LOS ANGELES -- OFC/NFOEC 2012 -- "Funny, it feels like we were just here." A lot of attendees (and our photographer) had the exact same reaction when walking onto this year's OFC/NFOEC show floor.

Sure, it looks similar, but things in this space are changing. They're just not changing as drastically as we're used to seeing with mobile handsets and CBoss Corp. hemlines. (And if that joke sailed over your head, feast your eyes on this tasty bit of investigative reporting: CBoss Kicked Out of MWC 2013).

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Some of the many companies and organizations captured in this photo essay include Ciena Corp. (NYSE: CIEN), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. , Opnext Inc. (Nasdaq: OPXT), JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU; Toronto: JDU) and Infinera Corp. (Nasdaq: INFN)

Don't miss the rest of our coverage of OFC/NFOEC. The newswires, stories, blogs and videos are all right here.

The photos were taken by Amanda C. Edwards/Getty Images. The captions aren't her fault.

For more

• OSA 2012: In Pictures
• OFC/NFOEC 2011: In Pictures
• OSA 2011: In Pictures
• OFC/NFOEC 2010 in Pictures

— Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading