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  2008
   
   June 8th 2008
   
  MergeOptics Selects Reflex Photonics as Partner for Parallel Optical Solutions
   
 
Mountain View, Calif. (June 24, 2008) - Reflex Photonics, an advanced developer of extreme high-speed optical connectivity solutions for semiconductor packaging and data transfer applications, announced that it will partner with MergeOptics, a German-based optical communications solutions provider, to develop and market joint solutions that address the growing demand for high-speed parallel optical interconnects in enterprise communication and networking environments. read more
   
   June 6th 2008
   
  German Tech Tour 2008
   
  The European Tech Tour Association organized the German Tech Tour 2008 in Munich and Berlin from June 4th to June 6th for the purpose of promoting promising, european high-tech companies. MergeOptics among the final 25 finalists.
   
   May 5th 2008
   
  MergeOptics Raises €5.3 M / $8.5 M – in Fourth Round Led by KTB
   
  Berlin, May 5th, 2008 MergeOptics GmbH, a leading supplier of low power, fiber optic components and subsystems for data rates of 10Gbit/s and beyond, announced today that the company has raised €5.3 M / $8.5 M in its fourth round of financing led by KTB along with the existing investors Earlybird, Target Partners and DVC. read more
   
   
 
 March 4, 2008

The European Tech Tour will be coming to Germany in June 2008 to meet the most promising start-ups and early stage technology companies from Germany and Austria.
Applicants registering at www.techtour.com will compete to become one of the 25 successful finalists invited to present their business expansion plans to representatives from the global venture capital world. Finalists will receive advice from these venture capital experts, enjoy numerous networking opportunities and benefit from local media coverage during the Tech Tour, which takes place June 4-6, 2008 in Munich and Berlin. The European Tech Tour Association was established in 1998 with the aim of providing a dedicated and independent platform for the most promising high tech emerging companies. read more
   
  Tech Tour sucht aufstrebende Technologieunternehmen. (Source: ETT & Weber Shandwick)
   
 
SmallFormFactors, April 2008

 Ethernet Alliance Members Hold Successful Interoperability Demonstration of SFP+    Optical Interfaces

Mountain View, CA - April 14, 2008 - The Ethernet Alliance today announced that members AMCC, Avago Technologies, Broadcom, ClariPhy, Cortina Systems, ExceLight Communications, Finisar, Gennum, Inphi, Intel, JDSU, MergeOptics, NetLogic Microsystems, Opnext and Vitesse successfully conducted multi-vendor interoperability testing of Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP+) short-reach (10GBASE-SR) and long-reach (10GBASE-LR) optical interfaces. read more
   
   
 2007
 
 
 
Lightwave Europe September, 2007

   iTerra pushes 'restart' with new name, products

Sometimes, it just makes sense to start over. Whether you're playing a video game or operating a business, occasionally the progress you've made hasn't matched your expectations or you've found yourself far down a path you wish you hadn't taken. Maybe there isn't a "restart" function you can access in the business world, but iTerra Communications LLC (www.iterrac.com) will do its best to emulate one when it uses this month's European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Berlin to unveil a new name and product strategy. read more

   Berlin works towards broadband access for everyone

The optical networking industry is flourishing in Berlin and the surrounding federal state of Brandenburg , where some 270 companies provide 8,400 jobs and have in total an annual turnover of about €2 billion. The area's scientific and research facilities involved in fibre optics employ another 3,500 people.

Many of the area's optical networking enterprises are experiencing annual growth of about 10%, which is expected to continue through at least 2010. read more

 
 

 

 

Berlin Germany, -- March 21st, 2007

MergeOptics will demonstrate its SFP+ LR the latest member of the SFP+ product family at OFC 2007.

MergeOptics GmbH a leading supplier of low power modules for speeds of 10Gbit/s and higher is announcing the availability of its SFP+ LR modules.
The product will be demonstrated at MergeOptics booth #3526 together with the 2nd generation of MergeOptics SFP+ SR product, which accommodates the latest status of the SFP+ MSA including the multi rate capabilities supporting datarates reaching from 2Gbit/s to 10Gbit/s.

Both the SFP+ SR and the SFP+ LR will offer an extremely low power dissipation below 1W (typically).

Dag Neumeuer, President and CEO of MergeOptics stated today, “The SFP+ LR is another step to complete the industries most comprehensive 10Gbit/s product portfolio, the low power dissipation of MergeOptics product family addresses in particular the need of customer with a high port density."

 

 

(2007-03-26)   English Version (89,2 kB)
 
  2006
 
 

 

(2006-03-02)  English Version (15 kB)
MergeOptics unveils the availability of prototypes of a 40Gbit/s transponder in a XENPAK form factor.
 2005
 
 

 

(2005-09-22)  English Version (18 kB)
MergeOptics Announces Availability of 10 Gbit/s Ethernet XPAK SR and LR MSA Compliant Modules.
 

 

(2005-08-24)  English Version (17 kB)
MergeOptics Extends its X2 Product Line and Announces Immediate Availability of the X2 ER and SR MSA Compliant Modules; Distinguishing Itself as the Only Supplier to Offer the Complete Product Range.
 

 

(2005-03-02)  English Version (31 kB)
MergeOptics Delivers 2nd Generation X2 LX4 Modules Fully Compliant to X2 MSA.
  2004
 
 

 

(2004-11-24) English Version (99 kB)
MergeOptics Raises €7.5 M / $9.7 M in Second Round
 

 

(2004-10-21) English Version (196 kB)
Formation of 10GBase LX4 Industry Trade Group
 

 

(2004-06-04)  English Version (85 kB)
MergeOptics and Cube Optics partner on XENPAK and X2
 

 

(2004-02-17)  English Version (50 kB)
MergeOptics announces the latest in LX4 Technology
 
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