Multilink Invests in German Startup

SOMERSET, N.J. -- Multilink Technology Corporation (Nasdaq: MLTC), a leading provider of advanced semiconductor-based solutions that accelerate the deployment of high-speed optical networks, announces that it is collaborating with Innovative Processing AG (IPAG), an emerging growth company located in Duisburg, Germany. Under this agreement, Multilink will work closely with IPAG on the marketing, design and testing of 40 Gb/s optical PIN diode receivers, electronic Traveling Wave Amplifiers and opto-electronic, monolithically-integrated devices. Additionally, Multilink will be the exclusive channel for IPAG's line of integrated opto-electronic receivers. This sharing of resources will leverage Multilink's expertise in high data rate communications devices and systems knowledge with IPAG's optical component technology, enabling Multilink to provide new services to customers and expand its product diversity from the optical interface all the way to the edge aggregation. "By combining Multilink's superior products and systems knowledge with IPAG's components development processes, we can offer customers a complete low power, high data rate transmitter and receiver solutions for optimum network performance," said Dr. Jens N. Albers, Multilink's Executive Vice-President and Co-Chairman and Vice Chairman of the IPAG Supervisory Board. "We continue to seek out advanced technologies in order to fulfill Multilink's mission of providing advanced optical networking semiconductor solutions." Multilink Technology Corp. Innovative Processing AG