Webinar: The Next Sea Change in Submarine Networks

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Time: 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST

The submarine networking industry has experienced several technology changes in recent years, most importantly the adoption of coherent detection. This revolutionary technology changed how capacity was added to transoceanic corridors, extended the life of existing wet plant assets, opened existing wet plants to best-of-breed SLTE vendors, and completely changed legacy business models.

Following the technological revolution of coherent detection, the industry is undergoing yet another sea change in open cables. Open cables will have even greater impact than coherent detection, and the trans-Atlantic corridor already demonstrates initial evidence for this new trend.

Join Erik Kreifeldt, Senior Analyst with TeleGeography, and Brian Lavallée, Director of Solutions Marketing from Ciena, for an overview of the current network ‘seascape’ of the trans-Atlantic corridor, and what open cables will mean to tomorrow’s submarine networks. Discussion will answer:

  • What are open cables?
  • What’s driving adoption of open cables, and why are they important?
  • How can open cables change how submarine bandwidth is consumed?

Featured speakers:

    Eric Kreifeldt

    Erik Kreifeldt, Senior Analyst, TeleGeography
    With more than 20 years of experience covering the telecom industry, analyst Erik Kreifeldt tracks the global market for enterprise and wholesale network services. He manages product development and forecasting for TeleGeography’s bandwidth pricing research, specializing in European and Middle Eastern markets. Before joining TeleGeography in 2006, Erik was an optical networking industry analyst with RHK. Prior to that, he held editorial roles at Fiber Optics Online, Fiber Optics News, and the Optical Society of America—where he covered the first commercial DWDM systems. He holds an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a B.A. from Penn State.

    Brian Lavalee

    Brian Lavallée Director, Solutions Marketing, Ciena Corporation
    Brian Lavallée is the Director of Solutions Marketing with global responsibility for Ciena’s packet and submarine networking solutions. Brian has over 20 years of telecommunications experience with previous roles in Product Line Management, Systems Engineering, Research & Development, and Manufacturing. During his career, he has worked in various areas of optical networking including access, metro, regional, long-haul, and submarine networks. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Concordia University and an MBA in Marketing from McGill University, both located in Montréal, Québec, Canada.