Optical Transport Equipment Market Grew 1 Percent in 2020 to $16 Billion, According to Dell'Oro Group

North America Declined Sharply in 4Q 2020

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Mar 03, 2021, 08:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications and networks industries, optical transport equipment revenue increased 1 percent in 2020 reaching $16 billion. In this period, all regions grew with the exception of North America and Latin America.

"Between concerns on starting new optical builds during the start of the pandemic and aggressive plans on 5G deployments that required a larger share of a service provider's capital budget, the spending on optical transport dramatically slowed by the end of 2020," said Jimmy Yu, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "It was a really dramatic drop in optical equipment purchases in the fourth quarter. While we anticipated a slowdown near the end of the year due to concerns around COVID-19, we were surprised by a 29 percent year-over-year decline in WDM purchases in North America as well as a 12 percent decline in China. That said, there was good growth in the other parts of the world, especially Japan," continued Yu.

Optical Transport Equipment Market
Regions	Growth Rate in 2020
North America	-6%
Europe, Middle East and Africa	2%
China	1%
Asia Pacific excluding China	13%
Caribbean and Latin America	-14%
Worldwide	1%

About the Report
The Dell'Oro Group Optical Transport Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, unit shipments (by speed including 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps, 400 Gbps, and 800 Gbps). The report tracks DWDM long haul, WDM metro, multiservice multiplexers (SONET/SDH), optical switch, optical packet platforms, data center interconnect (metro and long haul), and disaggregated WDM. To purchase this report, please contact us at [email protected].

About Dell'Oro Group
Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in strategic competitive analysis in the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT markets. Our firm provides in-depth quantitative data and qualitative analysis to facilitate critical, fact-based business decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit https://www.delloro.com.

SOURCE Dell'Oro Group