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Why plug-and-play fiber matters now.
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These applications will drive growth in fiber usage beyond today’s “standard” upward trend that has been traditionally driven by home and business fiber bandwidth usage.
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Learning Resources

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This webinar explores how PacketLight enables organizations to protect high-value data in motion at the optical transport layer while preparing for quantum-safe security requirements...
Sept. 2, 2026
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This webinar will explore how high-density fiber optic cable designs can improve survivability while balancing protection, diameter, bend performance, and standards compliance...
Aug. 27, 2026
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Participants will gain insights into how automation, data-driven process control, and integrated testing strategies work together to improve productivity, shorten time-to-volume...
Aug. 19, 2026
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In this webinar, we’ll examine the issues related to optical networks serving DCI applications that will feature three optical industry leaders whose companies are actively pursuing...
July 29, 2026

Podcast

Videos

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AT&T continues its bullish stance on the fiber broadband market with plans to reach 8 million locations this year. Meanwhile, Molex and Prysmian enter a fiber manufacturing...
July 24, 2026
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Lightwave's sister publication, ISE, highlighted how STL is giving broadband providers a host of new options for installing fiber in homes at the Fiber Connect 26 trade show in...
July 22, 2026

5G

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The service provider’s on-net fiber presence and the expanding reach of its fixed wireless access (FWA) platforms are helping it battle legacy business and wholesale losses.
July 27, 2026
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The service provider continued to see gains in its fiber network expansion, adding nearly 650,000 new fiber subscribers in the second quarter.
July 23, 2026
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A new Dell’Oro Group report notes that the buildout of AI infrastructure will be the primary growth driver over the next five years.
July 21, 2026
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The acquisition will deepen its global reach and address the emerging use of AI in the consumer broadband market.
July 17, 2026

Earnings

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Lightwave is tracking the second-quarter 2026 earnings of the major broadband players.
July 14, 2026
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Lightwave is tracking the second-quarter 2026 earnings of the major optical players.
July 14, 2026
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The French vendor saw growth in its homeland market of France and the U.S.
July 13, 2026
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Lightwave will join several of its “sister” media outlets to host an online conference-style event titled Data Center Insights on July 15-16. Meanwhile, Optimum's ...
June 26, 2026

Test

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EXFO’s FTBx-88810 Series provides wide versatility, covering all rates from 1G to 800G—including 800ZR—and supporting Ethernet, OTN, Fibre Channel, and coherent optics in one ...
Feb. 12, 2026
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The company conducted an end-to-end Ultra Ethernet test across its data center switch family.
Oct. 7, 2025
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In this episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, host Sean Buckley, editor in chief of Lightwave and BTR, talked to the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) about the importance...
May 20, 2025
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While operators initially battled macroeconomic headwinds and technical complexity, testing engagements show new 5G wireless industry momentum.
April 29, 2025

Network Automation

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The new initiative is designed to help improve the consumer broadband experience.
Sept. 19, 2023
The combination of Render Networks’ geospatial network construction platform with VETRO’s cloud-native fiber network planning and management system will accelerate customer connections...
June 26, 2023
The company expects to deliver an end-to-end equipment line for disaggregated communication networks.
May 22, 2023
TR-489 “Authentication of an ONU and selection of eOMCI or vOMCI” will offer system integrators, network operators, and equipment manufacturers a clear framework to accelerate...
May 18, 2023