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Free space optics global market forecast A ccording to a new survey published by US based market analyst, ElectroniCast, the global per transmitter FSO unit to provide redundancy in signal FSO or other wireless solutions. The Europe/ Middle East/Africa (EMEA) region is the current market leader, however, the APAC region has rapidly expanding
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links. Another FSO trend in 2015 is deployment in residential FTTH solutions, where relatively short-link FSO is being installed as an alternative to optical fibre. Of course, FSO usage in short- distance links is not new; however, marketing to carriers as an alternative to optical fibre termination at the home is an interesting proposition”. The increase in the consumption of FSO links in the Americas region is attributed to not only continued upgrades and network facilitation in the United States and Canada, but also from the accelerating economic growth of major cities in Latin America. European inner-city urban areas typically are difficult for wire-lines, including optical fibre cable installations; therefore, this fact promotes
consumption of fixed-location (stationary) transmitter/receiver links used in non-military/ aerospace FSO system equipment was $37.2m in 2014, up 11% from $33.5m in 2013. FSO transmitters and receiver pairs used in link equipment with a range capability of up to 500m led in relative market share in 2014, with a global consumption value of $25.2m. Stephen Montgomery, Director of the market study, said “In 2015, we are seeing hybrid link equipment as a winning solution, especially in longer-distance links, to provide the assurance of redundancy, to cover for FSO’s weaknesses (weather and other obstacles), as well as multiple emitters
market opportunities and therefore, the ElectroniCast forecast shows the APAC region with the fastest growth (2014-2020), with the region eventually taking over the technology that uses directed laser beams, which provide optical bandwidth transmitters and receivers to link voice, video, and data intelligent transfer. FSO systems are deployed near the 1550 nm wavelength window as well as the near-visible infrared spectral region around 780nm to 850nm and selected providers claim that their solutions can provide “carrier- class” availability even in adverse weather conditions. leadership position. FSO is a line-of-sight
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