Coherent bidding war continues with $6.64bn offer from II-VI
12 March 2021
The ongoing bidding war for Coherent between Lumentum, II-VI, and MKS Instruments continues to develop.
Mergers and Acquisitions
DZS Rift acquisition enables cloud portfolio launch
5 March 2021
DZS has acquired network orchestration and automation solutions provider, Rift.
Radius expands Northern Ireland footprint with Rainbow acquisition
3 March 2021
Radius Payment Solutions has acquired Belfast-based independent operator, Rainbow Communications.
KKR’s Telefónica Chile acquisition to provide open access network
23 February 2021
Investment firm KKR has entered into a $1bn agreement with Telefónica to create an open access wholesale company in Chile.
II-VI makes $6.4bn Coherent bid
12 February 2021
The race to acquire Coherent has taken another turn as II-VI announced that it too has made an offer for the laser technology firm.
Halo Technology expands footprint with Skylane acquisition
1 February 2021
Cabling and transceiver manufacturer, Halo Technology Group has acquired Skylane Optics
DZS expands transport portfolio, customer base with Optelian acquisition
22 January 2021
Transport and access equipment vendor, DZS has signed a definitive agreement to acquire networking solution provider, Optelian.
Lumentum to acquire Coherent for $5.7bn
19 January 2021
Lumentum is to acquire Coherent for $5.7bn, bringing the latter’s photonics and lasers businesses into the former’s telecom, datacom, and 3D sensing photonics businesses.
Update: Acacia Communications and Cisco reach agreement on proposed merger
15 January 2021
Cisco and Acacia Communications have now reached an agreement regarding their proposed merger, with an amendment to the original agreement
euNetworks compliments network with The Loop acquisition
6 January 2021
European bandwidth infrastructure firm, euNetworks has acquired 100 per cent shares of duct and sub-duct based fibre network, The Loop Manchester from Gamma Telecom.
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