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Infonetics: Internet Content Providers Provide Big Boost to North American Optical Spending, Asia up 56% in Q2
[August 18, 2014]

Infonetics: Internet Content Providers Provide Big Boost to North American Optical Spending, Asia up 56% in Q2


BOSTON --(Business Wire)--

Market research firm Infonetics Research released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its 2nd quarter 2014 (2Q14) Optical Network Hardware report. (Full report published by August 25.)

OPTICAL ANALYST NOTE

"While the term 'tier-1' is traditionally associated with the incumbent operators of Europe and RBOCs in North America, it is now qualitatively clear that tier-1 spending growth is coming from the competitive dark fiber and internet exchange carriers. These carriers, as well as vertically-integrated internet content providers (ICPs), provide a growing portion of core internet connectivity and intra-datacenter capacity," notes Andrew Schmitt, principal analyst for carrier transport networking at Infonetics Research.

OPTICAL MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

  • In North America, internet content providers (ICPs) such as Google and others generated a wave of optical spending at a handful of vendors including Adva, BTI, and Infinera (News - Alert), altogether accounting for an estimated $40 million surge in 2Q14
  • Worldwide optical network hardware revenue, including SONET/SDH and WDM, totaled $3.3 billion in 2Q14, a sequential gain of 27% aided by strong seasonal performances from Huawei and ZTE (News - Alert)
  • Global optical spending is roughly flat year-over-year (2Q14 from 2Q13) as strength in Asia Pacific offset weakening spending trends in EMEA
  • Worldwide WDM equipment revenue in 2Q14 is up 6% year-over-year
  • The 1st half of 2014 brought another huge flood of 100G WDM shipments by Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert), Ciena, Cisco, Huawei, and Infinera
  • Ciena's and Infinera's North American optical revenue grew rapidly on a year-over-year basis in 2Q14, while Fujitsu's (News - Alert) and Alcatel-Lucent's decreased

ABOUT THE OPTICAL REPORT

Infonetics' quarterly optical hardware report provides worldwide and regional market size, market share, orecasts through 2018, analysis, and trends for metro and long haul SONET/SDH and WDM equipment, Ethernet optical ports, SONET/SDH/POS ports, and WDM ports. Vendors tracked: Adtran, Adva, Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, Cisco, Coriant, Cyan, ECI, Fujitsu, Huawei (News - Alert), Infinera, NEC, Padtec, Transmode, Tyco Telecom, ZTE, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.



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Download Infonetics' 2014 market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at www.infonetics.com/login.

TO INQUIRE ABOUT RESEARCH, CONTACT:

N. America (West), Asia Pacific: Larry Howard [email protected] +1 408-583-3335

N. A. (East, Midwest), L. America, EMEA: Scott Coyne [email protected] +1 408-583-3395

Greater China, SE Asia, India: ???? Jeffrey Song [email protected] +86 21-3919-8505

Japan ?? Takashi Kimura, TAK Analytics [email protected] +81 3-6408-5566

South Korea ???? Doug Moon, MBAP [email protected] +82 2-3453-9400

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics' About Us slides here.


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