It is a well established fact that there is staggering growth in data traffic due to a substantial increase in video streaming content and the rising reliance on IoT devices, cloud computing, and the like. Additionally, the world is undergoing a major Pandemic “Covid” which is creating abnormal increased user demand to connect to their companies and make purchases remotely placing even more pressure to expand IT networking capabilities in many companies, industries and data centers. The “thirst” for internet services and capability is driving increasing costs of IT networking equipment to build server farms and data centers to address the increased demand. Today most companies still rely on the “OEM” equipment suppliers to solve these issues, however, there are smarter, lower cost alternatives available to help lower the cost in expanding and building the IT network that the “OEM” equipment suppliers will never tell you. One of the key components to IT networking is connectivity through fiber cables which provide the physical connection to almost all IP network switches and routers. Fiber optic cables transmit billions of data via extremely fast pulses of light, but these light pulses must be converted to electrical signals so that the switches and routers can transport the IP addresses to make the correct connections. The device that provides this function is called an “optical transceiver.” Why is this so important? Because one of the best ways to reduce the costs of IT networks is to unbundle the optical transceivers from the OEM’s IP Network switch/ router solution. Network optical transceivers can make up 10% to 15% of an enterprises’ total network capital spending and typically are 30% to 50% of the hardware cost when combined with the OEM switch/router. Optical transceiver costs can be as high as 50 % of networking platforms (i.e., Switches/Routers).

To transport this incessant and immense traffic over an optical network seamlessly, whether FC, Ethernet, or SONET/SDH, network providers need to rely on cutting-edge optical transceivers. However, choosing the right transceiver that balances functionality and cost is quite the challenge for many organizations. With over 16 years of experience helping IT professionals adopt the best optical transceivers for their networks, the InterOptic team promises clients a product quality that not only far exceeds OEMs but also helps them save over 30 percent of their budgets when compared to OEM solutions.

A transceiver is an integral part of a fiber optics network since it converts electrical signals to optical signals and optical signals to electrical signals.