Telecom Valley
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Telecom Valley is an area located in Sonoma County, California specifically the Redwood Business Park of Petaluma, California.
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[edit] History
Don Green is also nicknamed the "Father of Telecom Valley". He founded Digital Telephone Systems (DTS) in Novato, California, in 1969, and invented the Digital Loop Carrier (DLC). It was acquired by Farinon, which in turn was acquired by Harris Corporation. In 1987, Optilink Corporation was founded by Don Green, which created a fiber optic Next-Generation Digital Loop Carrier System called the Litespan. Optilink was acquired by DSC and eventually Alcatel.
In local history, two engineers, Jim Hoeck and John Webley, approached Don in the parking lot with an idea for yet another NGDLC, the UMC-1000. This formed the basis of Advanced Fibre Communications, which was subsequently acquired by Tellabs.
There have been numerous spinoffs, acquisitions, and startups in the area, mostly in Petaluma, including Diamond Lane Communications (DLC) which was acquired by Nokia, Fiberlane (renamed to Cerent, and acquired by Cisco), Mahi Networks (acquired by Meriton Networks), Calix, Turin Networks, Teknovus, as well as others. Some suffered in the post dot-com bust of 2001, but many are still around and a resurgence is now happening. Some companies also have regional offices in Telecom Corridor located in Texas.
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[edit] Major Highways
[edit] External Links
- Telecom Valley Website
- http://www.sonoma.edu/pubs/release/2001/089.html
- http://cityofpetaluma.net
- http://www.downtownpetaluma.com
- Petaluma 2004/05 General Plan
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
