“As Mike Tyson said, ‘Everybody has got a plan until they get a punch in the face.’” Rob Keys, Senior Director Optical Transmission, Ciena at…
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“Fireworks” at OFC SDN Controller Panel
Please be sure you hang around long enough next week at OFC 2019 to watch a unique, exciting debate during the panel of “How Centralized…
Arris + CommScope = Another M&A Decoy
An industry observer is expected to believe that CommScope, which was on the record at Investor Day, several months before the announcement of the merger…
AIM Photonics Will Miss Target (Part II) — Limited Job Creation
As we continue our critical look on the prospects of AIM Photonics, we will maintain our focus on the hurdles faced by this new organization.…
Additional Upshots at Dublin Optics Show
As a complementary piece to our last article, “Throwing Down the Gauntlet at ECOC 2019,” we provide some other final thoughts on the conference, including…
Google and Cars: Same Revenue Stream
There tends to be a lack of a full understanding of the intention behind the bulk, if not all of Google’s investments in new solutions.…
Uncle Sam: Major VC for Optical Gear Development Indefinitely?
Where will the money come from to fund R&D for next generations of fiber optic equipment in the telecommunications and data communications markets? Clearly, the…
AT&T’s Neutrality Reply a Red Herring
While on the surface, it is commendable that a large player such as AT&T is taking on the US government on net neutrality, its response…
Verizon/AOL: Bypassing Title II with New Internal Infrastructure?
“The FCC’s chairman “said that he doesn’t see a role for the FCC in reviewing Verizon’s…recent proposed acquisition of AOL….’ I don’t think AOL has…
Avago’s Spinoff of Optics in Short Term?
While for now, Avago Technologies will be preoccupied with the immense and time-consuming effort of its integration process with Broadcom, not too long afterwards, it…