The Transceiver Sales Report (December 2007)

SUMMARY

“The growth in 40 Gbps interfaces highlights the technology's continued adoption in the network and we expect new, more cost-efficient 40 Gbps equipment to appear in 2008,” says Roy Rubenstein, director of research at LightCounting. “And greater maturity in 40 Gbps components and transponders is a prerequisite for carriers to adopt 100 Gbps technology.”

The latest Lightcounting transceiver results, discussed in the December 2007 Transceiver Sale Report, shows an increase in sales of DWDM modules and SONET/SDH transceivers, which posted a solid 24% growth in Q3 2007, respectively. High-data-rate interfaces including OC-192, OC-768 and 10 GigE, proved to be among the fastest growing product categories, confirming deployment of high-data-rate systems in telecom and enterprise networks.

The LightCounting December 2007 Transceiver report provides a complete view of the rapidly changing optical transceiver market, offering detailed and accurate information on various market segments and emerging technologies such as SFP+ transceivers and 40 Gbps transponders.

The report offers detailed information on quarterly sales of more than 100 product categories covering time period from Q1 2006 to Q3 2007. It also correlates transceiver shipments with sales of optical networking equipment and deployment of communication systems by service providers. Data for the report was provided by more than 20 leading transceiver vendors.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Figures:

• Figure 1. Global quarterly transceiver sales
• Figure 2. Global quarterly transceiver sales by market segment
• Figure 3. Global sales of optical networking equipment, external disk storage systems, and enterprise networking sales
• Figure 4. Global sales of SONET/SDH transceivers by data-transfer rate
• Figure 5. Sales of OC-192 modules by form factor
• Figure 6. Sales of Ethernet transceivers by data-transfer rate
• Figure 7. Shipments of 10-GigE modules by form factor
• Figure 8. Fibre Channel transceiver sales by data rate
• Figure 9. Sales of CWDM and DWDM transceivers
• Figure 10. Shipments of tunable laser modules (including modules used in transponders)
• Figure 11. Shipments of FTTx transceivers by PON type

Tables:

• Table 1: List of transceiver vendors accounted for in the report

Appendices:

• Appendix A: Shipments of SONET/SDH modules
• Appendix B: Shipments of Ethernet Modules
• Appendix C: Shipments of Fibre Channel Modules
• Appendix D: Shipments of CWDM and DWDM modules
• Appendix E: Shipments of FTTx modules
• Appendix F: Shipments of Optical Interconnects