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Optical transport market outlook optimistic - report
Telecoms market analyst Del ‘Oro’s finds that demand for bandwidth, the main driver behind optical market growth, has been given a boost by the recent pandemic. As a result, Dell ‘Oro is forecasting that the optical transport market, largely comprised of DWDM systems, will expand in 2020 and for the next five years, reaching nearly US$18 billion. However, it says, there are near term challenges related to supply, distribution, and installation.
global pandemic in 2020 that ushered in a global economic recession. It is still unknown how much longer COVID-19, will spread and cause economic disruptions, and at what rate the global economy will recover following massive shutdowns in the first half of the year. That being said, while in past macro-economic recessions the optical transport market would contract, we believe that in this recession, the demand for optical transport will increase as a large number of people shift to remote learning and working.
Gbps-capable line cards started to ship in early 2020 and it expects volumes to ramp during this year, as additional vendors introduce their products. It forecasts that by 2024, nearly 30 percent of wavelength shipments will be from an 800 Gbps-capable line card. More than half of these line cards are expected to be used at 400 Gbps. It also predicts the next wavelength speed following 800 Gbps will be 1.2 Tbps. Based on the timing of past coherent DSP introductions and first-line card shipments, the company anticipates 1.2 Tbps-capable line cards to enter the market
in the 2023-2024 time period, but more likely in 2024. The company also sees demand for optical transport gear for data centre interconnect taking a turn in the near future, with disaggregated WDM transponder unit sales being a bright spot of growth, annually growing at a double-digit percentage rate. It notes however that the introduction of 400ZR will moderate the market’s growth.
The report notes that the world experienced a
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Fujitsu to Upgrade FiberLight Network
Partners tap Emtelle for Dutch fibre optic cabling solutions
Emtelle is to supply a range of fibre optic solutions and components, as part of the collective efforts between T-Mobile Netherlands, Primevest Capital Partners and VolkerWessels Telecom. Together the partners plan to build a new fibre network in the Loosduinen area in the Hague, connecting 25,000 households to a network with speeds of at least 1Gbps, with Emtelle fibre optic solutions in deployment. Preparations for the deployment started in June and construction will begin in August.
Fujitsu Network Communications, is to expand and upgrade US operator FiberLight’s , high-bandwidth fibre network using Fujitsu’s 1FINITY™ platform and Virtuora® Network Control Solution Since 2019, FiberLight has deployed the modular Fujitsu 1FINITY platform, including 1FINITY T300/T310 Transport and 1FINITY L100 Lambda series blades in a network capable of exceeding 400G speeds throughout Texas and Oklahoma. This solution is fully compatible with FiberLight’s existing base of Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 9500
from a previous project in 2019 where the partners connected 32,000 homes in the Segbroek neighbourhood of the Hague with Emtelle pre-installed fibre solutions being deployed to reach the outlined speeds. Whilst both projects are in the city of the Hague, both districts present different housing landscapes. In the Loosduinen district, most residential buildings are high rise apartments meaning Emtelle’s 2-fibre optical cable was the optimum solution for providing efficient and direct access to each home whether it be installed underground, aerially, or internally.
packet optical networking equipment, allowing smooth network evolution with pay-as-you-grow scalability.
FiberLight will also use Virtuora PD, a planning
and design application that provides a representation of the actual network topology, models optical performance and designs optical circuits in real time. FiberLight operates 14,000 route miles of fibre networks with clients in over 30 metropolitan areas in the U.S., and selected the Fujitsu solution to enable transport speeds of 100G and above while increasing efficiency through automation.
This comes as a progression
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