Ekinops

The optical market grew 4% – cloud operators continue to invest in transport and vendors are still shipping against large backlogs.

Optical sales slowed due to inventory absorption and macroeconomic concerns, but routing sales continued to grow.

Supply chains loosen up and revenue ramps, some service providers express hesitation.

France-based Ekinops has grown rapidly on a reputation for customer attentiveness and product focus.

North American Cloud operators were the growth engine for optical and packet transport sales.

Supply chains loosen up and revenue ramps, some service providers express hesitation.

North American Cloud operators were the growth engine for optical and packet transport sales.

Optical and routing sales declined on weakness in Europe and China.

Mentioned: Scott Wilkinson on new hardware from Ekinops

North American Cloud operators were the growth engine for optical and packet transport sales, supply chains remained strained.

Optical sales declined due to supply chain and currency effects, while routing hardware sales continue to grow.

North American Cloud operators were the growth engine for optical and packet transport sales, supply chains remained strained.

North American Cloud operators were again the growth engine for optical and packet transport sales

First-quarter 2022 worldwide optical hardware spending increased 2.5% YoY, while packet gained 2%. North America led growth in both categories.

First-quarter 2022 North American optical and packet sales continue to rebound despite supply-chain constraints. Excluding NA, both hardware categories declined in 1Q22.

Fourth-quarter 2021 worldwide optical hardware spending increased 3.5% YoY. Declines centered in APAC for the second consecutive quarter, while all other regions grew YoY.

Optical forecasts were reduced by $1.1B worldwide in 2025 due to a shift of coherent optics into router-based DCO’s.

Optical spending by North American Traditional Telco carriers declined YoY; Cloud & Colo optical spending worldwide slowed as NA spending stalled.

First-quarter 2021 worldwide optical hardware spending was down slightly YoY, Chinese optical hardware spending was down significantly.

Optical spending by North American Traditional Telco carriers declined steeply YoY compared to a heavily frontloaded 1Q20, but show signs of longer term recovery. Cloud & Colo optical spending worldwide slowed as NA spending stalled in 2020 and APAC is just beginning to take off.