How has optical networking evolved over the past 25 years – and what’s next? In this episode, Kent Lidström, CTO at Smartoptics, joins Mattias Fridström to explore:
- The biggest shifts in optical networking and what still needs to change
- Openness and disaggregation in the telecom industry
- Shannon’s limit
- How mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the industry
- Why enterprises are moving toward simpler services like “raw bandwidth”
- Encryption-based and physical security
- Strategies for managing component shortages through dual sourcing
If you’re curious about the past, present, and future of optical networking, this conversation is packed with insights.
