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Applied Optoelectronics Filed Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against CIG

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

The complaint, filed February 20, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that at least the CIG 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Module Version 1, the CIG 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Module Version 2, the CIG 100G LR4 Module, the CIG 400G QSFP-DD DR4 Module, the CIG 400G QSFP-DD FR4 Module, and the CIG 100G QSFP28 PSM4 optical transceiver module infringe one or more of the eight asserted of Applied Optoelectronic, Inc. (AOI) optical transceiver patents.

Key Points: 
  • The complaint, filed February 20, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that at least the CIG 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Module Version 1, the CIG 100G QSFP28 CWDM4 Module Version 2, the CIG 100G LR4 Module, the CIG 400G QSFP-DD DR4 Module, the CIG 400G QSFP-DD FR4 Module, and the CIG 100G QSFP28 PSM4 optical transceiver module infringe one or more of the eight asserted of Applied Optoelectronic, Inc. (AOI) optical transceiver patents.
  • “This lawsuit against CIG is a necessary step to protect AOI’s intellectual property that has been obtained through research and development, innovation, and investment.
  • AOI will vigorously enforce its IP rights against alleged infringers,” said Dr. Thompson Lin, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
  • In the complaint, AOI is seeking monetary damages from CIG and a permanent injunction.

Applied Optoelectronics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

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Friday, February 23, 2024

“While our fourth quarter revenue came in below our expectations, our gross margin outperformed our projections, and we generated non-GAAP EPS at the high end of our guidance range.

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  • “While our fourth quarter revenue came in below our expectations, our gross margin outperformed our projections, and we generated non-GAAP EPS at the high end of our guidance range.
  • GAAP gross margin was 35.7%, compared with 10.1% in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 32.3% in the third quarter of 2023.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin was 36.4%, compared with 21.4% in the fourth quarter of 2022 and 32.5% in the third quarter of 2023.
  • Non-GAAP net income was $1.6 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared with non-GAAP net loss of $5.4 million, or $0.19 per basic share in the fourth quarter of 2022, and a non-GAAP net loss of $1.7 million, or $0.05 per basic share in the third quarter of 2023.

Fiber Optic Fusion Splicers Global Market Forecast Report 2023-2033 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, January 22, 2024

The "Fiber Optic Fusion Splicers Global Market Forecast 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Fiber Optic Fusion Splicers Global Market Forecast 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • This market report provides a forecast for the use of fusion splicers by various fiber optic-based communication applications, such as: Telecommunications; Private Enterprise Networks; Cable TV; Military/Aerospace; and Specialty applications.
  • Telecommunications/Multimedia represented over 60 percent share of the worldwide consumption value of fiber optic fusion splicers in 2023.
  • In 2023, the North America region held an over a third of the worldwide consumption value of fiber optic fusion splicers.

Fiber Optic Fusion Splicers Global Market Forecast Report 2023-2033: Profiles of 45+ Competitors - AFL, AITELONG, FiberFox, GAO Tek, Ruiyan, ShinewayTech China, Vytran & More

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Friday, January 12, 2024

DUBLIN, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Fiber Optic Fusion Splicers Global Market Forecast 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • DUBLIN, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Fiber Optic Fusion Splicers Global Market Forecast 2023-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Telecommunications/Multimedia represented over 60 percent share of the worldwide consumption value of fiber optic fusion splicers in 2023.
  • In 2023, the North America region held an over a third of the worldwide consumption value of fiber optic fusion splicers.
  • This report provides estimates for the year 2023 and a 10-year forecast of the use of selected types of fiber optic fusion splicer machines.

With higher fees and more ads, streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu are cashing in by using the old tactics of cable TV

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Friday, January 5, 2024

There’s one thing that television viewers can count on in 2024: higher fees and more commercials.

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  • There’s one thing that television viewers can count on in 2024: higher fees and more commercials.
  • The major streaming services – Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and Max – have all announced rate hikes and new advertising policies.
  • Like their cable predecessors, streaming companies have lured people in with promises of a better and cheaper viewing experience.

Stemming the tide of ‘toll television’

  • This business structure also encouraged programming with mass appeal in order to deliver the broadest possible audiences to advertisers.
  • But not all TV viewers were happy with the formulaic quiz shows and sitcoms that dominated the airwaves.
  • Sensing an untapped opportunity, TV entrepreneurs tried to concoct ways to circumvent the dominance of the Big Three.
  • At first, this technology simply expanded the reach of CBS, NBC and ABC rather than providing a competing service.

Cable catches on

  • As frustrations with the limits of broadcast television intensified across the political spectrum during the 1970s, consumers, elected officials and regulators all embraced the potential of cable television to offer an alternative.
  • By the mid-1970s, experiments with programming disseminated via satellite and cable tested new types of niche channels and shows – like nonstop movies, sports, music or the weather – to see if audiences might be interested.
  • Like STV before them, cable companies tapped into frustrations with broadcasting and its advertising model.

