Moving PON to 100G and beyond

Join host Phil Harvey, (Editor in Chief) Light Reading, industry experts Curtis Knittle, (VP of Wired Technologies) CableLabs, and Mark Laubach, (Systems Design Architecture Engineer) Ciena, as they discuss how 100G CPON can future-proof fiber networks and address growing bandwidth as well as service demands in the access networks.

Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief

December 18, 2024

During the discussion, the participants will contrast 100G CPON verses intensity modulation-direct detection (IM-DD) and have an open technology conversation about moving from current PON speeds to 100G and beyond. They will specifically focus on why coherent is ready to move to 100G and why IM-DD is challenged from a technology and business case perspective.

About the Author

Phil Harvey

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020.

His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Harvey covered networking, Internet infrastructure and dot-com mania in the late 90s for Silicon Valley magazines like UPSIDE and Red Herring before joining Light Reading (for the first time) in late 2000.

After moving to the Republic of Texas, Harvey spent eight years as a contributing tech writer for D CEO magazine, producing columns about tech advances in everything from supercomputing to cellphone recycling.

Harvey is an avid photographer and camera collector – if you accept that compulsive shopping and "collecting" are the same.

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