ROADMs: What Do Service Providers Really Want?


Six major optical system vendors have discussed their ROADM market views with Light Reading, and they're not all on the same wavelength
The stage is set for the flexible optical network operators have been dreaming of, but management software will need a boost
Finisar officially declares the gridlessness of its ROADM, a feature carriers think they might need as the network goes beyond 100G
Our latest ROADM resource is now live. While it gets going, here's a quick primer on all things ROADM to get you caught up