At the Rump Session at OFC 2017, the topic for debate will be “Sub $0.25/Gbps Optics; How and When will Fiber Finally Kill Copper Cable…
Category: Cables
Muse CenturyLink-T-Mobile-Sprint Combo
Why would Sunit Patel, who has been the loyal enabler of Level 3, particularly with his expertise in debt refinancing, now part of CenturyLink, be…
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…
Rockley Headship Legacy: SiPh Hangover
Rockley Photonics’ founder and CEO, Andrew Rickman, could never seem to escape dealing with Silicon Photonics (SiPh) throughout his ventures over the years, paradoxically, representing…
Sumitomo’s Datacom VCSELs: Saving Face
Despite being a data communications module producer, Sumitomo’s purchase of Emcore’s VCSEL business in 2012 was a mistake. The former did not really know what…
Microsoft/Facebook Will Never Deploy Co-Packaged Optics as Defined
Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) is a serious risk to the well-being of the photonics industry, which can ill-afford the expenditure of such valuable resources. The concept…
Lumentum: Reorganizations Toward 3D Sensing Paradigm
A recent, unpublicized, corporate-wide reorganization by Lumentum Holdings might look like an admission of the company’s inability and/or unwillingness to efficiently run its internal factories…
