People look at a screen at a laboratory of Linktel Tech. [Photo/WeChat account of Optics Valley of China]

Linktel Technologies Co, based in the East Lake High-tech Development Zone (also known as Optics Valley of China, or OVC), was listed on the ChiNext market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), with a circular issued on March 10 by the listing committee of the market indicating the approval of the company's initial public offering. Linktel Tech has become OVC's 55th listed firm.

Engaged in the design and production of optical chip integration, high-speed optical devices, and high-speed optical modules, the firm possesses several core technologies in the optoelectronic field and has established long-term partnerships with NOKIA, ZTE Co and FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies Co.

The firm was founded in 2011 in OVC by Zhang Jian, Yang Xianwen, Wu Tianshu, and Li Linke, with the former two being born in the 1970s, and the latter born in the 1980s.

The soaring market demand for optical modules and the improvement of the 5G network and data centers have significantly contributed to Linktel Tech's booming performance. Its annual revenue last year rose to 698 million yuan ($109.66 million), up from 517 million in 2020.

After 10 years of rapid development, the firm has been recognized as a gazelle enterprise and a little giant company at the provincial level and has become one of China's mainstream optical module manufacturers.