Friday 5 video for July 19, 2019

Jul 19th, 2019

More parties weigh in on Huawei, Acacia loses a round in court (will there be another one?) and seeks not to lose customers, and market research firms have good news and bad news. More good news is that Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy is here to sort it all out in this week's Friday 5 video.

This week's Top 5 stories:

#5: Sales of compact modular optical systems grow as applications increase: Cignal AI

#4: Cisco, Acacia Communications assure customers

#3: Court awards Viasat $49.3 million in damages in SDFEC IP suit against Acacia Communications

#2: LightCounting: Hang on, module Vendors, the data center companies will start buying again

#1: Bills filed in House, Senate, challenge President Trump on leniency for Huawei

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