Packet Optical & Long Haul Transport Market Experiencing Modest Growth- Market Research Firm Findings
The core long-haul transport network market enjoyed 7.6% growth last year, partly driven by 100G network build-outs, according to Heavy Reading’s Sterling Perrin. He says that “the packet-optical switch infrastructure is seeing rapid growth with wider adoption of 100G technology.” As operators deploy 100G, they are increasingly looking to integrate their 100G transport networks with switched [optical transport network] for a number of reasons, including the ability to groom lower-speed 10G traffic efficiently into the larger 100G pipes,” Perrin writes.
ACG Research writes:
Key Optical Market Trends 2013-2018:
- Continued demand for capacity driving the need for DWDM equipment and specifically 100 Gbps wavelengths. Dell’Oro Group expects the DWDM market to grow at an average annual rate of eight percent through 2018 and for 100 Gbps wavelengths to contribute the largest share of DWDM capacity shipments, approaching 80 percent by 2018.
- Movement towards OTN and packet transport driving the demand for optical packet platforms with OTN switching features. Dell’Oro Group projects optical packet platform revenue to grow at a 15 percent compounded annual growth rate.
- Ratio of equipment sales in metro optical versus core optical applications to drift over the next five years, with the majority of spending in metro applications.
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The overall optical market is over $12 billion, with the packet transport segment becoming the fastest growing segment in the entire market. Contributing to the growth is the enterprise and content provider segments, which together amount to over 20 percent of the market. The Telco, wireless and MSO segments make up the rest.
The technologies include a combination of optical networking products that operate separately or within a single converged platform called Packet Optical Transport System (POT-S) such as ROADMs, TDM, and Carrier Ethernet switching products. These platforms reside in the metro edge, metro core and the long haul networks of major service providers today. http://www.acgresearch.net/domain-expertise/packet-optical-transport.aspx
From the Del’Oro Group: Key Optical Market Trends 2013-2018:
- Continued demand for capacity driving the need for DWDM equipment and specifically 100 Gbps wavelengths. Dell’Oro Group expects the DWDM market to grow at an average annual rate of eight percent through 2018 and for 100 Gbps wavelengths to contribute the largest share of DWDM capacity shipments, approaching 80 percent by 2018.
- Movement towards OTN and packet transport driving the demand for optical packet platforms with OTN switching features. Dell’Oro Group projects optical packet platform revenue to grow at a 15 percent compounded annual growth rate.
- Ratio of equipment sales in metro optical versus core optical applications to drift over the next five years, with the majority of spending in metro applications.
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