Friday 5 video for 06.15.18

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.

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.