Review of OFC 2023: Optical Networks and Communications Conference

We review the latest developments in Fiber-optic Telecommunications and Networks presented at OFC 2023 and compare the progress accomplished in the previous years. Topics of interest this year and discussed in this review include Long Haul and Intra Data Centers communications, Optical switches, sensors in submarine communications, some invited presentations (alas without papers such as in Optical Computers!), Secure Communications through Quantum effects, and Passive Optical Networks, PONs