OIDA Market Update: Optical Communications - OFC review, Next-gen Mobile Networks, and Next-gen Optical Networking

The OIDA Market Update brings the Annual Market Report to OIDA members and the industry in a series of installments. Each update features key topics in optics and photonics markets, including particular sectors or market segments, regional trends, and recent areas of focus for OIDA, and which are not available in another form in the industry today. The material is presented in a user-friendly format as a set of slides with accompanying narration.


Highlights in this OIDA Market Update:
• Optical communications - OFC review: Highlights from this year's presentations on applications driving the need for 5G mobile networks, aggregation and transport options to support 5G networks, next-gen PON and data interconnects markets, and optical module forecasts.
• Next generation mobile networks: A discussion of the current state and evolution of mobile internet subscriptions, networks, and technologies. Regional global protected growth is examined, along with changes in the mobile network infrastructure and the roadmap to 5G mobile networks.
• Next-generation optical networking: A review of next generation optical networking, including the path to 400G, from the NGON conference.

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