Google throws around the cash, the 2018 Carrier Ethernet market share numbers are in, 10G PON gets some love, and we see another harbinger that OFC 2019 is just around the corner. Sponsored by Senko Advanced Components.

Back from vacation, Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy catches you up on the top stories of the last fortnight. Another look a silicon photonics, a look ahead to OFC 2019, and Google Fiber quitting the field in Louisville are featured.

More Huawei-related news from Canada, more evidence that FlexE could be big this year, more systems-level M&A, more work in SiPh, and more money spent on optical hardware. Plus, a Hill Street Blues nod from Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy.

U.S. legislators continue to shoot spitballs at China, financial analysts look for good news to begin 2019, single-mode fiber demand shows signs of growth, and more are on the table this week in Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy's Friday 5.

Reuters goes sleuthing, cloud and colo come to buy, FlexE comes calling, and the investors are preparing for a busy 2019. All this and more in the January 11, 2019 Friday 5 with Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy.

It's a new year -- so let's take a quick look back at the old one. Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy counts down his Top 5 stories for 2018. Several of these earn their rankings by portending what could be this year's big news.

The last Friday 5 of 2018 runs us through a look at next year's 400GbE technology, 2025's broadband technology landscape, tomorrow's open systems trend, and this week's big M&A announcement. Sponsored by VeEX Inc.

A significant amount of attention was directed toward Vancouver again this week. Meanwhile, one acquisition closed, another was rumored, and optical transceiver vendors couldn't get on the same page in 3Q18. Sponsored by VeEX Inc.