Tropic Networks

Tropic Networks is a company specializing in the design, development, and marketing of optical networking equipment specifically tailored for regional and metro areas. Its offerings cater to telephony, data, and cable applications. The company's flagship product, Wavelength Tracker, leverages SONET/SDH familiarity to introduce optical layer intelligence. Tropic Networks offers a wide range of services related to its platform and products, including network design, planning and installation, operation and maintenance consulting, network architecture evaluation and modeling, training, and planned upgrades. In addition to its service portfolio, Tropic Networks provides the Networks TRX-24000, a metro optical transport platform that facilitates dense wavelength division multiplexing and optical add-drop multiplexing for various services. This solution enables carriers to effectively plan, manage, and scale metropolitan area networks, addressing bandwidth expansion, optical transport, wavelength identification, and wavelength management needs in regional and metro optical networks. Established in 2000 and based in Ottawa, Canada, the company completed its last $33.00M Venture Round investment on 26 May 2005. The investors in this round included Narra Venture Capital, Scotiabank, CrossBridge Venture Partners, Dynamic Venture Opportunities Fund, and JPMorgan Partners. Tropic Networks operates at the nexus of Enterprise Software and Telecom industries, aiming to address the growing demands for intelligent optical networking solutions in regional and metro areas.