India, Oct. 30 -- The broadband and optical networking ecosystem in India has undergone steady metamorphosis in the last decade-driven as much by expanding fibre rollouts, digital inclusion policies, and burgeoning data demand-as by teething problems 'in the last mile' of fibre penetration or even network scalability. In comparison developed markets are moving on to XGS-PON and 25G PON technology even if we are in a much less mature state.

In this conversation Mr. Murali Sampath articulates his thoughts on how the broadband landscape in the country is evolving, on the more and more growing intermingling of AI and Automation in network operations and on the technology priorities behind Alphion's innovations.

India's broadband and optical...