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What’s next for pluggable coherent optics
As Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Nano nears commercial availability, it is an ideal time to provide our outlook on the growing market for pluggable coherent optics, the widening range of applications they serve, and what it takes to maximize the value of pluggable deployments.
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