Summer 2021 - Optical Connections Magazine

OPTICAL CONNECTIONS WEBINAR SERIES 2021

OPTICALCONNECTIONS WEBINARSERIES 2021 Extending its services to the fibre optical industry, Optical Connections has inaugurated a series of webinars examining the vital and challenging issues facing the industry in this period of great change. Developed in conjunction with the Market Focus Committee the webinar program continues with a live session ‘Managing the fibre network’ taking place on 15th July, 2021.

MANAGING THE FIBRE NETWORK THURSDAY 15TH JULY 14:00 (CEST). REGISTER NOW!

There will also be new traffic patterns due to sheer mobility i.e. how to automatically learn about them and how to automatically both indirectly (planning) and directly (provisioning)?

With the mass migration to fibre, new network management systems and practices are going to be required. In addition, fibre network architecture is still developing and there are some potentially radical changes in the pipeline which could redefine network management so inevitably, the questions arise, which management systems to invest in and how far to automate? In the all-copper environment, automation is well advanced, but how easily will it transfer to fibre networks? How will fault monitoring and trouble ticketing work?

Confirmed speakers are:

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Antonio Tartaglia, Ericsson

Dr. Di Liang, HPE

Find out more and register to attend

Previous webinars, which are available for viewing include CLOSE TO THE EDGE: FIBRE FOR ANY-HAUL IN 5G ACCESS NETWORKS. This webinar brought together key companies that are influencing the direction of the technology, products, and manufacturing. It reviewed what is hot and topical today but also looked forward to the next 5-10 years as enablers to maintain competitiveness in the segment. It included perspectives on standards/MSA as well as the market environment. Already, we are seeing key metrics such as high volume, integration, low power consumption, high speed, electronic enhancement and support of photonics (coding, FEC, dispersion, timing etc) with

DSPs to name a few; become important to all stakeholders up and down the value chain of the industry. Further, as everything advances as we would expect, the make-up and nature of the industry will evolve quickly and these webinars will review not only the technology perspective but also how the industry can meet future challenges and opportunities over the next decade. Find out more and watch on demand. The second webinar in the series was REPLACING THE COPPER INFRASTRUCTURE. Switching to a new physical infrastructure is probably the biggest step any operator will take, but if they are to meet their subscribers’ demands for greater speed, capacity and new services, as well as

supporting 5G and IoT. It is a step which may be taken. The process is however fraught with uncertainties. How to do it in the most cost- efficient manner with minimum disruption to customers? When to expect RoI and how can it be generated? What will OPEX be like? Cloud data centres still represents one of the largest instalment base of copper and optical cables leading latest developments in term of growth rate and the adoption of higher speeds. What are the opportunities for new technologies such as hollow-core fibre, 200G per lane copper cable etc? These are the vital questions currently facing the optical telecommunications industry which the webinar addressed. Find out more and watch on demand.

INTERESTED IN SPEAKING AT OUR WEBINARS?

FUTURE WEBINARS INCLUDE:

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The Optical Connections webinar series is a fantastic opportunity for 4 to 5 speakers within specific fields to come together to discuss the latest industry developments. If you would like to be considered for a 12- 15 minute live presentation in the webinar followed by an in-depth panel discussion with our webinar hosts (two Market Focus Committee members) please email webinars@opticalconnectionsnews.com with the following information:

All entries will be reviewed and rated by our Committee and all accepted content will be published on our website, newsletters, social media and YouTube channels. We will also publish any associated white papers where relevant. Accepted author presentation participation fee: £750