Company:DZS
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications Equipment |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Headquarters | 20px Plano, Texas |
Key people | Clayton Zekelman (CEO) |
Number of employees | 200+ |
| Website | zhone.com |
Zhone Technologies Inc. is a company specialized in fiber access and optical telecommunications networking and cloud software technology. The company was founded in 2016 as DASAN Zhone Solutions Inc., a merger between DASAN Network Solutions and Zhone Technologies. It was renamed to its current name in 2020.[1] In 2020, it moved its headquartered from the San Francisco Bay Area to Plano.[2] In August 2020, Charlie Vogt was named CEO and DASAN Zhone became DZS.[3]
| Name | Ref |
|---|---|
| Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc. (ASSIA) | [4] |
| RIFT | [5] |
| Optelian | [6] |
On March 14, 2025, DZS announced that they had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.[7]
On April 7, 2025, Managed Network Systems Inc., a leading telecom service provider from Windsor, Ontario, Canada announced their intention to buy the assets of DZS.[8] That transaction was concluded on May 5, 2025 when the newly re-formed Zhone Technologies Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of DZS.[9]
The company carries on business today as a leading supplier of telecommunications equipment to customers around the world.
References
- ↑ Hettmansperger, Leny (2016-09-13). "Zhone Technologies Merges With DASAN Network Solutions To Become A Significant Global Telecom Player (NASDAQ:DZSI) | Seeking Alpha" (in en). https://seekingalpha.com/article/4005901-zhone-technologies-merges-dasan-network-solutions-to-become-significant-global-telecom-player.
- ↑ "California telecom company moving HQ to Plano, creating engineering center" (in en). 2020-03-02. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/jobs/2020/03/02/oakland-telecom-company-announces-hq-move-to-plano-creation-of-engineering-center/.
- ↑ "Broadband World News - Dasan Zhone becomes DZS, outlines plan under new CEO". https://www.broadbandworldnews.com/author.asp?section_id=733&doc_id=763290.
- ↑ "DZS to Acquire ASSIA". TV Technology. 3 May 2022. https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/dzs-to-acquire-assia. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ "StackPath". https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/mergers-acquisitions/article/14198767/dzs-buys-rift-for-network-orchestration-and-software-automation-play.
- ↑ Robuck, Mike. "DZS snags coherent optics vendor Optelian". https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/dzs-snags-coherent-optics-vendor-optelian.
- ↑ "DZS files for chapter 7 protection" (in en-US). https://dzsi.com/news/news-releases/dzs-files-for-chapter-7-protection/.
- ↑ "MNSI Announces its Intention to Acquire DZS Assets" (in en-US). https://zhone.com/news/dzs-in-the-news/mnsi-announces-its-intention-to-acquire-dzs-assets/.
- ↑ "Zhone Technologies Announces Acquisition of DZS Assets" (in en-US). https://zhone.com/news/news-releases/zhone-acquisition-of-dzs-assets/.
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