Corporate information
Tellium designs, develops, manufactures and markets optical networking systems
that allow our customers to build survivable optical networks. These systems
include optical cross-connect elements along with network management software.
Tellium's products provide an evolutionary upgrade path for service providers to
make their existing SONET networks ready to meet the demands of a data-centric
telecommunications environment. As a result, a new generation of high-speed
routers and ATM switches will connect directly to the optical layer where the
network survivability function will be resident. Network providers can combine
their current assets with our products that deliver SONET-like features at an
unprecedented level of configurability and survivability at the optical layer.
Founded by Dr. Chuck Brackett in May 1997,
pocari.stanford.edu
Tellium is the commercial spin-off from Telecordia, the former research arm of
the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs).
Management is led by highly successful executives who have proven business
experience in building technology start-ups into multi-million dollar success stories.
A robust portfolio of intellectual property is providing the seeds for multiple new
Tellium products and services. The company's seasoned technical team includes
more than a dozen members of Bellcore's Optical Networks Technology
Consortium(ONTC) and Multiwavelength Optical Networking (MONET) projects.
Corporate investors include Telcordia, SAIC, Cisco Systems, and Ortel Corporation,
and financial investors include Oak Investment Partners,Accel Partners,
Worldview Technology Partners and Blue Rock Capital Investors.
In June, 1998, Tellium moved into its new 70,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in
Oceanport, New Jersey.
website: tellium.com |
