The acquisition, expected to close in 2028, will expand the combined company’s total addressable market to $550 billion.

Arun Jain, director of product management and product marketing for AFL's test and inspection group, discusses how its FlowScout MPO OLTS is resonating with its data center customer base. 

Corning reiterates its position in the growing Data Center Interconnection (DCI) and fiber broadband markets. In other news, Ekinops balances optical growth with supply constraints, and the Fiber Broadband Association highlights the utility of hollow and multi-core fiber. Sean Buckley, editor-in-chief of Lightwave, breaks it down in this new Friday Five video. 

In this podcast, we recently caught up with key experts in Ethernet--John D’Ambrosia, Chair Emeritus of the Ethernet Alliance and David Rodgers, President & Events & Conferences Committee Chair for the Ethernet Alliance—who talked about the recent Ethernet Alliance TEF Forum as well as industry trends shaping the future of the nearly 55-year-old technology.