Optical Equipment Market to Grow Through 2010

Dell’Oro: Strongest Growth to Occur in the Near-Term Across All Optical Technologies. The market for Optical Transport equipment will approach $11 billion by 2010. The majority of this growth will occur by 2008 as service providers focus on projects that deliver video and higher-speed data to residential areas.

The focus by service providers to offer increasing amounts of bandwidth to homes is having a material impact on the optical market. It is one of the primary drivers for the optical market’s expected 21 percent growth in 2005 and makes the shift towards 10-gigabit systems in the metro compelling beyond just price. 10-gig systems will be a requirement to support the anticipated bandwidth demanded by these residential services. Optical Equipment Market to Grow Through 2010 Publ 20060124