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Microsoft acquires fiber solutions start-up Lumenisity

December 13, 2022

Microsoft has acquired U.K.-based Lumenisity, a start-up that makes hollow core fiber (HCF) solutions, primarily for data centers and internet service providers (ISPs). Microsoft has said that the acquisition of Lumenisity’s technology will better help it support a variety of verticals including healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail and government by delivering improved security and intrusion detection and facilitating fast, secure transactions across broad geographies.

Lumenisity was spun out from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton in 2017 and since then, has focused on reducing HCF’s loss per kilometer— because while HCF technology has been around for about two decades, it has long struggled with performance and reliability issues. Lumenisity, though, has successfully reduce HCF’s loss per kilometer to around 1 decibel, and believes that further reduction is possible.

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