Worldwide optical market revenues grew 3 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, reversing the trend of revenue declines that started in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The positive result in the optical market was attributed to improved demand across all regions with particular strength in the Americas. The leading optical vendors in the quarter were Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, and Ciena with a combined worldwide market share of nearly 50 percent.
WDM equipment benefited the greatest from this increasing market demand for bandwidth. During the quarter, WDM revenues grew 18 percent versus the same quarter last year to nearly $1.6 billion. The North America region was the largest market for WDM equipment in the quarter as revenues grew 30 percent year-over-year. The vendors with the greatest market share selling into the North America region were Ciena, Fujitsu, Infinera, and Cisco with a combined share of 65 percent.
The report further indicates that 40 Gbps WDM wavelength shipments have grown approximately 200 percent year-over-year with an increasing number of worldwide deployments, and that 100 Gbps WDM wavelength shipments have started to ship this year.
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WDM equipment benefited the greatest from this increasing market demand for bandwidth. During the quarter, WDM revenues grew 18 percent versus the same quarter last year to nearly $1.6 billion. The North America region was the largest market for WDM equipment in the quarter as revenues grew 30 percent year-over-year. The vendors with the greatest market share selling into the North America region were Ciena, Fujitsu, Infinera, and Cisco with a combined share of 65 percent.
The report further indicates that 40 Gbps WDM wavelength shipments have grown approximately 200 percent year-over-year with an increasing number of worldwide deployments, and that 100 Gbps WDM wavelength shipments have started to ship this year.
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Strong second half seasonality helped offset weakness in Europe as the Unified Communications market expanded 7 percent sequentially. Also, according to the report, vendors continue to migrate their installed base over to IP lines, although the process may take another decade to complete. The top eight vendors in the quarter that accounted for more than 80 percent of IP line shipments were: Aastra, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco, Mitel, NEC, Shoretel, and Siemens.
to provide the data centre computing platform that unites computing, network, storage access, and virtualisation. The cohesive system will support NBN Co's business and operational systems. The initial value of the contract is AU$9.5 million over three years, with the opportunity to scale up as NBN Co's needs increase.
to build an intelligent, convergent and high-performance core network, achieving 2G/3G/4G full convergence. CSL's network will support accurate service control and content-based billing. It provides powerful data throughput to ensure that the network can deal with the challenges from the explosive growth of data traffic as well as an increasingly complex services.
as its new president and chief operating officer. Chittipeddi joined Conexant in 2006 and served most recently as co-president, with responsibility for global engineering, operations, quality, IT, and associated infrastructure activities. In his new role, Chittipeddi will have worldwide responsibility for engineering, operations, quality, and marketing. He continues to report to Scott Mercer, Conexant's chairman and chief executive officer.
a privately-held developer of networking silicon. PMC-Sierra paid approximately $240 million in cash for the acquisition, less estimated cash and short-term deposits acquired of approximately $26 million at time of closing. Further, up to an additional $60 million of cash consideration may be paid if certain growth and performance milestones are reached by the end of 2011.
Verizon have signed a partnership deal tying together the Google TV Ads platform Verizon FiOS TV.
"The Blackwave technology brings storage performance and scaling capabilities that, combined with the Media Flow platform and Juniper's high-performance networking systems, will provide a compelling solution for our customers who require scalable and efficient distribution of content and high-quality video over the Internet."
Juniper Networks released a line of high-performance content delivery appliances designed to maximize the scale and reliability of its Media Flow converged content delivery and caching solution for service providers. The Juniper VXA Series Media Flow Engines appliances, which leverage technology originally developed by Ankeena Networks (acquired by Juniper earlier this year), are aimed at optimizing content delivery networks (CDNs). Juniper's Media Flow Solution can cache and deliver content closer to the edge of service providers' networks, which can reduce transit traffic and lower CapEx and OpEx. Content publishers can deploy Media Flow as a next-generation origin cache, where its high scalability enables server consolidation, reducing costs associated with power, space and cooling. The Media Flow uses adaptive streaming technology to ensure a TV-like viewing experience even as network conditions fluctuate. Users also enjoy improved response times since content is served more locally.
