MEMS and Optical Networks: Cautiously Optimistic

SUMMARY

Is telecom finally ready for MEMS? While the last few years have been tumultuous - the long awaited-for recovery appears to be underway. This annual update provides an overview of MEMS-based solutions for optical networking applications, and looks at the products, companies, and continuing evolution of MEMS in optical networking. The report profiles who's out and who's still in, what happened in 2003 and what to expect in the coming year, and provides an overview of products and their availability. Forecasts of revenues and unit shipments for switches and other components are provided through 2008.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Executive Summary
• Methodology
  • Defining MEMS
• Overview
  • The Last Twelve Months in Review
    • Company Status
    • Whofs Out
    • Whofs Still In
  • Looking Forward: The Next Twelve Months
• The Products
• The Forecast
  • Forecast Sales Mix
  • Forecast Sales of Switches
  • Forecast Sales of Other Components
• The Companies

List of Tables

• Table 1. Company Status
• Table 2. Suppliers of MEMS-based Switches
• Table 3. Suppliers of MEMS-based VOAs
• Table 4. Suppliers of MEMS-based Tunable Components
• Table 5. Suppliers of MEMS-based Dynamic Components
• Table 6. Worldwide Sales of MEMS-based Components for Optical Networking, 2003-2008 (Unit Shipments in Thousands, US $ in Millions)
• Table 7. Worldwide Sales of MEMS-based Switches for Optical Networking, 2003-2008 (Unit Shipments in Thousands, US $ in Millions)
• Table 8. Worldwide Sales of MEMS-based Other Components for Optical Networking, 2003-2008 (Unit Shipments in Thousands, US $ in Millions)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Worldwide Forecast of MEMS-based Components for Optical Networking, 2003-2008 (US $ in Millions)
• Figure 2. Worldwide Sales of MEMS-based Components for Optical Networking, 2003-2008 (Unit Shipments in Thousands, US $ in Millions)
• Figure 3. Forecast Share of Unit Shipments, 2003 vs. 2008
• Figure 4. Forecast Share of Revenues, 2003 vs. 2008
• Figure 5. Worldwide Sales of MEMS-based Switches for Optical Networking, 2003-2008 (Unit Shipments in Thousands, US $ in Millions)
• Figure 6. Worldwide Sales of MEMS-based Other Components for Optical Networking, 2003-2008 (Unit Shipments in Thousands, US $ in Millions)