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Fibre, DOCSIS 4.0, CPE and optics to drive five-year growth
29 July 2022
This is according to two recent reports published by industry analysts Dell’Oro Group and LightCounting
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Future gazing
26 November 2020
Leading industry lights talk to Keely Portway about the challenges and opportunities faced by the optical communications supply chain in the last 12 months, and predict what could lie ahead
Co-packaged optics market to exceed $1.3bn in 2025
22 August 2022
Market intelligence firm, Communications Industry Researchers (CIR) predicts that sales of specialised co-packaged optical components will exceed $1.3bn in revenues in 2025 and grow to $2.7bn by 2028.
Optical transport market reached $16bn last year, amidst Q4 decline
3 March 2021
Dell’Oro Group has published its latest Optical Transport Quarterly Report.
Optical comms market emerging first and fighting fit from Covid-19
11 May 2020
LightCounting's updated forecast for the optical communications market provides (tentatively) positive and reassuring reading.
What is the road ahead for Ethernet? Directions now available from the Ethernet Alliance
30 March 2020
The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, has launched its roadmap for 2020.
LightCounting optical transceiver report asks what it will take to put market on track
2 May 2019
LightCounting has released the April edition of its Optical Communications Market Forecast Report.
Significant 400G growth won’t begin until 2019, says new Cignal AI forecast
25 April 2018
Networking component and equipment market research company, Cignal AI has updated its growth forecast for the coherent 400G WDM market.
Issued quarterly, the recent Optical Hardware Applications report covers the first quarter of 2018 and includes market share and forecasts for revenue and port shipments for optical equipment designed to meet the needs of specific applications: 100G+ coherent, compact modular and advanced packet-OTN switching hardware.
2017 a ‘record year’ for optical components revenues, cause for optimism in 2018, says Lightcounting
27 March 2018
According to the March 2018 Quarterly Market Update by Lightcounting, 2017 was a record year for revenues in the optical components industry.
Aggregate 2017 revenues of public optical components, said the specialist market research firm, totalled $8.266 billion for 2017, 8 per cent higher than reported for 2016 ($7.639 billion). The transceiver-only figure provided by the survey data is $5.482 billion for 2017, which is half-a point higher than 2016 ($5.451 billion). For transceivers alone, said the company, 2017 was a still a record, but by an insignificant amount.
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