Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AAOI) Ganando

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of optical communications products. The company is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas and currently employs 4,691 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2013-09-26. The firm supplies this critical infrastructure to tier-one customers across cloud computing, CATV broadband, telecom, and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets. The company designs and manufactures a range of optical communications products at varying levels of integration, from components, subassemblies and modules to complete turn-key equipment. In the CATV market, it supplies a broad array of products, including lasers, transmitters and transceivers, and turn-key equipment. The company supplies optical transceivers that plug into switches and servers within the data center and allow these network devices to send and receive data over fiber optic cables. In the telecom market, it supplies lasers and laser subassemblies.