EUGENE, OR--(Marketwire - December 17, 2007) - Sales of optical transceivers reached a record
$526 million in the third quarter of 2007 and are likely to exceed $560
million in the remaining quarter, according to LightCounting, the premier
transceiver research company. The LightCounting Transceiver Sales Report
released today reported that the growth in Q3 2007 was primarily due to
increased sales of DWDM modules and SONET/SDH transceivers, which both
showed a 24% increase, respectively.
According to the author of the report and founder of LightCounting, Dr.
Vladimir Kozlov, the industry's continued growth and support of technology
advancement in lieu of developing new technologies are encouraging.
"Optical transceiver manufacturers faithfully supported the advancement of
optical networking in 2007 by shipping close to 30 million modules in the
first three quarters of this year," said Kozlov. "Vendors ramped
production of OC-768 and SFP+ modules in response to the increasing demand
for higher data rate and small form factor modules." Kozlov noted that
suppliers of SONET/SDH transceivers were rewarded in Q3 2007 by a strong
demand for their products despite advances of Ethernet and DWDM
technologies in access and transport systems. "This was the best quarter
for SONET/SDH transceiver vendors since Q1 2004, when sales increased by
almost 50%," said Kozlov.
The transceiver market's return to growth comes as a welcomed relief after
the steady growth during 2005 and 2006 of transceiver sales was temporarily
interrupted by a 7% decline in the first quarter of 2007, followed by a
flat second quarter. Profitability of optical transceiver manufacturing
remains a challenge for vendors as the customer bases become increasingly
more consolidated.
The report briefly discusses growth in emerging 40-Gbps and 100-Gbps
markets and Carrier Ethernet deployment activity from the system vendors
and carrier's perspectives, relative to the impact on transceiver sales.
About LightCounting
Providing visibility into the global transceiver market, LightCounting is
the premier transceiver research company relied upon for accurate,
detailed, and relevant transceiver market insight.
LightCounting's reports enable business executives, engineering,
manufacturing, and sales/marketing professionals to plan business
strategies using objective market information rather than speculative
assumptions. Combining Semiannual Transceiver Sales Reports and Market
Forecast Updates with Annual State of the Industry Reports and Technology
Reviews, LightCounting is the optical transceiver market's information
source.
Privately held, LightCounting is headquartered in Eugene, Oregon. For more
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www.LightCounting.com or call
408.962.4851.
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