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EXFO

Semiconductors & PhotonicsCloud & Digital InfrastructureQuebec City, QC

Quebec City-based builder of test, measurement and monitoring instruments and software for fibre-optic and mobile networks, sold to network operators, hyperscalers and equipment manufacturers.

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About

Source: exfo.com

EXFO states it develops smarter test, monitoring and analytics solutions for the global communications industry, and describes itself as the industry's test, monitoring and analytics experts with over 35 years of solutions. Its own history page records that it was founded in 1985 by Germain Lamonde, went public on NASDAQ and the TSX in 2000, and completed its privatization in 2021.

  • Completed a going-private transaction and began delisting from the TSX and Nasdaq on August 27, 2021, at US$6.25 per subordinate voting share. exfo.com

  • Marked 40 years in network test and measurement in September 2025. exfo.com

  • Introduced the BA-1600-OSFP bit error rate tester at OFC 2026, offering up to 3.2T test capacity across two independent 1.6T OSFP ports. exfo.com

  • Sold its Adaptive Service Assurance division to Teleo Capital in November 2025. exfo.com

Products & Services

Company site: exfo.com

Products EXFO publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.

Field Network Testing

Test instruments

Modular test platforms and portable instruments for on-site network assessment across multiple technologies.

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Lab and Manufacturing Testing

Test instruments

Benchtop and automated test equipment for laboratory environments and production facilities.

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Recent News

  1. Mar 16, 2026Product

    EXFO introduces the BA-1600-OSFP bit error rate tester at OFC 2026

    EXFO introduced the BA-1600-OSFP bit error rate tester, offering up to 3.2T test capacity across two independent 1.6T OSFP ports.

  2. Nov 3, 2025Acquisition

    EXFO sells its Adaptive Service Assurance division

    EXFO sold its Adaptive Service Assurance division to Teleo Capital.

  3. Sep 17, 2025Other

    EXFO marks 40 years in network test and measurement

    EXFO marked 40 years of innovation in network test and measurement.

People

Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.

Germain Lamonde

Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman

Jeremie Lavoie

Chief Financial Officer

Gabriel Duford

Chief Technology Officer

Louis Adam

Chief Marketing Officer

Technology Focus

Company site: exfo.com

Terms the company uses about its own work.

Fibre optic test and measurementNetwork monitoring and analyticsField network testingLab and manufacturing testBit error rate testingFTTH testOptical transport test

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