Tellabs

Acquired

Tellabs is a saas company in Naperville, United States, founded in 1975.

Employees
501–1000
Founded
1975
Business Model
B2B
Acquisition Date
Dec 2013

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About

Tellabs is an innovation leader in fiber-based access networking technologies, with a long history of investment in fiber optic R&D. The company was Verizon's primary PON vendor for residential Broadband FiOS deployments and pioneered Optical LAN solutions, including the first federal government installation at Sandia National Laboratories and multiple U.S. Department of Defense deployments. Tellabs' enterprise Optical LAN and broadband service provider networks now serve education, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and transportation customers, connecting millions of IoT, wireless, surveillance, and smart building applications. The company is headquartered in Carrollton, Texas.

Summary

It lists 501–1000 employees. Investors include Marlin Equity Partners.

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