Abstract
This IDC study provides a post-financial crisis update of the
domestic optical core and edge equipment market including metro wavelength
division multiplexing (WDM), long-haul DWDM, optical cross-connect (OCC), legacy SONET/Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy (SDH) and next-generation SONET (NG-SONET)/SDH systems. Updated market
size and vendor shares by equipment segment are provided for
2008. In addition, market forecasts by equipment category is provided
up to 2013. An update for the worldwide optical networking
market forecast and analysis are also provided. According to IDC' s
latest market size estimate, the significant growth of the optical
networking market achieved in 2008 was irregularly strong due to
NTT' s NGN expansion.
"With Internet traffic growing 50–60% annually, carriers will
need to enhance or build out networks and provision bandwidth
quickly and cost-effectively in not only metropolitan areas, but also
regional areas. This infers there may be opportunities for new
systems vendors with cost-effective and reliable solutions to extend carrier
reach in the many not-so-lucrative niche markets," says George Hoffman,
group manager, Communications, IDC Japan.
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