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NEW! Quarterly Market Update Report (September 2018)
LightCounting's Quarter Market Update reports are designed to provide an easy-to-digest snapshot of optical transceiver growth trends, backed up with detailed quarter-by-quarter sales data collected via LightCounting's proprietary vendor survey....More information
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The Cloud Report (June 2018)
This LightCounting report focuses on the changing marketplace facing the communications service providers (CSPs) and the impact of their adoption of cloud services and technologies. The term cloud signifies the practice of using servers, switching, storage and networking to offer ......More information
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NEW! Quarterly Market Update Report (September 2018)
LightCounting's Quarter Market Update reports are designed to provide an easy-to-digest snapshot of optical transceiver growth trends, backed up with detailed quarter-by-quarter sales data collected via LightCounting's proprietary vendor survey....More information
Mega Datacenter Optics (June 2018)
This report analyzes the impact of Mega Datacenters on the market for Ethernet optical transceivers, DWDM optics, Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and Embedded Optical Modules (EOMs). ...More information
The Cloud Report (June 2018)
This LightCounting report focuses on the changing marketplace facing the communications service providers (CSPs) and the impact of their adoption of cloud services and technologies. The term cloud signifies the practice of using servers, switching, storage and networking to offer ......More information
State of the Industry Report: Can New Higher Profit Levels be Sustained? (May 2018)
The annual revenue of optical components and module makers has grown in each of the last five years, while the average net margin of those same companies has see-sawed back and forth between profit and loss. This report provides a holistic analysis of the global communications industry, and the factors affecting profitability at each level of the value chain. More information
Integrated Optical Devices (May 2018)
The potential impact of photonic integration on the optical communications market has captivated the imagination of the industry for the last two decades. Recent successes by vendors developing integrated products using Silicon photonics (SiP) ......More information
Market Forecast Report (April 2018)
The forecast report presents analysis of business and capital expenditures (CapEx) of the top fifteen service providers, as well as trends in the networking equipment market and business of leading equipment manufacturers....More information
High Speed Ethernet Optics (March 2018)
This reported is focused on markets and technologies for Ethernet Optical transceivers, used in Data center, Enterprise and Telecom applications. It will include the latest shipment data and a forecast for more than 50 types of Ethernet transceivers segmented by speed. More information
Market for Optics in China (January 2018)
Demand for optics from Chinese service providers surprised the industry in 2010-2017. It started with massive deployments of FTTx systems and continued with optical fronthaul in the access markets.
The Active Optical Cable and Embedded Optical Modules Market Analysis & Forecast Report (December 2017)
This two-part report examines the optical interconnect segments that have long served as data bridges between elements of large systems or clusters.
Next Generation Access Optics (November 2017)
Mobile fronthaul has been a fast growing segment of the optical modules market, driven by the deployment of high capacity 4G mobile networks. ‘Fiber-to-the-X’ is a key enabler of today’s high-speed Internet, and advanced broadband......More information
Research Notes
An Eventful Week for the End of July: Infinera Aquires Coriant as ZTE Goes Back to Work - July 2018
Do All Roads Lead to Copackaging of Optics and ASICs - July 2018
Ciena Presents a Coherent Vision of the Company's Future - June 2018
Scaling Up Production of Photonic Integrated Circuits - May 2018
Open Networks Move Closer to Wide Deployment at OFC 2018 - April 2018
Is This the Right Time for Optical Companies to Invest? - February 2018
Fiber Optics and Photonics in Aerospace and Automobile Platforms - November 2017
Optics in Cable TV Networks - November 2017
Ciena - A Western Alternative to Huawei and ZTE - October 2017
Mobile Fronthaul in the 5G Era - October 2017
CIOE and ECOC - September 2017
Where Will VCSELS Shine Next? - August 2017
Will Google and China Impact Next Generation Access Networks - August 2017
Will Pluggable Optical Modules Become Obsolete? - July 2017
Open Stack Summit - May 2017
Update on Silicon Photonics - May 2017
Highlights from OFC - March 2017
Mobile World Congress - March 2017
How the Trump Presidency Could Impact the Global Telecom Industry - February 2017
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