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Light Reading's Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser examine how the optical industry is working toward building more efficient networks inside and outside data centers and why AI dominated conversations at this year's OFC event.

Napatech, a small Danish software company, reckons a critical part of the 5G core network could be more efficiently handled.

Kyivstar is currently not discussing restricting use of equipment from Chinese vendors with Mike Pompeo, who has recently been appointed to its board, says its CTO. The operator continues to expand its network while dealing with war-related disruptions.

Telcos are sticking with one vendor for their open RAN deployments, and that can only benefit a company as well-resourced as Samsung.

Bruno Zerbib of Orange reckons low-cost rivals to Nvidia are about to emerge and is instead spending his AI money on people.

Fiber now passes about 51.1% of US households, and fixed wireless access continues to make inroads. But cable is still the top tech for delivering broadband.

Shawn Hakl heads up Microsoft's Azure Operator Nexus efforts. The company has inked deals with Etisalat and AT&T for the platform. Hakl said more deals are in the pipeline.

Yousef Khalidi, VP of Microsoft's Azure for Operators business, says the industry has 'not moved fast enough' on O-RA

In a recent FCC filing, Microsoft said it wants to explore the use of wireless communications in data centers.

Lawsuit says T-Mobile customer data was exposed to various hacking incidents due to the carriers lax AI ethics.