Google throws around the cash, the 2018 Carrier Ethernet market share numbers are in, 10G PON gets some love, and we see another harbinger that OFC 2019 is just around the corner. Sponsored by Senko Advanced Components.

Back from vacation, Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy catches you up on the top stories of the last fortnight. Another look a silicon photonics, a look ahead to OFC 2019, and Google Fiber quitting the field in Louisville are featured.

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.