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Jim Zou joins OFC 2025 panel to explore CPON’s impact on next-gen access networks

Industry leaders will explore how coherent technology is transforming PON scalability and service innovation

  • Speakers: Jim Zou, director of global business development at Adtran; Matt Schmidt, distinguished technologist at CableLabs (moderator); Ed Boyd, VP of PON R&D at Ciena; Steve Jia fellow and director of advanced optical technologies, CableLabs
  • Topics: Out of the darkness: A sneak peek at CableLabs CPON specifications
  • When: Thursday, April 3, 11:30 a.m. PT
  • Where: OFC, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA https://www.ofcconference.org/en-us/home/

CableLab’s Coherent PON (CPON) is redefining the future of access networks, unlocking new capacity and efficiency while leveraging existing infrastructure. By applying coherent optics to PON, operators can push network scalability and versatile applications further than ever before, meeting skyrocketing data demands and enabling new high-value services.

In this session, Jim Zou joins a panel of industry leaders to examine CPON’s interoperable blueprint and the advantages of this next-generation approach. The discussion will cover how CPON helps operators maximize fiber investments, deliver future-ready services and create a more flexible, cost-effective broadband ecosystem.