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Finisar Receives Huawei Golden Core Partner Award
| Source: Finisar
SHENZHEN, CHINA and SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - December 2, 2008) - Finisar Corporation
(NASDAQ : FNSR ) today announced that it has received the prestigious Golden
Core Partner award from Huawei, one of the world's leading providers of
telecommunications network solutions. At an award ceremony at Huawei's
corporate headquarters in Shenzhen, China, Finisar was honored for its
innovative technology, high-quality, and on-time delivery of its optical
components for high-speed communications. Finisar Executive Chairman Jerry
Rawls and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Todd Swanson,
attended the event.
Of the more than one thousand suppliers that Huawei works with each year,
Finisar was one of only 18 companies to receive the Golden Core Partner
Award. The award is bestowed upon companies that consistently deliver high
performance and quality products that meet Huawei's highly specialized
needs.
Finisar supplies a wide range of optical components to Huawei that are
included in its telecommunications networking equipment. These optical
components include passive devices, transceivers, and transponders. This is
the third supplier award Finisar has received from Huawei.
"We are very pleased to be honored by one of the world's largest and
fastest growing telecommunications equipment manufacturers," said Todd
Swanson, senior vice president of Sales and Marketing of Finisar. "To
consistently achieve the highest levels of performance, quality, and short
delivery times while exceeding Huawei's stringent requirements is a
testament to Finisar's innovative products and high-volume manufacturing
capabilities."
About Finisar
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ : FNSR ) is a global technology leader for fiber
optic subsystems and network test systems that enable high-speed voice,
video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable
TV applications. For more than 20 years, Finisar has provided critical
optics technologies to system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands
for network bandwidth and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide.
For additional information, visit www.finisar.com.