Infinera Corporation, a publicly owned company founded in 2000 and headquartered in the US, manufactures packet optical transmission equipment and IP transport technologies. Employing approximately 3460 people, the company primarily serves the telecommunications service provider market. Its products, based on wavelength division multiplexing, are designed to increase network bandwidth, facilitate faster service development, and automate network management for enterprises, governments, carriers, and cloud operators. Infinera's solutions focus on broadband aggregation and home networks.
On June 17, 2025, Nokia appointed David Heard, formerly CEO of Infinera, as the president of its network infrastructure business unit, effective July 1, 2025. This appointment follows Nokia's acquisition of Infinera earlier in the year. Heard succeeds Federico Guillén, who will retire at the end of 2025. Guillén's departure from Nokia's Group Leadership Team is effective June 30, 2025. A separate report projected the silicon photonics market to grow from USD 1.63 billion in 2023 to USD 8.13 billion by 2030.
Infinera's customers primarily consist of telecoms companies. Examples of Infinera's customers include Sparkle, Orange Group and NBN. Infinera has commercial and technical partners like Titan ICT, FiBrasil and Orange Group.
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