QUEBEC CITY, May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc.
(NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF), the network test, monitoring and
analytics experts, is holding its first-ever Innovation Summit from
May 6 to 9 in Lac-Beauport, Quebec. The event brings
together some 100 members of the EXFO team from offices on four
continents. Participants will take part in several activities,
including a hackathon launched this morning by the Deputy Premier,
Minister of the Economy, Science and Innovation and Minister
responsible for the Digital Strategy, Dominique Anglade.
The three-day summit, which will welcome speakers from NASA, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), and Amazon, is intended to
contribute to the future of communications technology and promote
EXFO's leadership with customers at the cutting edge like Apple,
Google, and Amazon. Over 95% of the world's major telecom operators
(e.g., Verizon, British Telecom, Bell, Orange) use EXFO test
instruments and software to manage and monitor their communications
networks. As an innovation pioneer, EXFO constantly breaks new
ground through major acquisitions, recruitment and training of
exceptionally skilled people, extensive R&D investments, and
original events like the Innovation Summit, where this year's theme
is artificial intelligence and machine learning.
"I welcome the launch of this first Innovation Summit. The
competitiveness of Québec and its businesses depends on our ability
to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the digital
economy, particularly those offered by information and
communications technologies as well as digital technologies and
data. EXFO, a leader in innovation, demonstrates Québec's expertise
in these fields, helping to make Québec a most innovative and
competitive digital society," said Dominique Anglade, Deputy Premier, Minister of
Economy, Science and Innovation and Minister responsible for the
Digital Strategy.
"The Innovation Summit initiative is a natural fit for our
organization," said Philippe Morin,
EXFO's CEO. "When EXFO was founded over 30 years ago, we already
had a bold vision: we were convinced that optical fiber was the
future of global communications networks. Since then, we've
constantly reinvented our way of doing things and helped shape
industry standards. Today, we're drawing on our tradition of
excellence in innovation to lay the groundwork for the deployment
of 5G."
About EXFO
EXFO develops smarter network test, monitoring, and analytics
solutions for the world's leading communications service providers,
network equipment manufacturers, and webscale companies. Since
1985, we've worked side by side with our customers in the lab,
field, data center, boardroom, and beyond to pioneer essential
technology and methods for each phase of the network lifecycle. Our
portfolio of test orchestration and real-time 3D analytics
solutions turn complex into simple and deliver business-critical
insights from the network, service, and subscriber dimensions. EXFO
is based in Quebec City and has
over 2,000 employees in more than 25 countries.
For more information, visit EXFO.com and follow us on the
EXFO blog.
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