In 2020, Ciena introduced our pluggable 10G PON offering to help network operators address key opportunities in next generation Cable MSO access, 4G/5G RAN, and low-cost metro access bringing more value to the network edge through access and aggregation. What has happened since and what is going on in the overall PON market? Ciena’s Chief Technology Officer of EMEA & APAC, Jürgen Hatheier, recently joined Omdia’s Chief Analyst, Julie Kunstler, for a Q&A session to discuss 10G-Pluggables for High Speed PON and Ciena’s 10G PON solution. Here are just a few highlights from their conversation.

Omdia analyst Julie Kunstler on why PON’s role is expanding beyond traditional residential deployments to support convergence needs at the network edge.

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