Zhone Technologies acquired NEC Eluminant Technologies, a developer of optical access products, for an undisclosed sum. Products included in the acquisition include eLUMINANT's ISC-303 digital loop carrier, the VISTA Access SONET ADM, the RC-28D and RC-28E M13 multiplexers and the FD-6 fiber access multiplexer. NEC retains the rights to the FiberSLAM product and intellectual property associated with the passive optical networking (PON) system. Zhone said the deal expands its full-scale delivery of access solutions for voice, data, video and content to service providers. The deal also expands Zhone's customer base with the addition of some of the world's largest carriers.
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- eLUMINANT was spun off from NEC America, Inc. in 1998. The company has raised $31 million in funding from ITOCHU Corporation, NEC USA, and Yasuda Enterprise Development Co., one of Japan's largest venture capital companies. eLUMINANT is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia and operates a research and development center in Portland, Oregon.
