Lightwave OFC 2016 Video Show Daily, Day 3

Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy explains why all those functions systems vendor have worked so hard to integrate may be split apart again. Then he reviews some of the lessons learned this week during OFC 2016 in Anaheim, CA. This video is brought to you by The Ethernet Alliance, Qorvo, Source Photonics, and Tektronix.

Mar 24th, 2016

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Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy explains why all those functions systems vendor have worked so hard to integrate may be split apart again. Then he reviews some of the lessons learned this week during OFC 2016 in Anaheim, CA.

This video is brought to you by The Ethernet Alliance, Qorvo, Source Photonics, and Tektronix.

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