4Q24 Interim Optical Component Report
Final report will be issued once all Chinese companies complete 4Q24 reporting.
IP-over-DWDM Pluggable Revenue Forecast
A deeper look at the rates of adoption fueling a shift in hardware and component revenue
4Q24 Transport Hardware & Markets Report
Carrier caution has resulted in underinvestment, and networks are now running “hot” enough to require upgrades and expansion.
Co-Packaged Optics: Market and Technology Update
The state of the CPO market and outlook for future progress.
Nokia 4Q24 Vendor Summary Report
Nokia sees light at the end of the spending downturn tunnel, but Optical and Routing revenue remain at historically low levels.
Coherent 4Q24 Vendor Summary Report
Datacom continues to grow, telecom turns the corner, and optical circuit switching finally gets a customer order.
Lumentum 4Q24 Vendor Summary Report
Datacom revenue growth returns with the announcement of new transceiver customers, and telecom has finally turned the corner.
Fujitsu 4Q24 Vendor Summary Report
Business ticks up in North America as weakness persists in Japan. OpenROADM 400G is shipping, but the Ultra Optical System is seeing delays.
Datacom Optics – The AI Winners
Two years into the AI boom, a look back at the vendors who benefited.
CPO is Turning the Corner
The inevitable technology that hasn’t happened – yet.
Coherent Optics: It’s a Pluggable World
Coherent pluggable optics were responsible for all the telecom bandwidth growth in 2024, and will account for most of the future growth.
Optical Component Startup Tracker
The number of venture-backed optical component startups has exploded – the Optical Component Start-Up Tracker identifies these companies and their value propositions.
Ciena 4Q24 Vendor Summary Report
Big ramp in 400ZR shipments, service provider orders outpace revenue for the first time in two years.
The Optical Circuit Switching Market – 1Q25
In this update to our OCS report we cover more vendors and technologies, investigate more applications, and introduce a forecasting model.
3Q24 Optical Component Report
Datacom revenue more than doubled for the second quarter in a row as AI demand for 400GbE and 800GbE modules continued unabated. Telecom revenue has emerged from the depths of its recent decline.
3Q24 Transport Hardware & Markets Report
Optical spending by Cloud & Colo operators grew 7% worldwide, while spending by Service Providers declined -17%.
Infinera 3Q24 Vendor Summary Report
Revenue drops -15% YOY while Gen90P shipments continue at a rapid pace.
OCP24: Optical Gets Invited to the AI Party
OCP24 was all about AI, and optics is an increasingly important part of the AI discussion.
GEN120+ Coherent Trials and Deployments
Cignal AI is tracking announcements of Gen120 (120+ GBaud, 1+Tbps) optical trials and deployments.
ECOC 2024 Show Report
Nvidia PAM-4 DSP, Ciena 2x 800G-LR, LPO Lives, 1600ZR slipping, L-Band ramping.