Open source vendor Lumina Networks pulls the plug [telecom]

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by Mike Robuck

After three years, open source vendor Lumina Networks is shutting down operations over the coming month.

In a Tuesday afternoon interview with FierceTelecom, Lumina Networks CEO Andrew Coward said the company's fortunes were hit by the double whammy of Covid-19 related issues along with the trials of being an open source vendor. Coward said that venture capitalists, along with telcos, don't typically invest in open source companies.