ADVA Optical Networking was founded in Germany in 1994 by Brian Protiva. It established its headquarters in Martinsried near Munich and its first production facility in Meiningen. ADVA Optical Networking SE is a European telecommunications vendor that provides network equipment for data, storage, voice and video services. ADVA Optical Networking has a global workforce of over 1,700 employees and its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) has been deployed in more than 250 carriers and 10,000 enterprises.