Finisar is a provider of optical components and modules that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. Products include optical modules, optical components, optical cables, optical instrumentations, and others. Applications include Data Communications, Telecommunications, and WDM Networks. With more than 5,000 employees, Finisar has sales, channel, and support offices worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California, with product development and manufacturing facilities located in the US, Australia, China, Israel, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Finisar Corporation and Optium Corporation jointly announced on May 16, 2008 that they had entered into a definitive agreement under which the two companies will be combined through an all-stock merger.