Deregulation nation

  • Black Entertainment Television created new opportunities for programming geared toward Black audiences.
  • The Daytime Channel offered entertainment and news directed at women, while MTV connected a younger generation through music videos.
  • Then there was C-SPAN, which put the cameras on the House of Representatives starting in 1979.

Playing political football


Al Gore, then an ambitious senator representing Tennessee, saw an opportunity. He pounced on the issue of cable companies that had leveraged consumer demand into what he described as “total domination of the marketplace.”

  • Malone pushed back, highlighting the unprecedented choice that people now had on cable.
  • Rate increases allowed for experimentation with niche programming that never stood a chance on network broadcast stations, he added.

Everything old is new again

  • That the marketplace competition and programming choice alone could deliver for the public interest.
  • The expansion of a media landscape forged on the terrain of private businesses and their profit margins.
  • It also convinced elected officials and constituents to embrace a different understanding of the public interest, one where the market reigns supreme.


Kathryn Cramer Brownell does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Applied Optoelectronics Announces Pricing of $80.2 million of Convertible Senior Notes due 2026

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Friday, December 1, 2023

The size of the offering has increased from the previously announced offering of $80 million aggregate principal amount of Notes.

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  • The size of the offering has increased from the previously announced offering of $80 million aggregate principal amount of Notes.
  • Following the completion of the offering, we may engage in additional exchanges, or we may repurchase or induce conversions, of the 2024 notes.
  • These activities may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock and the Notes we are offering.
  • The Notes will be convertible at the option of holders of the Notes under certain specified circumstances, as set forth in the indenture governing the Notes.

Applied Optoelectronics Announces Proposed Private Offering of $80 Million of Convertible Senior Notes due 2026

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Final terms for the offering of the Notes will be determined at the time of pricing.

Key Points: 
  • Final terms for the offering of the Notes will be determined at the time of pricing.
  • The Notes will be convertible at the option of holders of the Notes under certain specified circumstances, as set forth in the indenture governing the Notes.
  • Initially, the Notes will not be guaranteed, but the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior, unsecured basis, by certain of our future domestic subsidiaries.
  • Following the completion of the offering, we may engage in additional exchanges, or we may repurchase or induce conversions, of the 2024 notes.

Applied Optoelectronics Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced financial results for its third quarter 2023 ended September 30, 2023.

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  • SUGAR LAND, Texas, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet datacenter, telecom and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced financial results for its third quarter 2023 ended September 30, 2023.
  • GAAP gross margin was 32.3%, compared with 17.2% in the third quarter of 2022 and 19.0% in the second quarter of 2023.
  • Non-GAAP gross margin was 32.5%, compared with 18.0% in the third quarter of 2022 and 24.8% in the second quarter of 2023.
  • The company will host a conference call and webcast for analysts and investors on November 9, 2023 to discuss its third quarter 2023 results and outlook for its fourth quarter of 2023 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time / 3:30 p.m. Central time.

MaxLinear and Positron Partner to Accelerate Broadband Deployment with Fiber Speeds to the Home

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Monday, October 16, 2023

The Positron GAM solutions extend fiber and fixed-wireless access Gigabit services to legacy properties over the existing coax or twisted pair wiring infrastructures.

Key Points: 
  • The Positron GAM solutions extend fiber and fixed-wireless access Gigabit services to legacy properties over the existing coax or twisted pair wiring infrastructures.
  • MaxLinear and Positron will showcase these solutions at Network X in Paris, France, October 24 – 26.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231016961564/en/
    MaxLinear and Positron Partner to Accelerate Broadband Deployment with Fiber Speeds to the Home (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The versatility of the G.hn as a Gigabit access technology standard provides subscribers with ultra-fast and reliable network connectivity.
  • “Connectivity convergence is becoming increasingly important as consumers demand reliable access at Gigabit speeds,” said Will Torgerson, Vice President, Broadband Group for MaxLinear.

Lumentum Addresses Surge in AI and ML Data Traffic with High-Performance Optical Solutions at ECOC 2023

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Monday, October 2, 2023

These products address the growing need from cloud data center operators for high-performance optical solutions that support the rapid influx of data traffic and increasing bandwidth requirements driven by new Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications.

Key Points: 
  • These products address the growing need from cloud data center operators for high-performance optical solutions that support the rapid influx of data traffic and increasing bandwidth requirements driven by new Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications.
  • The discussion complements a recently published whitepaper on this topic, now available on the Lumentum website .
  • The demonstration aims to show how optical module manufacturers are reducing power consumption and complexity in data center interconnects, while promoting interoperability.
  • To learn more about Lumentum solutions and technology, visit Hall Four, Stand #426 at ECOC 2023 or contact a representative at [email protected] .