Active Insight

Optical and routing sales are lifted by AI and a weakening dollar.

The 2Q25 Optical Components Report will include a breakout of 1.6TbE optics into SR, DR, FR, and LR for the first time.

AI Deployment Demand from Meta Exceeds Earlier Expectations

Ciena hit record revenue with Cloud customers, while Service Provider sales slowly recovered.

A Focus on Line Systems and Components

Datacom is driving growth as telecom recovers, and the tariff impact is expected to be minimal.

Nokia closes the Infinera acquisition and sees significant YoY growth in both IP and Optical.

Telecom components continue to recover, EMLs buoy Datacom revenues, and transceiver sales are poised to take off next quarter as Lumentum approaches its $500 million per quarter goal.

Uncovering who uses which DSP, and which DSP vendors ship the most volume.

1MW racks, 200G LRO, and 100G LRO VCSELs

Ciena’s SP business is on the rebound, but where is the AI Cloud surge?

An in-depth update on the changing state of optical line system and ROADM deployments.

Cignal AI presented at the OIF’s 448Gbps workshop. Here’s a summary.

Industry leaders are generally pessimistic about sustaining current growth.

Two Markets, Two Product Lines

CPO, 400G PAM-4, IPoDWDM with ZR, and copies of our show floor presentations.

A deeper look at the rates of adoption fueling a shift in hardware and component revenue

The state of the CPO market and outlook for future progress.

Nokia sees light at the end of the spending downturn tunnel, but Optical and Routing revenue remain at historically low levels.

Datacom continues to grow, telecom turns the corner, and optical circuit switching finally gets a customer order.