May 21, 2025
1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT / 10:00 AM PT / 5:00 PM GMT
Duration: 1 hour
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Summary
Transceivers have long been a staple of optical communications networks. But now we’re seeing coherent pluggable optics take on new roles, particularly in router-to-router links for data center interconnect and service provider IP over DWDM. One of the key elements of this is the advent of ZR optics. Cloud operators like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have been early adopters of the pluggable coherent modules. Cignal AI said in a recent report that 800GbE module demand continues to grow due to the superior cost and performance of 100Gbps/lane technology, with shipments growing 50% QoQ. Meanwhile, the research firm said that the 400ZR/ZR+ market continues to scale despite its already large size as shipments of pluggable coherent jumped 70% YoY following two-quarters of slower growth. The value of pluggable optics in open-line systems is also becoming more apparent. This webinar describes this trend and explores how such modules can best be employed.
Speakers
Fady Masoud
Seniors Director of Solutions Marketing
Nokia
Fady Masoud is a Senior Director for Solutions Marketing at Nokia focusing on next-generation Intelligent Coherent Pluggable optics (ICE-X) and cloud /data center interconnect solutions. His area of expertise is the architecture and requirements of next-generation optical networking infrastructure. During his 28 years in the telecommunications industry, Fady has held various positions in the optical networking domain at Nortel, Ciena, Infinera, and now Nokia. He started as a hardware test engineer on the first OC-192 (10 Gb/s) systems and then was a systems and network engineer on metropolitan optical products, all combined with hands-on experience. Fady holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Laval University (Quebec City, Canada) and a master’s degree in systems technology (software simulation of optical networks) from the Superior School of Technology (Montreal, Canada). He has written numerous industry and technical publications (incl IEEE), including a book, on next-generation optical networking, cloud networking, and data center interconnect, as well as on many other key topics.
Moderator
Sean Buckley
Editor in Chief
Lightwave + BTR
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