Transport Hardware & Markets Report

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Tracks the vendors and customer markets for optical and routing hardware and provides quarterly market share, forecasts, and vendor profile reports.

6 Global Regions: North America, EMEA, Japan, China, RoAPAC, CALA
4 Optical Equipment Categories: Metro WDM, Long Haul WDM, Submarine, SONET/SDH
4 Routing Equipment Categories: Access, Edge, Aggregation, Core
3 End Customer Market Verticals: Service Provider, Cloud & Colo, Enterprise & Gov.
3 Application Breakouts: Compact Modular (DCI), OTN Switching, ROADM line systems
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Summary	This report tracks service provider optical transport and router revenue across all regions and equipment types. We collect shipment information and guidance directly from individual equipment companies each quarter, and allocate each company’s revenue to regions, product categories, and customer markets. Forecasts are based first on expected spending trends in each region and the equipment types with those regions.
Methodology	We classify vendor revenue into specific categories according to the systems named in our vendor table. Companies may provide public guidance but in some cases we make estimates based on external sources, such as consumption of components from the supply chain and end user feedback.
Market Size and Share	Report includes quarterly revenue based market size and share for all categories in all regions.
Deliverables	Excel file with complete data set, quarterly Powerpoint summary, and Active Insight. Includes a detailed written summary of market performance for the report period.
Forecast	5 Years with annual market size totals. No market share forecasts.
Historical Start Date	2014 (Optical) 2018 (Routing)
Companies	Adtran, ADVA, Alaxala, Ciena, Cisco, Ekinops, Ericsson, Fiberhome, Fujitsu, Fujitsu NC, Huawei, Infinera, Juniper Networks, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, Nokia, Padtec, RAD, Ribbon Communications, Tejas Networks, Telco Systems, Xtera, ZTE
Last Published Report	December 12, 2024
Upcoming Publication Date	March 15, 2025

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OPTICAL		Regions
SONET/SDH	Legacy TDM switching systems without OTN or WDM functionality	NA, EMEA, CALA, China, Japan, RoAPAC
WDM Metro	WDM systems with lower density or with features optimized for shorter reach applications; Includes OTN and Ethernet switching systems; Includes common equipment revenue; May include proportion of revenue from one single product designed to address both metro and long haul.	NA, EMEA, CALA, China, Japan, RoAPAC
WDM Long Haul	WDM systems with higher density or with features optimized for longer reach applications; Includes OTN and Ethernet switching systems; Includes common equipment revenue; may include proportion of revenue from one product designed to address both metro and long haul	NA, EMEA, CALA, China, Japan, RoAPAC
WDM SLTE	WDM equipment used for submarine applications; Includes both line-terminating equipment (dry plant) as well as common equipment (wet plant); Does not include installation or maintenance services	NA, EMEA, CALA, China, Japan, RoAPAC
ROUTING
Access	Single RU packet equipment at end customers / Enterprises. Includes carrier Ethernet switches that provide circuit emulation and Layer 3 capabilities.	NA, EMEA, CALA, China, Japan, RoAPAC
Aggregation	Shelf based packet equipment deployed by service providers to end customers / Enterprises. Includes devices that provide carrier Ethernet and Layer 3 capabilities.	NA, EMEA, CALA, China, Japan, RoAPAC
Edge	Packet equipment deployed at the edge of the network with more functionality. Edge routers connect the core network to enterprise networks and access networks.	NA, EMEA, CALA, China, Japan, RoAPAC
Core	Packet equipment at the center of the metro/core network that routes all services in the area. Core routers do not generally distinguish between low speed and high speed, as all interfaces are equivalent. Speeds supported are generally higher than 100GbE.	NA, EMEA, CALA, China, Japan, RoAPAC
CUSTOMER MARKETS
Service Provider	Provides retail or wholesale connectivity to businesses and consumers, may have history of government regulation. Examples: China Mobile, NTT, KDDI, Softbank, Comcast, AT&T, Rogers, Colt, Zayo, Telefonica, BT, Etisalat, Windstream, Lumen. Also includes wireless focused operators such as Bouygues Telecom, SFR, Vodafone, Sprint, Bharti Airtel, America Movil, Etisalat, MTN	NA, EMEA, CALA, APAC
Cloud & Colo	(Report includes equipment vendor market share for this category) Internet content, public cloud computing, or neutral colo providers. Examples: Google, Microsoft Amazon, Apple, Meta, Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Equinix, DRT, Interxion	NA, EMEA, CALA, APAC
Enterprise & Government	Medium & Large enterprises that purchase equipment directly from manufacturer or reseller to support connectivity for non-telecom core businesses; Equipment resold by other service providers for managed services is not included. Banking, Government, Utilities, Education, others	NA, EMEA, CALA, APAC
APPLICATIONS
Compact Modular	Hardware and common equipment designed specifically for use in open & disaggregated hardware applications; typically a stackable 600mm chassis; includes some hardware sourced from contract manufacturers (whitebox) and component manufacturers sold directly to operators; includes common equipment sold in compact modular format for open line systems.	NA, EMEA, CALA, APAC
Packet-OTN Switching	Optical hardware configured with a centralized traffic-agnostic switch fabric; may also include layer-2 switching functions; includes distributed switching architectures that can support more than 2 cards; does not include line-card muxponders.	NA, EMEA, CALA, APAC
Optical Line Systems	Total market shipments of ROADM subsystem line cards each representing one degree of line system connection; total shipments classified by Small (support for 9 ports or fewer), Large (greater than 9 ports), and OXC (ROADM with optical backplane interconnection); shipments also classified by ROADM Spectrum (4.8THz C-Band, 4.8THz L-Band, 6THz C-Band, 6THz L-Band)	Worldwide

