1Q22 Transport Applications Report
Coherent bandwidth growth returns to historical levels & ROADM coverage initiated.
1Q22 Transport Hardware & Markets Report
First-quarter 2022 worldwide optical hardware spending increased 2.5% YoY, while packet gained 2%. North America led growth in both categories.
1Q22 Transport Hardware & Markets Report
First-quarter 2022 North American optical and packet sales continue to rebound despite supply-chain constraints. Excluding NA, both hardware categories declined in 1Q22.
4Q21 Transport Applications Report
400ZRx Pluggable shipments surge while lower cloud spending holds back Compact Modular in North America.
OFC 2022 Show Report
Key technology takeaways from OFC 2022.
4Q21 Transport Hardware & Markets Report
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.
Infinera 4Q21 Vendor Summary Report
Quarterly and annual revenue hit records while ICE6 shipments double.
OFC 2022 – Sneak Peek
Here is a sneak peek of the hot topics of discussion at OFC 2022
3Q21 Transport Customer Markets Report
Cloud operator and traditional telco spending leads rebound in North America
3Q21 Transport Applications Report
Compact Modular equipment sales continued to surge while Chinese coherent port shipments stalled.
3Q21 Transport Hardware Report
Optical forecasts were reduced by $1.1B worldwide in 2025 due to a shift of coherent optics into router-based DCO’s.
Infinera 3Q21 Vendor Summary Report
ICE6 ships in volume, but supply chain challenges keep revenue flat.
400ZR vs 800G – Classifying Coherent Technology
The historical classification of coherent optical technology (Gen1, Gen2, etc.) is no longer sufficient. Therefore, Cignal AI will now recognize and classify coherent DSP technology by its maximum baud rate and whether the DSP is optimized for Performance or Compact applications.
2Q21 Transport Applications Report
Compact modular sales again outperformed the overall optical hardware market while Packet-OTN sales declined. 400ZR is shipping but is supply limited.
Cisco/Acacia Announces 1.2Tbps DSP and Coherent Module
Development moves past 90+ GBaud directly to 120+
2Q21 Transport Customer Markets Report
Optical spending by North American Traditional Telco carriers declined YoY; Cloud & Colo optical spending worldwide slowed as NA spending stalled.
2Q21 Transport Hardware Report
First-quarter 2021 worldwide optical hardware spending was down slightly YoY, Chinese optical hardware spending was down significantly.
Infinera 2Q21 Vendor Summary Report
More ICE6 trials and wins as Infinera now ships for revenue; 600bps port shipments rebound.
OpenROADM Update
Nearly 5 years after the project’s inception, AT&T disclosed it has deployed OpenROADM-based networks across a dozen US metros.
OFC 2021: 400ZR/ZR+ Coherent Pluggables
After years of anticipation, 400G pluggable digital coherent optics (DCO) will finally achieve general availability and initial deployment in 2021.