MAYNARD, Mass., May 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIA), a leading provider of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, today announced that it is aware of the order by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose specific license requirements for the export, reexport and/or in-country transfer of all items subject to U.S. export control regulations to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and designated affiliates of Huawei. Acacia is taking steps to suspend affected transactions and intends to fully comply with the order.
Acacia is continuing to monitor developments affecting trade regulation and tariffs, including as related to Huawei, to assess potential impacts on Acacia’s future business and financial results. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, sales to Huawei represented less than 1.5% of Acacia’s total revenue, and, for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, represented less than 1.0% of Acacia’s total revenue. Acacia anticipates that the loss of Huawei sales in the second quarter of 2019 will have a de minimis impact on Acacia’s total revenue for the quarter. Developments or regulatory actions against Huawei may have a broader impact on overall conditions in the markets in which Acacia operates.
About Acacia Communications
Acacia Communications develops, manufactures and sells high-speed coherent optical interconnect products that are designed to transform communications networks through improvements in performance, capacity and cost. By implementing optical interconnect technology in a silicon-based platform, a process Acacia Communications refers to as the “siliconization of optical interconnect,” Acacia Communications is able to offer products at higher speeds and density with lower power consumption, that meet the needs of cloud and service providers and can be easily integrated in a cost-effective manner with existing network equipment. www.acacia-inc.com.
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