China optics and Cloud DCs key to 2017-2021 market growth

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100G DWDM deployments in China and 40GbE/100GbE optics in cloud-based companies’ mega-DCs are key drivers for market growth in 2017 year and beyond, according to research agency Light Counting.

Vladimir Kozlov

CEO AND FOUNDER, LIGHTCOUNTING MARKET RESEARCH

“In 2016, we saw considerable sales of 100G DWDM and 100GbE products. The total market for optical components and modules was forecast to grow by 17% in 2016, with sales of DWDM and Ethernet products increasing by more than 30%. However, with the exception of DWDM and Ethernet optics, market segments are likely to remain flat or decline.”

 

“From 2011 to 2015, China’s increasing contribution to the global market was related to its vast FTTx and wireless fronthaul optics deployments. But over the past year, this contribution primarily came from demand for 100G DWDM and 100GbE optics, a trend we believe will continue in 2017-2021. Our research indicates that massive deployments of 100G DWDM networks in China and 40GbE/100GbE optics in mega-datacentres by cloud-based companies will be the main market growth drivers this year and beyond.”

 

 

Ongoing growth

 

“China is number one in the world in number of FTTH customers, even though the speed of connections is below the global average. A large amount of bandwidth is deployed in the last mile, near the customer, but this is not high throughout the network. Metro aggregation networks tend to lack capacity, hence the recent activity in Chinese markets.”

 

“Overall expectations for 2017 are high. Demand will keep suppliers of optical components and modules very busy. In fact, in 2016, global supply had difficulty keeping up with demand. If this had not been the case, the market would have grown even faster. We haven’t seen anything like this happen for at least ten years. 2017 will be a very strong year. In China, projects tend to be incredibly large and tend to move very fast. Many FTTx projects have been carried out over the past five years, of which a large number are now complete. Upgrading to 4G LTE in China has also been largely completed and 5G won’t arrive until 2020. Therefore, the forecast for 2018 and beyond is a little more modest, as accelerated growth will calm down a little.”

 

“As Chinese demand gradually drops, the global market will largely be sustained by fronthaul investments in the rest of the world, where developments will be different, more dependent on market forces. We see a lot of recent growth in fibre for Data Centres and Cloud applications which will continue in the near future.”

LightCounting

This leading optical communications market research company, offers market updates, forecasts, and state-of-the-industry reports based on its analysis of primary research with dozens of leading module, component, and system vendors as well as service providers and other users. Research topics range from Next Generation Access Optics to Integrated Optical Devices.

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