“Over the next year, the optical transport industry is on the cusp of a revolution that promises to reshape the very foundations of global connectivity,” says Robert Todd, the Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and director of photonic chip firm Optalysys. 

“The relentless expansion of 5G networks and the explosive growth of bandwidth-hungry applications will compel the industry to engineer optical networks with mind-bending speeds and almost limitless capacity, with data rates like 400G and 800G becoming the new norm,” Todd says.