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SONET/SDH
Adtran	Opti-3/6100, TA5000 ONE
Ciena	3500, 6500
Cisco	NCS 2000
Fujitsu NC	Flashwave 4100ES, Flashwave 4500
Huawei	Optix SDH Systems
Infinera	6300, 70XX MSPP
NEC	DW7000
Nokia	1850 TSS
Ribbon Communications	BG, XDM
Tejas Networks	TJ1400, TJ1400
ZTE	ZXMP S-series, ZXMP M-series

WDM Metro
Adtran	TA5000 ONE
ADVA	Cloudconnect, FSP3000, Teraflex, OptiDriver
Ciena	Waveserver, 4200, 6500, Z series, 6500 RLS
Cisco	NCS 1000, NCS 2000, NCS 4000
Ekinops	360
Ericsson	Fronthaul 6000
Fujitsu	Flashwave 7040, Flashwave 7500/S, Flashwave 9130/40, Flashwave 9500, 1Finity S100
Fujitsu NC	1Finity, Flashwave 7500, CDS
Huawei	OSN 902, OSN 1800, OSN 6800, OSN 8800, OSN 9800, 6100/6020/6040
Infinera	Cloud Xpress 1 & 2, XTG series, XTM series, 7100, Groove G30/G40, mTera
Juniper Networks	BTI7800, BTI7000
Mitsubishi Electric	MF-8800GW-XC
NEC	DW7000
Nokia	1830 PSI, 1677, 1830 PSS, Wavelite
Padtec	i6400G, MPD 1200
Ribbon Communications	OPT9600, OPT9900
Tejas Networks	TJ1600, TJ1600
ZTE	ZXONE 7000, ZXONE 9700

WDM Long Haul
Ciena	Waveserver, 6500, 6500 RLS
Cisco	NCS 1000
Fujitsu	Flashwave 9130/40, Flashwave 9230
Fujitsu NC	1Finity
Huawei	OSN 6800, OSN 8800, OSN 9800, BWS series
Infinera	DTN, XT-500/3300/3600, Groove G30/G40, hiT 7300
Mitsubishi Electric	MF-8800GW-XC
NEC	DW4200/4000
Nokia	1677, 1830 PSS
ZTE	ZXONE 9700

WDM SLTE
Ciena	Waveserver, 6500, 6500 RLS
Cisco	NCS 1000
Fujitsu	Flashwave 9230
Huawei	OSN 8800
Infinera	XTS-3300/3600, Groove G30/G40
Mitsubishi Electric	MF-6900GWS
NEC	DW4200/4000
Nokia	1677, 1830 PSS
TE Conn	Legacy SLTE and new wet plant
Xtera	Nu-Wave Optima; includes wet plant

Access
ADVA	FSP150 series
Alaxala	AX3800S
Ciena	38xx/39xx series, Vyatta uCPE
Cisco	Catalyst 9200/9300/9400, NCS 1002
Ericsson	6671, 6671, 6672, 6471, 6371
Fujitsu	Flexihaul
Huawei	S2000, S2300
Infinera	7090
Nokia	7210 Service Access Switch
RAD	ETX-2
Ribbon Communications	Neptune 10xx
Telco Systems	T-Marc series
ZTE	ZXR10 ZSR

Aggregation
ADVA	FSP150 series, FSP Metro Aggregation
Alaxala	AX8600S, AX8300S, AX4600S
Ciena	8700 Packetwave, SAOS6 5100 series
Cisco	Catalyst 9500/9600, NCS 5000/5500
Ericsson	6274, 6273, 6671, 6671
Fujitsu	FLASHWAVE 5310
Huawei	AR Series, S5600, S5300, S3900, S3500, S3300, S3000
Infinera	DRX, 8600
Juniper Networks	ACX5000
Nokia	7450 ESS
RAD	ETX-5, ETX-1300
Ribbon Communications	Neptune 1200, Neptune 1300, Neptune 1800, NPT
Tejas Networks	TJ1400, TJ1600, TJ1400, TJ1600
Telco Systems	T-Metro series
ZTE	ZXR10 6800

Edge
Alaxala	AX8600R
Ciena	SAOS10 51xx, 513x, 6500 PTS, 8180 CNP, Vyatta CSR
Cisco	NCS 6000 Series, NCS 520/540, ASR 9000
Huawei	NE8000, NE40E, NE80/40, NE20, CX600, MSCG, PTN3900/1900, PTN950/912/910, ATM910/950/980
Juniper Networks	MX2000, MX10000 series
Nokia	7250 Interconnect Router, 7705 Service Aggregation Router, 7750 SR-s, 7750 Service Router
ZTE	ZXR10 M6000

Core
Cisco	CRS-X, NCS 5000/5500, NCS 8000
Huawei	NE9000, NE5000E/80E
Juniper Networks	PTX10000 series, MX2000, T640/1600/4000
Nokia	7950 ERS
ZTE	ZXR10 T8000

Compact Modular
ADVA		Cloudconnect, Teraflex
Ciena		Waveserver, 6500 RLS
Cisco		NCS 1000
Fujitsu NC		1Finity
Huawei		OSN 902
Infinera		Cloud Xpress 1 & 2, XT-500/XT-3300, GX Series
Nokia		1830 PSI
ZTE		ZXONE 7000

Packet-OTN Switching
Ciena		6500, 5430
Cisco		NCS 4000
Fujitsu NC		CDS
Huawei		OSN 9800
Infinera		7100, mTera
Nokia		1830 PSS
ZTE		ZXONE 9700

Optical Line Systems
Ciena		6500, 6500RLS
Cisco		NCS 2000
Infinera		Flex ILS, GX Series
Nokia		1830 PSS, 1830 PSI-L, 1830-PSI-CL

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