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VIAVI Solutions (Trilithic EAS)
VIAVI Solutions Inc. (San Jose CA; Nasdaq: VIAV; formerly JDSU / JDS Uniphase; ~$1.1B revenue) acquired Trilithic Inc. (Indianapolis IN; a cable test equipment company that also made EAS headend equipment) and maintains the Trilithic EAS product line for cable and satellite operators. Trilithic's EAS equipment was primarily a cable headend product competing with Sage Alerting Systems. Following the Trilithic acquisition, VIAVI has focused on network test and measurement; the EAS product line from Trilithic has been largely maintained but not expanded. VIAVI's presence in the EAS market is declining as Sage (Monroe Electronics) dominates cable headend ENDEC installations.
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Origin2023
VIAVI Solutions traces to JDS Uniphase (JDSU), which became one of the most spectacular corporate stories of the dot-com era: formed from the merger of JDS FITEL (Canadian fiber optic components, founded 1981) and Uniphase (US laser company), JDSU executed the $41 billion acquisition of SDL Inc. and E-TEK Dynamics in 2000 — at the peak of the fiber optic bubble — creating briefly the most valuable optical networking company in the world. JDSU stock collapsed 99% in the telecom bust, became a symbol of bubble excess, and the company reconstituted itself as VIAVI Solutions focused on network test and measurement. The Trilithic EAS product line came from the acquisition of Trilithic Inc. of Indianapolis (cable test and EAS equipment maker), making VIAVI an incidental EAS vendor.
VIAVI Solutions Inc ↗Did you know2024
VIAVI Solutions' primary business is network test and measurement (the tools that telecom engineers use to verify that fiber optic cables, cable TV systems, and 5G networks are functioning correctly). Through Trilithic, VIAVI is also an EAS cable headend vendor — making the equipment that distributes emergency alerts through cable TV systems. A single company thus makes both: the test equipment that cable engineers use to verify their plant is working AND the EAS equipment that the same plant uses to relay emergency alerts. If VIAVI discontinued Trilithic EAS support (as it has previously signaled), cable MSOs would need to replace emergency alert hardware across thousands of headend locations, potentially creating a compliance gap in the national EAS infrastructure.
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