The COVID-19 pandemic and optical communications

April 6, 2020

Here you'll find in one place Lightwave's articles that touch on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the use and development optical communications technology.

Stephen Hardy

Here you'll find in one place Lightwave's articles that touch on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the use and development optical communications technology. These articles cover everything from how service providers are dealing with the increased demand on their networks, how (and if) technology developers are keeping up, and what analysts have to say about how the pandemic will affect the industry. The articles are in reverse chronological order.

05/12/20: II-VI record bookings pump FY3Q20 performance, 4Q guidance

05/12/20: ECOC is postponed until December 6-10, 2020

05/07/20: Pandemic or not, optical transceiver sales will still grow in 2020: LightCounting

05/07/20: Is the pandemic bandwidth wave receding?

05/05/20: Initial calendar 1Q20 optical component and transceiver revenue reports all over the map

05/05/20: COVID-19 delaying cloud projects, but not cancelling them: Colt study

05/04/20: Bandwidth use increased 47% in 1Q20 thanks to coronavirus: OpenVault

05/01/20: Some 1Q20 COVID-19 tailwinds for cloud infrastructure services: Synergy Research

04/24/20: AT&T, Verizon Q1 2020 earnings feel COVID-19 impact

04/24/20: ADVA details COVID-19 coronavirus effects on 1Q20 financial performance

04/16/20: Telecom revenue in developed countries to drop 3.4% in 2020: Analysys Mason

04/14/20: Service providers see some flattening in COVID-19 pandemic bandwidth demand growth

04/09/20: Broadband demand growth approaching a plateau, suggests OpenVault

04/07/20: Service providers offer new updates on COVID-19 coronavirus network effects

04/06/20: Telecom capex to see 1% CAGR by 2022: Dell'Oro

04/06/20: Indianola Municipal Utilities deploys FTTH with Calix, sees capacity demands reach 65% due to coronavirus effects

04/02/20: Full recovery of Ethernet optical transceiver sales must wait until 2021: LightCounting

03/31/20: Dell’Oro expects greater cloud data center capex in 2020

03/30/20: Service providers report on COVID-19 coronavirus stay-at-home effects

03/23/20: 2020 optical transceiver sales expectations ‘not great’ but rebound likely quick: LightCounting

03/23/20: Fiber Connect 2020 postponed to December 14-16

03/23/20: FTTP deployments ongoing, despite coronavirus: Lite Access

03/18/20: Lightwave, Endeavor Business Media, and the COVID-19 coronavirus

03/16/20: FTTH Council Europe postpones FTTH Conference Berlin to December

03/10/20: OFC 2020 exhibits open; conference sessions available online

03/05/20: Streamlined OFC powers on despite continued participant cancellations

02/25/20: Ciena, Lumentum pull out of OFC 2020 due to coronavirus concerns

About the Author

Stephen Hardy | Editorial Director and Associate Publisher, Lightwave

Stephen Hardy is editorial director and associate publisher of Lightwave and Broadband Technology Report, part of the Lighting & Technology Group at Endeavor Business Media. Stephen is responsible for establishing and executing editorial strategy across the both brands’ websites, email newsletters, events, and other information products. He has covered the fiber-optics space for more than 20 years, and communications and technology for more than 35 years. During his tenure, Lightwave has received awards from Folio: and the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) for editorial excellence. Prior to joining Lightwave in 1997, Stephen worked for Telecommunications magazine and the Journal of Electronic Defense.

Stephen has moderated panels at numerous events, including the Optica Executive Forum, ECOC, and SCTE Cable-Tec Expo. He also is program director for the Lightwave Innovation Reviews and the Diamond Technology Reviews.

He has written numerous articles in all aspects of optical communications and fiber-optic networks, including fiber to the home (FTTH), PON, optical components, DWDM, fiber cables, packet optical transport, optical transceivers, lasers, fiber optic testing, and more.

You can connect with Stephen on LinkedIn as well as Twitter.