UNSPSC 43221804: Optical networking lasers

A device which produces a single frequency light. It transmits optical pulses of light that creates the transmission of the voice and data packets through fiber. The laser generation portion of the optical networking components making up the transmission unit.

UNSPSC 43221804 Optical networking lasers, a Commodity code, encompasses fiber optic transceivers, network edge and core switches, and associated optical transmission components that state and local governments procure to upgrade and expand enterprise data communications infrastructure. Recent state and local solicitations under this code predominantly involve specification of exact makes and models—particularly fiber transceivers, optical network terminals, and wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) components—bundled with network switching equipment and comprehensive installation or support services across traffic management systems, school district data centers, municipal broadband networks, and regional utility infrastructure.

Activity concentrates in Georgia (particularly within multiple county school districts and public utility procurement offices), Florida (including county transportation and utility authorities), Texas (Education Service Center cooperatives and municipal fiber expansion), California (school systems and municipal public works), and Washington state (school districts using E-Rate federal funding). The City of Palo Alto's RFQ 194354 (April 2026) sought approximately 105 edge switches, 4 core switches, 212 fiber transceivers, and associated power supplies manufactured by EtherWAN to replace aging traffic signal communication infrastructure—a representative example of infrastructure lifecycle replacement at the municipal level. Dalton Utilities (Georgia) issued competitive bids in March 2026 for 216 units of G-230G-A GPON optical network terminals with exact specification mandates, while Seminole County Public Works (Florida) solicited network switches, optics, antennas, and encoders in June 2026 on an as-needed basis to support Advanced Traffic Management System upgrades. Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative (Texas) reissued a standing catalog discount bid (NET2628) for network systems and supplies in June 2026, with an estimated total procurement value of approximately $12.011 million over two years, reflecting the scale of cooperative purchasing vehicles serving multiple education and local government entities. The mix of issuing bodies spans independent school districts (Tacoma, Sarasota County, Houston County, Grosse Pointe, Hays CISD, Pinellas County, Hillsborough County, Bibb County, Fayette County, Gwinnett County, Gordon County), county governments (Wake County IT, Seminole County, San Mateo County), cities (Eugene, Atlanta, Long Beach, Meriden, Palo Alto, Philadelphia), state education agencies (California Department of Education), regional cooperatives serving multiple jurisdictions, and special-purpose districts (Broward County, Dalton Utilities). E-Rate federal funding is prevalent across school district procurements, with vendors required to hold valid USAC Service Provider Identification Numbers and comply with lowest-corresponding-price rules and FCC supply chain security mandates prohibiting equipment from Huawei and ZTE.