Packet-Optical Switching Market to Increase to $2.9 Billion by 2015, Finds Heavy Reading

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The global market for packet-optical switching systems is expected to increase to $2.9 billion by 2015, representing a 66.5% compounded annual growth rate from 2010-2015, according to a new market tracker product just released from Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com).

Heavy Reading's Next-Gen Core Packet-Optical Market Tracker is a new bi-annual forecasting service for tracking the core optical network migration to packets. It charts the evolution of core packet-optical transport from the very beginning – delivering concise and complete up-to-the-minute intelligence covering the migration to OTN switching, integration of WDM and switching, the role of packet switching and connection-oriented Ethernet in the core, and other major trends as they emerge. For more information, please contact Dave Williams at [email protected] or visit www.HeavyReading.com.

"Packet-optical switching will benefit from a modest increase in carrier spending on the core network, but mostly will grow at the expense of spending on stand-alone long-haul DWDM systems and stand-alone Sonet/SDH-based optical crossconnects," says Sterling Perrin, Heavy Reading's Optical Networks Senior Analyst. "As a result, packet-optical switching will increase from a 6.2% share of core transport and switching spending in 2010 to 53.5% of total spending in 2015."

"Many vendors are viewing the new core optical transport switching requirements as an opportunity to enter a segment that has been closed off for about a decade," explains Perrin. "In the first generation of optical switching – based on Sonet/SDH crossconnects – there were really only three significant players: Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and Ciena. As the industry moves to OTN-based switching, there are already eight suppliers vying for the opportunity, with additional suppliers sure to join the mix," he adds.

The Next-Gen Core Packet-Optical Market Tracker is part of Heavy Reading's new Packet-Optical Networks Subscription Service, which also includes the Packet-Enabled Optical Networking Quarterly Market Tracker, bi-monthly Analyst Advisory Updates, Optical Networking reports and Analyst Access consulting hours.

For information about pricing and availability on the Next-Gen Core Packet-Optical Market Tracker or the Packet-Optical Networks Subscription Service, please contact:

Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
[email protected]

Press Contact:
Jennifer Baker
Director of Marketing
Light Reading Communications Network
[email protected]

Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com) is an independent research organization offering deep analysis of emerging telecom trends to network operators, technology suppliers, and investors. Its product portfolio includes in-depth reports that address critical next-generation technology and service issues, market trackers that focus on the telecom industry's most critical technology sectors, exclusive worldwide surveys of network operator decision-makers that identify future purchasing and deployment plans, and a rich array of custom and consulting services that give clients the market intelligence needed to compete successfully in the $4 trillion global telecom industry. As a telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com), Heavy Reading contributes to the only integrated business information platform serving the global communications industry.

The Light Reading Communications Network (www.lrcn.com) combines the most trusted telecom research brands with award-winning online communities and a rich events portfolio to deliver the only integrated business information platform serving the global communications industry. With the power of this platform, leaders who build, deploy, finance, and regulate next-generation telecom networks are able to make more informed decisions on emerging market and service opportunities. The Light Reading Communications Network is a division of UBM TechWeb (www.ubmtechweb.com), the global leader in technology media and business information.

SOURCE Heavy Reading

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