# EXFO

> EXFO is a Quebec City communications test-and-measurement company that sells instruments, software and services used to certify fiber, troubleshoot mobile networks, validate optical components and prove that high-speed data-center links work before customers discover they do not. Founded in 1985 with a reported $100, it has grown into a private, founder-controlled global supplier serving operators, contractors, equipment makers, laboratories and hyperscalers in more than 120 countries.

- **Founded:** 1985
- **Headquarters:** Quebec City, Canada
- **Founders:** Germain Lamonde (Founder, CEO and Executive Chairman)
- **Team size:** Nearly 1,400 employees globally in EXFO's 2024-2025 sustainability report; LinkedIn listed about 1,500 associated profiles in 2026.
- **Products:** Field network testing, Lab and manufacturing testing, BA-1600-OSFP, FTB platforms and modules, OTDR and iOLM
- **Notable:** Founded in Quebec City in 1985 with a reported initial investment of $100., Listed on NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2000, then completed a founder-led going-private transaction at US$6.25 per subordinate voting share in 2021., Claims use by more than 95% of the world's top communications service providers.

## Products & services

- **Field network testing** — Portable instruments for fiber inspection, optical loss, OTDR and iOLM characterization, Ethernet and transport testing, RF analysis and 5G deployment.
- **Lab and manufacturing testing** — Benchtop and automated systems for optical components, photonic integrated circuits, transceivers and high-speed links from 400G through 1.6T.
- **BA-1600-OSFP** — Dual-port 1.6T bit analyzer providing up to 3.2T aggregate test capacity with FEC, BLER, PAM4 and BER analysis.
- **FTB platforms and modules** — Modular, portable test platforms that combine optical, Ethernet and transport applications for technicians in the field.
- **OTDR and iOLM** — Fiber characterization tools that locate faults, measure loss and translate complex traces into guided link views.
- **EXFO Exchange** — Cloud-hosted workspace for collecting, organizing, comparing and reporting field test results.
- **Remote fiber testing and monitoring** — Centralized OTDR-based systems that detect degradation and locate fiber faults across operational networks.
- **Calibration, repair and training** — Recurring product-care services, certified service centers, warranties and technical education that keep instruments traceable and usable.

## Achievements

- Founded in Quebec City in 1985 with a reported initial investment of $100.
- Listed on NASDAQ and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2000, then completed a founder-led going-private transaction at US$6.25 per subordinate voting share in 2021.
- Claims use by more than 95% of the world's top communications service providers.
- Claims the number-one worldwide position in fiber-optic test solutions and more than 500 patents.
- Introduced iOLM in 2011 to automate interpretation of OTDR fiber traces.
- Won the 2018 TM Forum Outstanding Catalyst Award.
- Founder Germain Lamonde was named EY Canada Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018.
- PXM/LXM Pro earned a 2025 Cabling Innovators Platinum Award; AXS and PXM/LXM products also won two ISE Network Innovators Gold awards.
- Won three 2026 Lightwave Innovation Reviews awards.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published specifications for the BA-1600-OSFP dual-port analyzer, supporting two independent 1.6T ports and up to 3.2T aggregate capacity.
- **2026-05** — OXG selected EXFO remote fiber testing and monitoring for operational workflows across its German open-access network.
- **2026-03** — Showed an end-to-end AI-infrastructure testing portfolio at OFC 2026, spanning photonic chips, systems and data centers.
- **2026-02** — Introduced native 24-fiber testing products aimed at faster Tier-1 and Tier-2 data-center certification.
- **2025-11** — Sold the Adaptive Service Assurance division to Teleo Capital, which formed NumoData; EXFO retained a minority stake.
- **2025-10** — Received two Gold honors in the 2025 ISE Network Innovators Awards for AXS compact OTDR and PXM/LXM fiber-certification products.

## Links

- Website: https://www.exfo.com/en/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exfo/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/EXFO
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EXFOTube
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EXFOInc/

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Last updated: 2026-08-24