MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumentum Holdings Inc. ("Lumentum") announced today that it received the 2017 "Joint Innovation Partner" award from Huawei -- one of the world's foremost providers of communications and data network solutions. The prestigious award recognizes the strong partnership between the companies who are working together on product planning and joint technology and product development initiatives.

Lumentum President and CEO Alan Lowe accepted the award on behalf of Lumentum during the 2017 Core Partner Convention hosted by Huawei recently in Shenzhen, China.

"We are very pleased and honored to have been recognized by Huawei with the 'Joint Innovation Partner' award," said Alan Lowe. "It highlights that our relationship has evolved over the years to become an important strategic partnership. We are very proud of our joint accomplishments. We look forward to continuing to work together on next-generation products and their deployment within global networks."

Lumentum and Huawei are jointly developing innovative solutions to more efficiently switch high-speed optical signals in fiber optic networks.  

Huawei hosts this yearly supplier event where over 500 people are invited to attend a day-long meeting with guest speakers, panel discussions, and an award ceremony. Lumentum CTO Brandon Collings participated on the "High-speed Interconnects" panel, providing Lumentum's perspective on trends in future advanced network technologies.

About Lumentum

Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide.  Lumentum's optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network.  Lumentum's commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities.  Lumentum is headquartered in Milpitas, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide.  For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.

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