This session will cover AI, 25G, 50G and beyond, connected device proliferation into the markets, and how these trends will impact the physical layer. Plays to designing networks with spare capacity, WDM strategies, network flexibility for future demand points, mobile edge compute, latency, quality of service, bandwidth, networks built to last many decades and to target TCO savings.

Cloud-native broadband networking for the mass market isn’t in the horizon, it’s here now! XGS PON fiber delivering 8.0 Gbit or higher combined with emerging technologies like Wi-Fi 7 are enabling a paradigm shift in home broadband networking. The session will cover a range of technologies, including software-defined networking, edge-to-cloud network virtualization, digital twins, and more.

This discussion will cover key challenges organizations might face when investing, developing, and integrating the right innovations to better the customer support journey.

This session will explore the importance of real-time, federated, multi-tiered network orchestration to optimize network performance, proactively address service issues, ensure the integrity and availability of all network resources, deliver a superior customer-first experience, and above all, improve network economics, especially in terms of operating expenses.