Adtran, Inc. is an American fiber networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. It is a vendor of both residential and enterprise networking equipment, along with administrative software for network management and deployment. Its customers include communications service providers, governments, enterprises and utilities.
History
Adtran was founded in 1985 by Mark C. Smith,[5] Lonnie S. McMillian,[6] and Larry Owen, and began operations in 1986, following the AT&T divestiture of the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs). It supplied network equipment to both the RBOCs and independent telephone companies in the United States.[7]
In 2006, Adtran acquired Luminous Networks, a manufacturer of access network equipment. In 2011, it acquired Bluesocket, a maker of enterprise Wi-Fi equipment based in Burlington, Massachusetts. In 2012, it acquired Nokia Siemens Networks