IDC: Worldwide Ethernet switch market continues strong growth

Worldwide Ethernet switch revenues grew 22.0% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22) to $10.3 billion and grew 18.7% for the full year 2022 to $36.5 billion, according to the recently published International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Ethernet Switch Tracker and Worldwide Quarterly Router Tracker.The total worldwide enterprise and service provider (SP) router market recorded $4.6 billion in revenue in 4Q22, a 0.7% year-over-year...

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2022 Global Provider Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD

Vertical Systems Group announced that seven companies achieved a rank on the 2022 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD as follows (in order based on retail port share as of year-end 2022): Orange Business (France), Colt (U.K.), Verizon (U.S.), AT&T (U.S.), BT Global Services (U.K.), NTT (Japan) and Lumen (U.S.). This industry benchmark for multinational Ethernet network market presence ranks companies that hold a 4% or higher share of billable...

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Dell'Oro: Ethernet adapter market rose 40% in 2022

The Ethernet Adapter market grew 40 percent in 2022. However, we expect the market to moderate in 2023, as server vendors lower their inventory levels in anticipation of lower enterprise demand, and the major cloud service providers undergo a capex digestion cycle, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group.“The Ethernet Adapter market achieved record revenue growth in 2022, primarily from the shift of product mix to higher speed ports and higher...

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OFC attracted 11,500 participants and 515 exhibiting companies

Last week's OFC 2023 in San Diego attracted over 11,500 participants and 515 exhibiting companies."One of OFC's highlights was live interoperability demonstrations from leading optics companies running over OFCnet," said OFC chairs Chris Cole, Coherent Corporation; Ramon Casellas, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya; and Ming-Jun Li, Corning Incorporated. "Another was the Plenary Session with inspiring talks by three leading executives,...

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OFC video: First 200G PAM4 Mach-Zehnder modulated laser

What's hot at #OFC23? Sanjai Parthasarathi discusses the live demonstration of a 200G four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) Mach-Zehnder modulated laser. The demo featured a distributed feedback laser (DFB) and Mach-Zehnder modulator combined monolithically in a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) that enables 200G PAM4 for 1.6T transceivers with up to 10 km reach.https://youtu.be/Ka9K23rL...

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OFC video: Nokia’s Super Coherent Photonics Service Engine

What’s hot at #OFC23?Nokia’s Serge Melle discusses the latest generation super-coherent Photonic Service Engine, capable of 1.2 Tb/s over metro distances (118km) and 800 Gb/s over long haul distances (2,019 km), using a single wavelength.https://youtu.be/LK6VZvKF...

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OFC video: 400ZR for Cloud Metro

What’s hot at #OFC23? Juniper is bringing to market new 400ZR and 400ZR+ optics to power its Cloud Metro architecture. Juniper's Irene Zheng provides an overview.https://youtu.be/HbJURV1eYH0&nb...

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