Optical Transport Market Growth Held Down by Legacy Equipment in 2012, According to Dell'Oro Group

Huawei, ZTE and Alcatel-Lucent Hold 50 Percent of Market

News provided by

Feb 20, 2013, 09:52 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the total optical transport equipment market declined four percent in 2012 as service providers reduced their purchases of legacy SONET and SDH equipment.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101012/SF80035LOGO)

"An overall market decline of four percent was pretty good considering that legacy equipment sales declined 30 percent in the year," said Jimmy Yu, Vice President of Optical Transport research at Dell'Oro Group. "Fortunately, optical network equipment continues to be needed even in soft economic times so long as consumers increase their use of high bandwidth access devices such as home broadband and smart phones. The demand for more bandwidth has driven an increased need for WDM equipment, which continued a positive trajectory in the year; growing 8 percent," added Mr. Yu.

Revenue from the North America and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) regions declined 12 percent in the year more than offsetting the growth in Asia Pacific and Rest of World. The top three vendors in the year were Huawei, ZTE and Alcatel-Lucent with a combined market revenue share of nearly 50 percent.

2012 Optical Transport Equipment Market
Region	Growth Rate	Rank 1st	Rank 2nd	Rank 3rd
North America	-12%	Ciena	Fujitsu	Cisco
EMEA	-12%	Huawei	Alcatel-Lucent	Ericsson
Asia Pacific	+5%	Huawei	ZTE	NEC
Rest of World	+2%	Huawei	Alcatel-Lucent	ZTE
Worldwide	-4%	Huawei	ZTE	Alcatel-Lucent

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 up to 100 Gbps). The report tracks DWDM long haul terrestrial, WDM metro, multiservice multiplexers (SONET/SDH), optical switch, and optical packet platforms. To purchase this report, call Julie Learmond-Criqui at +1.650.622.9400 x244 or email [email protected]

About Dell'Oro Group
As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enables component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.DellOro.com.

SOURCE Dell'Oro Group