SHOW REVIEW WDM2014


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Fibre and splice and all things Nice


Now that the dust has settled after Next Generation Optical Networking 2014, Tim Gillett solicits the opinions of exhibitors and delegates


B 40 FIBRE SYSTEMS Issue 5 • Autumn 2014


y any measure, it appears that the Next Generation Optical Networking show, held in June, was a huge success.


Back in the French city of Nice aſter several


years in nearby Monaco, the show attracted more than 700 professionals from across the entire optical networking ecosystem – from service providers, data centre operators all the way to the system vendors and component vendors – all gathered in one space. Te main conference hall was consistently


packed for a series of lectures and panel discussions, while the exhibition floor was the scene for business discussions, speed networking, and generally catching up with industry contacts old and new. Vanesa Diaz, of Corning, said the event had


delivered in terms of content and networking opportunities, bringing together the top leaders across the industry and stimulating discussions ‘that help to shape the future of


our business’. She added: ‘For Corning, this is an excellent venue to discuss the importance of low attenuation fibres as a complementary solution to system upgrades in order to cope with accelerating capacity demand. Christopher Towery explained how low- attenuation fibres enable a much higher system ONSR providing carriers with the opportunity to install economically advantaged 100G systems and a lower cost pathway to 400G and beyond. ‘In the backhaul section, Dr Merrion


Edwards introduced new fibre-cable installation technology like minicables, microducts and microtrenching, to challenge the industry perception that the cost of civil works to deploy fibre is prohibitively high. Tese technologies can help to reduce the cost of civil works by up to 70 per cent making the option of deploying more fibre to increase network capacity a near-term rather than a long-term reality.’ Event director Jane Watson, of IIR, told


Fibre Systems that there had been a 25 per cent increase in attendees compared to the previous year: ‘Tere were at least 115 different service provider companies from 65 countries – and,


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