DZS

{{Short description|American telecommunications equipment company}}

{{Other uses|DZS (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox company

| name = DZS Inc.

| logo = Logo of DZS Inc.svg

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{OTCPink|DZSI}}
{{NASDAQ was|DZSI}}

| foundation = 2016

| location = 20px Plano, Texas

| key_people = {{URL|https://investor.dzsi.com/investor-news/news-details/2020/DZS-Names-Charlie-Vogt-President-and-CEO/default.aspx|Charlie Vogt}} (CEO)
{{URL|https://telecomreseller.com/2021/08/03/telecom-finance-veteran-misty-kawecki-joins-dzs-as-chief-financial-officer/?amp|Misty Kawecki}} (CFO)

| num_employees =

| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|376 million}} (FY 2022){{cite web | url=https://s27.q4cdn.com/544787048/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/Q4-2022-Financial-Results-Press-Release-v2.1.pdf|title=DZS Releases Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results}}

| operating_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|3 million}} (FY 2022){{cite web | url=https://s27.q4cdn.com/544787048/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/Q4-2022-Financial-Results-Press-Release-v2.1.pdf|title=DZS Releases Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results}}

| net_income = {{decrease}} {{US$|4 million}} & {{US$|0.15 per share}} (FY 2022){{cite web | url=https://s27.q4cdn.com/544787048/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/Q4-2022-Financial-Results-Press-Release-v2.1.pdf|title=DZS Releases Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results}}

| parent =

| industry = Communication Equipment

| homepage = {{URL|www.dzsi.com|dzsi.com}}

| footnotes =

}}DZS Inc. is a company specialized in fiber access and optical telecommunications networking and cloud software technology. The company was founded in 2016 as DASAN Zhone Solutions Inc., a merger between DASAN Network Solutions and Zhone Technologies. It was renamed to its current name in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Hettmansperger |first=Leny |date=2016-09-13 |title=Zhone Technologies Merges With DASAN Network Solutions To Become A Significant Global Telecom Player (NASDAQ:DZSI) {{!}} Seeking Alpha |url=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4005901-zhone-technologies-merges-dasan-network-solutions-to-become-significant-global-telecom-player |access-date= |website=seekingalpha.com |language=en}} In 2020, it moved its headquartered from the San Francisco Bay Area to Plano.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-02 |title=California telecom company moving HQ to Plano, creating engineering center |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/jobs/2020/03/02/oakland-telecom-company-announces-hq-move-to-plano-creation-of-engineering-center/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Dallas News |language=en}} In August 2020, Charlie Vogt was named CEO and DASAN Zhone became DZS.{{Cite web |title=Broadband World News - Dasan Zhone becomes DZS, outlines plan under new CEO |url=https://www.broadbandworldnews.com/author.asp?section_id=733&doc_id=763290 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Broadband World News}}

class="wikitable" |+Acquisitions !Name !Ref

Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc. (ASSIA) |{{cite journal |date=3 May 2022 |title=DZS to Acquire ASSIA |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/dzs-to-acquire-assia |journal=TV Technology |access-date=3 May 2022}}

RIFT |{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://www.lightwaveonline.com/business/mergers-acquisitions/article/14198767/dzs-buys-rift-for-network-orchestration-and-software-automation-play |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.lightwaveonline.com}}

Optelian |{{Cite web |last=Robuck |first=Mike |date= |title=DZS snags coherent optics vendor Optelian |url=https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/dzs-snags-coherent-optics-vendor-optelian |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Fierce Telecom}}

On March 14, 2025, DZS announced that they had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.{{Cite web |title=DZS files for chapter 7 protection |url=https://dzsi.com/news/news-releases/dzs-files-for-chapter-7-protection/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Zhone |language=en-US}}