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In this latest installment of JDSU Industry View, experts from around the world weigh in on the latest optical trends - straight from the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) hosted in Los Angeles, California.
ADVA Optical Networking CTO Christoph Glingener discusses Agile Core Express technology. Added as a coherent layer to its FSP 3000 platform, the new technology is optimized for 100Gbit/s transmission speed and enables service providers to use optical network resources flexibly and on-demand.
Hans-Martin Foisel of Deutsche Telekom discusses the progress made at the Optical Internetworking Forum in 100G standards and the need for more cooperation as we go beyond 100G
Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock comments on the progress of 100G in the industry, how bandwidth demand is changing, and what technologies will lead to a lower cost-per-bit
Andrew Schmitt of Infonetics discusses industry consolidation, service provider app stores and what's different about the bandwidth drivers he's seeing this year
Content providers are big users of optical networking equipment, says ACG Research's Even Griliches, and companies like Facebook and Google could soon change how network equipment is designed and built