Lightwave

Sujan Sami, Measurement & Instrumentation Program manager for market research firm Frost & Sullivan, talks to Lightwave’s Editorial Director Stephen Hardy about the major trends in fiber-optic test and measurement equipment. He estimates the size of the fiber-optic test and measurement market and discusses the major trends in the optical network test space. These include the influence of coherent transmission as well as increased data rates in carrier and enterprise/data center fiber-optic networks. He also offers his expectations for consolidation in the fiber-optic test and measurement space.