Feb 28, 2019 / 12:25AM GMT
Meta A. Marshall - Morgan Stanley, Research Division - VP
Started with Infinera, we have Brad Feller, CFO, with us. I'm Meta Marshall, I lead up the optical coverage here at Morgan Stanley. I'm going to read some quick disclosures, and then we will jump into questions.
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Questions and Answers:
Meta A. Marshall - Morgan Stanley, Research Division - VPAll right. So maybe let's just jump in and start with the Coriant acquisition. We'll kind of work through that first. And just what your rationale was at the time, how it's kind of evolved or the opportunities that you see there.
Brad D. Feller - Infinera Corporation - CFO
Sure. If you look at the big pieces on why we went and did the deal, access to a much broader customer base, including a very broad portfolio of Tier 1s and