Editorial Foreword to The ECOC 2022 Special Issue

The European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) is one of the leading conferences in the field of optical communications and its related topics. The 48th edition took place from 18th-22nd September 2022 in Basel, Switzerland. The conference attracted more than 1600 attendees from 46 countries. The co-located exhibition received the attention of more than 6000 visitors.