Modulight opens new office to Bay Area

February 17, 2005 by Anca Guina
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San Jose, CA, Feb 17 th, 2005 – Modulight Inc. (Finland & USA) announces opening of new office in the San Francisco Bay Area. This new Modulight operation, which is scheduled to open on March 1, 2005, will serve customers in North America by facilitating pre- and after-sales support, improve service quality in the areas of procurement and communications. “We believe that the opening of this Bay Area office, is a major step in the execution of the overall Modulight growth plans. Our objective is total Continue reading →

Modulight appoints senior advisory board

October 18, 2004 by Anca Guina
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Lafayette (CA), Oct 18th, 2005 – Modulight Inc. announces today business advisory board with following distinguished members of the photonics industry: Dr. Mike Scott (Former CTO of Bookham, and VP Technology, Nortel Networks Optical Components), Dr. Jörg Neukum (World-wide Sales&Marketing Manager of Dilas/Germany), Mr. Don Spalinger (Senior VP of Southampton Photonics), Dr. Pekka Savolainen (Technical Advisor Modulight) and Dr. Hubert Jouve (Modulight board). Advisory Board Member Dr. Scott says “I have watched the development of Modulight for several years. I am impressed by their management Continue reading →

Modulight to deliver world’s first telecommunication laser diodes for space application

June 18, 2004 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, June 18th, 2004 – Modulight, Inc. (Finland) and Contraves Space (Switzerland) announced today that companies have entered into an agreement on delivery of fiber pigtailed laser diodes to European Space Agency (ESA) – for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission. Modulight lasers will be essential part of the optical harness of the MIRAS instrument in the satellite. The MIRAS Optical Harness (MOHA) is designed and manufactured by Contraves Space. The lasers will constitute a key part of the information delivery system Continue reading →

Modulight announces exclusive supply agreement with Vaisala for meteorological applications

May 31, 2004 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, May 31st, 2004 – Modulight, Inc. (Tampere, Finland) and Vaisala (Vantaa, Finland) announced today that companies have entered into an exclusive multi-year agreement for development and supply of specialized laser diodes for Vaisala’s new products for meteorological applications. Under the exclusive contract Modulight will utilize its existing technology and provide Vaisala laser diodes that will enable Vaisala to apply new technology and reinforce competitiveness. “This agreement gives us new opportunities in environmental measurements and helps to provide unparalleled quality products to our customers”, says Continue reading →

Modulight announces two analog fiber pigtailed laser diodes for CATV

May 18, 2004 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, May 18th, 2004 – Modulight, Inc. (Tampere, Finland) announced today two new laser products for Cable Television (CATV) and other applications requiring analog transmission of signals in optical fiber. ML-COAX-1310-FP-AL-3 is a coaxial fiber pigtail module with 1310 nm MQW Fabry-Pérot (FP) diode laser based on a proprietary MOCVD and MBE grown epitaxial structure. The laser operates with 3 mW out-of-fiber optical power with 40 mA typical forward current. The device is available with and without isolator. With isolator minimum optical isolation is better Continue reading →

Modulight improves customer service in California, Arizona and near by regions

March 26, 2004 by Anca Guina
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Tampere, March 26th, 2004 – Modulight, Inc. (Tampere, Finland) and Reichenbach International, Inc. (Westlake Village, California) have today announced a long-term marketing cooperation. Reichenbach International’s offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento, and Phoenix will serve Modulight’s customers in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. "We are very pleased to team up with Reichenbach International to support our customers in the region. Their long expertise in getting design-in’s with well known fiber optic companies will definitely be helpful for us Continue reading →

Modulight enters Israeli market in cooperation with Migvan

January 22, 2004 by Seppo Orsila
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Tampere, January 22nd, 2004, Modulight, Inc. (Tampere, Finland) and Migvan Technologies & Engineering (Tel Aviv, Israel) signed today a representative agreement, which enables immediate availability of Modulight’s products into Israeli market. Modulight offers optoelectronic (OE) epiwafers, OE chips (lasers) and packaged laser components such as TO-cans and fiber pigtailed laser modules. Customized laser chips and foundry services are supporting well Modulight’s broad product and service portfolio. Modulight’s Fabry-Pérot and DFB laser dies, from lower speeds up to 10Gb/s, are available as standard products in volumes, Continue reading →

Modulight launches uncooled 1310 nm DFB laser

October 31, 2003 by Seppo Orsila
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Tampere, October 31st, 2003 – Modulight, Inc. (Tampere, Finland) has today launched the first in series of uncooled DFB laser products that company has developed to address customer requests. The product is designed for SONET OC-3 to OC-48, SDH STM1 to STM-16, Gigabit Ethernet and Fiber Channel applications that require up to 2.5Gb/s transmission speed. The product has extremely stable performance over temperature range of 0 to 85 deg Centigrade and features a typical Side Mode Suppression Ratio (SMSR) of 43dB. The product has a Continue reading →

Modulight joins Finnish Ministerial delegation to Japan between 6th and 8th of October

September 25, 2003 by Seppo Orsila
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Ms. Leena Luhtanen, the Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications will lead a Business Delegation visit to Japan in October, 6th-8th. The aim of the visit is to promote bilateral trade between Finland and Japan and to build relationships with high-level authorities and business leaders. Represented by Mr. Petteri Uusimaa, President & CEO, Modulight will join the business delegation together with other high-level representatives of well-known Finnish companies. Other participating companies of the delegation are Comptel, Cybelius Software, Elcoteq Japan, Elektrobit, Hantro Product, Jutel, Nokia, Continue reading →

Modulight gets ISO14001 certification

July 2, 2003 by Seppo Orsila
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Tampere, Finland, July 2nd, 2003 – Modulight, Inc., a manufacturer of high- performance optical semiconductor components, today announced that it has successfully certified its ISO14001 environmental management system. “Environmental management system is fully integrated in the quality management system and it works very well. Environmental aspects have been identified and relevant programs developed for the significant ones. General awareness on environmental issues and related corporate responsibilities is high.” says Ms. Elina Selin, lead auditor from BVQI which continues as Modulight’s audit partner. “We have built the Continue reading →