Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Net Insight to Acquire Q2 Labs for CWDM and Next Gen SDH/SONET

Net Insight agreed to acquire privately held Q2 Labs AB, a start-up based in Sweden, for 2.5 million of its shares (SX: NETI B). Q2 Labs, which was founded in 2003 by a team comprised of former Qeyton Systems engineers (acquired by Cisco in 2000) and Cisco Photonics Sweden, will add integrated CWDM (Course Wave Division Multiplexing) transport functionality and Next Generation SDH/SONET (GFP to Net Insight's product portfolio.



Net Insight's Nimbra platform combines NG SDH/Sonet transport, efficient Ethernet access and specific video and legacy interfaces for multi-service networks. Its products are used in telco triple play deployments and professional media networks to link geographically dispersed production facilities. http://www.netinsight.net