Weathering the storm

The North American optical transport equipment market hit turbulence in the third quarter as revenues dropped 4 percent year-over-year due to what Dell’Oro Group says is excess inventory, macro-conditions, recession fears, and higher borrowing costs. Meanwhile, Vertical Systems Group says DIA will be the dominant Ethernet service, and Nokia and Orange conducted an 800G trial. Lightwave Editor-in-Chief Sean Buckley breaks it down in this week's Friday 5 video.

About the Author

Sean Buckley

Sean Buckley

Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove. 

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