Broadband Pulse

In this episode of Lightwave+BTR's vshow daily podcast for Day Three of OFC 2025, we looked at the following key trends and news headlines: 

• Arelion sets sights on selling more services to businesses
• Quantifi Photonics’ CEO sees growth, culture synergies arising from Teradyne acquisition
• Optical CEOs say flexibility is key to navigating tariff battles
• Furukawa Electric rebrands its fiber cable business as Lightera
• Breakdown of...

In Lightwave+BTR's daily podcast for Day Three of OFC 2025, we tracked various trends and news from the show, including: 

Retym raises 180 million to drive AI Infrastructure Innovation

Ciena, HyperLight and McGill University trial 3.2 terabits, 448 Gigabits per lane IMDD 2km transmission

Open ROADM multi-source agreement members demonstrated an 800G pluggable ROADM link CEOs agree that the optical industry is in the first innings...

In the first episode Lightwave+BTR's daily podcast for Day One of OFC 2025, we're breaking down the key announcements, presentations, and conversations at the San Francisco show.

Some of the highlights of the day included: 

Quantum takes center stage at OFC 2025

LPO MSA releases Linear Pluggable Optical Modules specification

OIF celebrates optical industry interoperability at OFC

Ethernet Alliance unites around Ethernet innovation...

In this latest episode of the Broadband Pulse podcast, we speak with Sev Sadura, VP of product management at Belden.

Belden has been going through a transition. The company, well-known in the optical and broadband arenas as a supplier of cabling and other infrastructure, has recently completed its acquisition of Precision Optical Technologies.

Precision brings several things into the Belden fold. For one, Belden can leverage Precis...

Dave Stehlin, CEO of TIA addresses new opportunities for broadband under the new presidential administration. 

Stehlin is a veteran of the telecommunications and broadband industry. Earlier in his career, he led two pioneering Ethernet startups: Ceterus Networks and later Overture Networks.

He was also a proud member of our country's service. Before coming into the networking industry, Dave was a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.

H...

Broadband Pulse is tracking new broadband build-out developments in this new weekly news roundup series. 

We're tracking new builds from various providers, including BroadbandOne, eX² Technology, Fidium, GoNetspeed, HyperFiber, Intrepid Fiber, Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) and Vero Networks.

You can also read about these deployments in our Lightwave+BTR's weekly Building Broadband feature on our website at www.lighwaveonl...

Clearfield, a fiber optic connectivity and management product designer, has made a name for itself, helping service providers reduce the high costs associated with a fiber optic network. The company has successfully tailored its products for rural and community-based broadband networks.

Like other companies, Clearfield continues to evolve. During this episode, we talked to Anis Khemakhem, who became the new Chief Marketing Officer ...

Alianza is looking to help traditional service providers abandon their traditional methods. The voice-centric service provider, which started serving regional operators, is gaining momentum with Tier 1 operators like Lumen. The service provider is leveraging Alianza’s cloud communications platform in its Cloud Communications offering.

By purchasing Metaswitch, a once dominant player in the Softswitch voice arena from Microsoft, Ali...

Rob Laudati, who joined Render Networks as vice president of product and partnerships in the fall of 2023, shared his perspective on his first year with the company and the broadband trends we will see in 2025.  

Laudati came to the Render role with extensive experience in executive products and partnerships in the geospatial and infrastructure domains. Before coming to Render, he served as Esri's global partner channel business. E...

Since no two service providers are the same, nor should their DWDM solutions be, XKL has taken a consultative approach that considers every service provider's network expansion and upgrade needs and collaborates to design the ideal optical DWDM solution. The company has developed a “set and forget” DWDM solution. 

During this episode we talked to two key optical networking experts: 

Chad Lamb, Chief Systems Architect for XKL

And

Da...

Seneca Mullins, President of AFL US Services, where he oversees six distinct service companies under the AFL umbrella. Seneca has been with AFL for 18 years, driving innovation and excellence across AFL’s diverse service lines.

AFL Wireless Services recently had a big win with Allegiant Stadium, the home of the Las Vegas Raiders. We’ll talk about that during the podcast today as one of the key highlights of the division.

While our ...

FarrPoint in partnership with Shaping Our Appalachian Region (SOAR) and Connect Humanity, recently conducted a study that showed that improving broadband in Harlan County, Kentucky, could generate $71.5 million in economic benefits.

During this episode we talked to two key broadband and community advocacy experts: 

Colby Hall, Director at SOAR

and

Matthew Izatt-Lowry, senior economist for FarrPoint

Here's a timeline of the intervie...

For this episode of the Broadband Pulse Podcast, Lightwave+BTR editor-in-chief Sean Buckley talked to Ed Fox, MetTel's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He oversees MetTel’s broadband, data, and VoIP network infrastructure planning, deployment, and operations.

A 30-year telecom and networking veteran, Fox has broad experience managing massive organizational and customer growth at major telecommunications providers.

In addition to his...

For this episode of the Broadband Pulse Podcast, Lightwave+BTR editor-in-chief Sean Buckley talked to Jason Moore, CEO of Route This, a company focused on helping service providers and IoT/smart home brands deliver consistent Wi-Fi connectivity to their customers.

Jason Moore comes to the CEO role with over 10 years of experience in the networking industry, from silicon engineering to software development to SaaS sales. Before foun...