An industry observer might ask a Nokia executive about its plans for 400G and there is a good chance that the response is more likely…
Category: DWDM/CWDM
New Optical Ecosystem at Jabil
After over 15 years of both optical component and system suppliers struggling to generate meaningful margins in the telecom and data communications market, it may…
Let Huawei and ZTE in US Optical Market
Service providers carrying US federal government communications, including submarine networks that are not based in the country, should be allowed to purchase optical systems from…
Infinera’s Last Ditch: Infinity and Beyond
With the full realization by industry analysts, some of whom initially drank the Kool-Aid, that the potential for Infinera significantly penetrating the metro optical market…
Microsoft’s Enduring Google Envy
Quite a few articles have been written over time about the jealousy suffered by Microsoft over Alphabet’s Google, but they have not really addressed that…
100G Transceivers Below $3/Gig by 2017?
When giant data center owners started promoting $1 per gigabit transport a while back, the idea seemed ludicrous. Well, at least for optical transceivers, pricing…
To Infinera: Let Transmode Run as Freely as Possible
Infinera would be better off allowing Transmode Systems to operate as an independent division than to integrate it much into its own corporation. Despite all…
Intel’s Credibility Problem with Optics?
While the hype machine on the latest and greatest technology always reigns supreme in the fiber optics market, Intel appeared to take Silicon Photonics (SP)…
Mellanox’s Messaging Resonance Not Key to Success
Mellanox Technologies is a typical Israeli-based firm in the datacom/telecom space in that it excels at technology development, but not necessarily from a marketing/sales perspective.…
Ciena’s Last Chance to Fulfill Its Destiny
Ciena beat the overwhelming odds as a startup in the 1990s to become the most dominant optical system vendor in the global telecom space. However,…
