges specific to building simple, manageable and flexible metro-regional optical transport infrastructures, Tropic Networks offers a new generation of reconfigurable OADM/DWDM solutions that help service providers minimize costs and maximize profits. The Tropic Networks TRX-24000™ ROADM platform integrated with patented Wavelength Tracker™, advanced optical layer management technology, allows service providers to grow, simplify and manage their optical infrastructures, while leveraging existing network assets. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at www.tropicnetworks.com.
