BroadLight explained

BroadLight.
Foundation:	June 2000
Location:	Herzliya, Israel
Key People:	Raanan Gewirtzman, Chief Executive Officer Chee Kwan, VP Sales Didi Ivancovsky, Founder, VP Carriers Strategy Doron Tal, VP Business Development & Marketing Dror Heldenberg, CFO Eli Weitz, CTO Gal Sitton, VP Systems Igor Elkanovich, VP VLSI
Industry:	Semiconductors
Products:	Fiber Access & Embedded Processors
Num Employees:	140
Homepage:	www.broadlight.com

BroadLight is a fabless semiconductor company which designs, manufactures and markets Fiber Access and embedded processors System-on-a-chip (SoC). Founded in 2000^[1] by Ran Dror, David Levi, Haim Ben Amram, Didi Ivancovsky and Raanan Ivry, it is headquartered in Herzeliya, Israel with offices in the United States, China, Taiwan and Korea.

Market

BroadLight predicted that the fiber-to-the-home market would outpace xDSL copper broadband installations^[2] and that the market would require and benefit from highly integrated Fiber Access semiconductor SoC. The company was recognized to achieve significant market share^[3] ^[4] and an established top-tier customer position^[5]

Intellectual Property

Since 2004 BroadLight has been awarded multiple patents^[6] in the area of fiber access and CPE network processing.

Acquisition by Broadcom

In April 2012 Broadcom Corporation acquired^[7] ^[8] BroadLight for $230M in a cash transaction.

External links

BroadLight homepage

Notes and References

Web site: TheMarker.com Staff . Broadlight raising $10 million from strategic and existing investors . https://archive.today/20130204153223/http://www.thestreet.com/story/1522383/broadlight-raising-10-million-from-strategic-and-existing-investors.html . dead . 2013-02-04 . TheStreet . 2001-08-27 . 2012-05-17 .
http://seekingalpha.com/article/11686-the-future-of-fiber-to-the-home-in-china-part-two The Future of Fiber To The Home in China, Part Two - Seeking Alpha
http://www.nyquistcapital.com/2007/06/13/ftth-silicon-market-share/ FTTH Silicon Market Share | Nyquist Capital
http://seekingalpha.com/article/83764-broadcom-enters-ftth-chipset-market Broadcom Enters FTTH Chipset Market – Seeking Alpha
http://seekingalpha.com/article/7555-amcc-demonstrates-gpon-chipset-but-cramer-gets-company-wrong-amcc-tlab-mot-ala AMCC demonstrates GPON Chipset, But Cramer Gets Company Wrong (AMCC, TLAB, MOT, ALA) - Seeking Alpha
Web site: Broadlight, LTD. Patents . 2012-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225319/http://www.patentgenius.com/assignee/BroadlightLtd.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/broadcom-to-buy-fiber-access-chip-makerbbroadlight-2012-03-21 Broadcom to buy fiber access chip makerBbroadLight – MarketWatch
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