Meet us at ECOC 2026

At this year’s event, we’re showcasing scalable optical networking solutions engineered to meet the demands of the AI era. With live technology demos and an expert-led speaking program, there’s a lot to explore. Fill out the form to book a meeting with our team.

Join Adtran at ECOC 2026 to explore our open optical networking portfolio. From high-density, multi-Terabit platforms to energy-efficient pluggables, we’ll showcase technologies that simplify network evolution for AI infrastructure, access, enterprise and 5G mobile backhaul networks while addressing growing capacity demands. See our innovative pluggable transceivers in action in live demos at Booth 1396. Also visit the OIF interoperability demonstration in Booth 2126 to see our coherent pluggables, open line system and domain controller in action in a multi-vendor environment.

Open optical line systems and coherent ZR+ optics

AccessWave50™

MicroMux™ solutions

See how our AccessWave50™ tunable SFP56 seamlessly switches between 10G, 25G and 50G operating modes, enabling 5G fronthaul connectivity over distances up to 50 km

Discover how MicroMux™ Nano transforms a single 10GbE port into 10x1GbE services over single-fiber links

Experience MicroMux™ Edge BiDi in action, delivering four independent 10GbE bidirectional connections over single fibers

Discover efficient IPoDWDM, showcasing Adtran’s coherent pluggable optics and open line system technology, at the multi-vendor demo in the OIF booth

9 a.m. and 11 a.m. CEST

Auditorium 1

Workshop: Light sources for next-generation optical communication systems for AI data centers

Despoina Petousi: Senior engineer for advanced technology at Adtran

9 a.m. and 11 a.m. CEST

Exhibition room 2

Workshop: Can global and federated optical testbeds facilitate AI-native networks and telecom data spaces?

Achim Autenrieth: Senior director for advanced technology at Adtran

2 p.m. CEST

A2 Auditorium 2

Workshop: Could 100s-km long unrepeatered HCF links redefine the economics and design of terrestrial and submarine optical networks?

Lutz Rapp: Senior engineer for advanced technology at Adtran

2 p.m. CEST

E2 Exhibition room 2

Workshop: Confluence at the edge: Rethinking networks for 6G and beyond

Achim Autenrieth: Senior director for advanced technology at Adtran

4 p.m. CEST

Conference room 2.1

Workshop: Hybrid solutions for very high speed PON – the best (or worst) of coherent and IMDD worlds?

Martin Kuipers: Senior director of technology and strategy for access and aggregation solutions at Adtran

2 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. CEST

PV-R Multipurpose room

Symposium: Winning interconnects for AI – scale-up and scale-out technology paths

Julie Raulin: Senior engineer for advanced technology at Adtran

3:30 p.m. CEST

PV-P Multipurpose poster area

Low-penalty joint communication and acoustic sensing using P4₃ polyphase code

Vishal Chandraprakash Rai: Research engineer for infrastructure monitoring at Adtran

11 a.m. CEST

Demo zone  |  Exhibition – Pavilion 1 – Area 1065

MCP-enabled agentic AI for autonomous IPoDWDM network lifecycle automation

Chunmin Xia: Senior engineer for advanced technology at Adtran

11 a.m. CEST

Demo zone  |  Exhibition – Pavilion 1 – Area 1065

Preventing data hallucinations in agentic AI for optical network troubleshooting

Jeremias Dötterl: Data scientist for access and aggregation solutions at Adtran

4 p.m. CEST

Conference room 2.2

Enhancing telecommunications network availability through infrastructure protection with high-spatial-resolution sensing

André Sandmann: Senior engineer for advanced technology at Adtran

4 p.m. CEST

Conference room 1.4

Mode division multiplexing

Despoina Petousi: Senior engineer for advanced technology at Adtran 

12 p.m. CEST

Exhibition room 1

Agentic AI for IPoDWDM network lifecycle automation: An MCP-enabled architecture

Chunmin Xia: Senior engineer for advanced technology at Adtran

2:20 p.m. CEST

Market Focus theatre, Pavilion 2

AI-driven data center investment creates new opportunities for European service providers

Stefan Voll: VP of portfolio strategy and management at Adtran

3:30 p.m. CEST

PV-P multipurpose poster area

Distributed sensing on a 110kV overhead-line maintenance operation on an operational optical ground wire

Konstantinos Alexoudis: Research engineer for infrastructure monitoring at Adtran

9 a.m. CEST

Exhibition room 1

Photodiodes

Despoina Petousi: Senior engineer for advanced technology at Adtran

While you’re at ECOC 2026, take the opportunity to connect with some of our leaders:

Stephan Rettenberger

Head of marketing at Adtran

Jörg-Peter Elbers

VP of advanced technologies at Adtran

Ross Saunders

GM of optical engines at Adtran

We’re ready to talk tech, industry trends and how we can help you succeed. Fill out the form at the top of the page to book your meeting now or stop by our booth.

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