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Coherent Routing Comes of Age: Discussing Heavy Reading’s New Survey Results
Working with Ciena, Heavy Reading recently surveyed 241 respondents from communications service providers (CSPs) to get their views on and plans for coherent routing architectures (aka, IP over DWDM). The global survey was conducted in January and February 2025. In this podcast, Heavy Reading analyst Sterling Perrin sits down with Ciena’s Sr. Director of Product Line Management, Rafael Francis, and VP, Product Line Management, Tim Pearson, to review the key findings and what they mean for the future of coherent routing in telecom.
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Coherent Routing Comes of Age: Discussing Heavy Reading’s New Survey Results
Heavy Reading analyst Sterling Perrin sits down with Ciena’s Sr. Director of Product Line Management, Rafael Francis, and VP, Product Line Management, Tim Pearson, to review the survey findings and what they mean for the future of coherent routing in telecom.
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IP over DWDM: Global Survey Analysis
In 2025, we commissioned a new Heavy Reading survey to track industry progress over the last four years and to get a fresh understanding of plans, preferences, and challenges moving forward.
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