The following members of industry active in the field of photonics technology, optical fiber communications and optical networks are affiliated to the Network of Excellence.

•  Alcatel-Lucent Germany
• Alcatel-Lucent France
• Nokia-Siemens Networks Germany
• Nokia-Siemens Networks Portugal
• Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE Austria
• ADVA Optical Networking Germany
• CISCO Photonics Italy
• ERICSSON Research Italy
• JDS Uniphase France
•  Alcatel III-V Labs France
•  XTERA Communications
•  OPTIUM Israel
•  PicoSolve Sweden
•  NorthLight AB - SFO Technologies Sweden
•  PHOTLINE Technologies France
•  VPI Systems Germany
•  Center for Integrated Photonics - CIP UK
•  DAS Photonics Spain
•  Time-Bandwidth Products Switzerland
•  EXELITE Innovations Greece
•  Ignis Photonyx AS Norway
•  Intracom Telecom S.A. Greece
•  OneFive Switzerland
•  France Telecom France
•  FASTWEB Italy
•  Tellabs Finland
•  British Telecom UK
•  Portugal Telecom Portugal

 The primary role of the industrial affiliates is to:

• Provide guidance & insight on photonic subsystems and their requirements in terms of specifications & performance

• Develop long term ties between academia and industry and combine research efforts

• Provide critical input for making the Pan-European Lab organization a reality