Viavi

The oldest company part of the JDSU group was Uniphase (the U at after JDS) In the late 1980s, the company became JDS Fitel when it formed a partnership with Fitel, a Japanese fiber optic and optical connector company. In 1999, JDSU was formed by the merger between JDS Fitel and Uniphase which was founded in 1979 in a San Jose, California garage, as a manufacturer of lasers for chip makers and scanners and then became known as JDS Uniphase then JDSU. JDSU was mostly operating in Ottawa, Canada with JDS being the first letter of founder’s names whom had founded JDS Optics (1981). Through all those years, JDSU was developing optical components and optical-telecommunication test equipment. Today Viavi Solutions continues to manufacture testing and monitoring equipment for networks. It also develops optical technology used for a range of applications including material quality control, currency anti-counterfeiting and 3D motion sensing.