Last deal

Amount

Private Equity

Stage

14.04.2010

Date

3

all rounds

$60M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Aurora Networks is a leading provider of advanced optical transport and access systems for broadband networks.

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Sector :

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founded date

01.01.1999

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Private Equity

IPO status

Private

Description

With a focus on cable technologies, Aurora Networks offers innovative solutions that expand network capacity and improve return on investment for broadband service providers. Their optical transport equipment supports the convergence of video, data, and voice applications, helping service providers evolve their infrastructures from HFC to Fiber Deep to FTTP while accommodating subscriber demand for bandwidth-intensive services.
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2

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Charles Barker

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