Waechter has been moving JDSU from selling individual components to increasingly complex systems that carry higher margins.

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Waechter notes that the company is working with five different potential customers on additional uses for the gesture recognition technology.

FORBES: JDSU Rallies On Q3 Beat; Rebound For Optical Parts (Update)

Waechter says the gesture recognition business was less than 4% of revenue in the December quarter, but the market is just getting off the ground.

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During a recent visit to the FORBES bureau in San Francisco, JDSU Chief Executive Thomas Waechter noted that in order to meet demand, companies making telecommunications equipment and their carrier customers are buying truckloads of the esoterica sold by JDSU and rivals.

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Update : JDSU CEO Tom Waechter said in an interview with Forbes this afternoon that the company has been benefiting from a steady stream of new products, with the optical components group generating 65% of revenue from products two years old or less.

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