100ZR Coherent Pluggable Deployment Begins in 2024
Will Provide the Greater Uplink Bandwidth Needed for Access Network Upgrades
Datacenter Optical Component Revenue Rebounds 14% in 3Q22
400GbE Optical Module Unit Shipments up 50%
North American WDM Transport Spending Surpasses Pre-Covid Levels
Optical and Packet Transport Spending Weaker in EMEA and Asia
Datacom Optical Component Revenue Nearly $5B in 2021
Almost 2M 400GbE Transceivers Shipped for Datacenter Applications
Shipments of 400ZR Pluggable Coherent Modules Jump in 4Q21
Pluggable Coherent shipment volumes are expected to triple in 2022
IP-over-DWDM and Coherent Pluggables to Impact Metro WDM Spending
Metro forecasts cut as historical growth rate of 6% is expected to flatten by 2023
North American Optical Transport Spending to Accelerate
Long-Haul WDM Spending Mix Reaches Record Levels
Cignal AI Welcomes New Analyst Kyle Hollasch
Addition Brings Unique Perspective and Expands Firm’s Research Coverage
Spending Rebounds for Worldwide Optical and Packet Transport
Long Term Chinese Capex Growth Trend Slows
400G+ Coherent Optics Shipments Triple During 2020
Ciena Accounts for Nearly Half of 3rd and 5th Gen Coherent Ports
North American Cloud and Traditional Telco CapEx Drops in Fourth Quarter
But a return to Growth in NA is expected in 2H21. Exceptional 4Q APAC Cloud & Colo Operator Spending.
North American Transport Spending Plummets in Q4
Purchases of optical and packet transport hardware dropped sharply in the fourth quarter as operators exhausted capex earlier in the year.
Dramatic Shift in Network Operator Spending on Optical and Packet Transport Gear in North America
Expenditures by North American cloud and colocation operators on optical and packet transport equipment declined 20 percent year over year in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20), while incumbent operator spending increased 2 percent.
Compact Modular Grows Faster Than Overall Optical Market in 3Q20
Global compact modular revenue grew 24 percent in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) over the prior year, versus just 7 percent for the total optical market.
EMEA Optical and Packet Transport Spending Bounces Back in 3Q20
European operators resumed purchases of optical and packet transport hardware in 3Q20 as COVID-related supply chain and operational delays eased.
Coherent Pluggables to Transform Optical Transport Market by 2024
Fourth-generation coherent will extend beyond 400ZR to include higher performance solutions generally referred to as 400ZR+ and lower speed 100Gbps (100ZR) targeted at the metro edge.
Transport Hardware Misses Expected Bounce Back in 2Q20
Delayed order fulfillment due to COVID supply chain impact earlier this year didn’t materialize as expected.
Network Operators Accelerate Capex in Response to COVID-19
The effects of COVID-19 simultaneously catalyzed demand for transport equipment and paralyzed supply chains worldwide during the first quarter of 2020.
North American Optical Sales Rebound In 2019
Recent optical sales in North America were encouraging – up more than 25% for 4Q19 and 10% for all of 2019 according to the most recent Transport Hardware Report from research firm Cignal AI.
Compact Modular Market Slows as Customers Evaluate 600G
Sales of Compact Modular platforms slowed during the second quarter of the year despite significant growth from market leader Ciena.