Report: Despite Downturn, 40G Poised for Growth
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| January 29, 2009
In a newly released Optical 5-year forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, total worldwide optical transport equipment revenue is forecast to decline 9 percent in 2009 and resume growth in 2010, reaching $14.5 billion in 2013. Shipments of 40 Gbps wavelengths are forecast to grow at least 50 percent in each of the next five years and contribute nearly one-third of the capacity shipped in DWDM Long Haul systems by 2013. The report also indicates that shipments of 100 Gbps wavelengths are expected in late 2011.