Abstract
For some time, fiber cabling has attempted to upstage copper cabling in the
structured cabling systems market. As we have observed, fiber cabling has made
inroads, while, at the same time, copper cabling has had enormous performance
increases. The question is what happens next? Our new "Fiber vs. Copper Battle
for the Cabling Systems Market" study answers this question.
The study contains 140 forecast figures, providing detailed information on the
current usage, future usage and forecasts for both fiber cabling and copper
cabling systems in the structured cabling systems (SCS) marketplace. The study
provides analysis and forecasts by the following cabling applications:
- LANs
- Data Centers
- VOIP
- Video
- Wireless
- Other, such as FTTZ or IPTV
Products forecast by each application for both volume and value shipments to 2014 include:
- UTP cables by categories
- UTP apparatus: patch panels, outlets, connectors
- Fiber cables by MM-SM
- Fiber apparatus: fiber interconnects, outlets, connectors, fiber cassettes
and connectorized cables.
The report answers questions, such as:
- What is the largest future market for Cat 6a UTP cables?
- What will be the largest future market for fiber cabling?
- What is currently the largest applications market?
- What will be the largest cabling application five years out?
- How large is the market for fiber cassettes in data center cabling
applications?
- What will be the largest market for UTP cables in the future?
These and many other questions are addressed in this study with quantified
data.
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