Ligent (formerly Hisense Broadband)
Ligent, formerly Hisense Broadband, makes optical chips and modules and lists 1.6T OSFP DR4, 2xDR4 and 2xFR4 modules, including LRO variants. Its company profile reports volume production of 800G and 1.6T modules and identifies the HKEX ticker 9856.
Facts
Source per value- Role Where the company sits in the optics supply chain: pluggable module maker, DSP and chip supplier, laser and component maker, network OEM that sells its own optics, contract manufacturer, optical I/O and co-packaged optics developer, or active electrical cable maker.
- Module maker 1
- Top speed Gb/s Highest module or chip application rate documented in the cited sources, in Gb/s (1600 = 1.6T). A historical catalog or announcement is not proof of today’s maximum or volume shipments.
- 1,600 1
- Speeds Data-center speed grades in the current portfolio, as the company lists them.
- 25G to 1.6T; 3.2T on roadmap 1
- 1.6T status Evidence for the 1.6T module or chip: volume/revenue shipping, customer sampling, or public demo/announcement. Blank means no dated status established; inspect the source date.
- Shipping 5
- Form factors Pluggable form factors offered (QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP112, QSFP-DD, OSFP, OSFP-XD and so on), or the package type for chips and engines.
- OSFP, QSFP-DD, QSFP112, QSFP56, QSFP28, SFP112 1
- LPO / LRO Offers linear pluggable optics (LPO) or linear receive optics (LRO), or the drivers, TIAs or DSPs built for them.
- Yes 1
- CPO / optical I/O Offers co-packaged optics, optical engines for CPO, or optical I/O chiplets.
- Not published
- Silicon photonics Identifies silicon photonics in a published product, design or demonstration. This flag does not establish volume shipments.
- Yes 2
- Coherent (ZR) Offers coherent pluggables or coherent DSPs (400ZR, ZR+, 800ZR) for data center interconnect.
- Yes 2
- Lasers Laser technologies the company makes or uses: VCSEL, EML, DML, CW lasers for silicon photonics, or tunable lasers.
- 10G EML (in-house); VCSEL (800G SR8); EML (800G 2xFR4) 5
- Reaches Reach classes offered, from SR (multimode, about 100 m) through DR, FR and LR (single-mode, 500 m to 10 km) to ZR (80 km and beyond).
- 1.6T DR4/2xDR4: 500 m; 2xFR4: 2 km; 2xLR4: 10 km; 800ZR: 120 km 2
- Named customers Hyperscaler or major customers the company or its filings name publicly.
- Not published
- Revenue Reported annual revenue in the original currency and fiscal year. Figures may cover an entire group and periods differ; this is not an optics market-share ranking.
- Not published
- Optics revenue share Share or amount of revenue from optical transceivers, datacom or the relevant segment, where a filing or earnings release states it.
- Not published
- Listing Stock exchange and ticker, or Private.
- HKEX: 9856 1
- Manufacturing Countries where the company states it manufactures.
- Not published
- Parent Owner company for subsidiaries and acquired businesses.
- Not published
Sources
- Ligent Technologies: company site accessed 2026-11-11
- OIF: Hisense 1.6T DR8 demo, OFC 2025 accessed 2026-11-11
- OIF: Hisense LPO demo, OFC 2024 accessed 2026-11-11
- Ligent 1.6T OSFP product table: DR4, 2xDR4, 2xFR4, LRO and 2xLR4 accessed 2026-11-11
- Ligent company profile: 800G/1.6T volume, 10G EML, 9856.HK accessed 2026-11-11
- Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technologies forms Ligent Inc. (press release, Mar 2025) accessed 2026-11-11
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