November 12th, 2025
Time: On-Demand
Duration: 60 minutes
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Summary
The pace of growth in optical backbones is accelerating, driven by AI, data center interconnect, and global service expansion. But predicting exactly what the next two to five years will demand is nearly impossible. That’s why operators need infrastructure that offers freedom, agility, and flexibility into the unknown. This session explores how open, ITU-T-compliant Flex-grid ROADM architectures enable carriers and data center operators to pay as you grow, scaling capacity without forklift upgrades or vendor lock-in. We’ll cover how ROADM’s ability to dynamically add and drop services across wavelengths provides smarter cost control, simplifies operations, and ensures the backbone can adapt to unexpected surges from GPU clusters to new enterprise services. Participants will see how adopting open ROADM strategies combines cost efficiency with long-term adaptability, creating transport networks that are ready for both today’s demands and tomorrow’s unknowns.
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Speakers
Michal Naor
VP Business Development
PacketLight
