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Simer Singh
Simer Singh
In the age of cloud-native transition and SDN, communication service providers are facing many challenges, including how to maximize their existing legacy infrastructure investments. This challenge is most visible at the optical layer (Layers 0 and 1), as optical devices have long refresh cycles. To remain competitive, providers must upgrade to next-generation architectures that can support new use cases and enable complete automation.