“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…
Category: FTTP
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…
Ciena Decides to Hit Back on 400ZR Impact
“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…
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 Fiber Won’t Ever Confess Motives
“It’s clear that Google Fiber’s presence in Louisville led other providers to step up and increase investment in Louisville, and that was good news for…
Google: Objectives and Undesirable Results
In the past, fibeReality has addressed the matter that Google/Alphabet’s publicly stated objectives in getting into new businesses, including in the optical realm, need to…
Verizon Wireless: 5G Home Subterfuge
In some ways, Verizon has a worse credibility situation in the short term with its current emphasis on residential applications for 5G, than what happened…
400GbE: Wakeup Call for Hyperscale Operators
When it comes to the critical development efforts for 400GbE, the big-four hyperscale data center operators do not appear to be doing much more than…
Calix: Long-Term Optical Powerhouse
During the first Market Watch panel at OFC 2018, MKM Partners’ Mike Genovese, one of a relatively few prominent investment analysts, who has real intimacy…
Finisar/Oclaro: Nearsighted Beyond 4x50G
As with fibeReality, both Finisar and Oclaro have problems foreseeing 400GbE in any meaningful way in the anticipatable time ahead. While each is more than…