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Infonetics Research: Tepid WDM Growth, Slumping SONET/SDH Bog Down Optical Market in 3Q12BOSTON --(Business Wire)-- Market research firm Infonetics Research today released preliminary analysis from its 3rd quarter 2012 (3Q12) Optical Network Hardware vendor market share report. (Full report with forecasts and detailed analysis will be published November 27.) ANALYST NOTE "Investment in new WDM gear is growing, but it isn't growing fast enough to offset the accelerated declines in SONET/SDH," notes Andrew Schmitt, principal analyst for optical at Infonetics Research. "SONET/SDH spending hit another all-time low in the third quarter, as architectural shifts in wireless backhaul quicken its transition into obsolescence. Carriers aren't allocating scarce capital to out-of-date equipment." Schmitt continues: "On a brighter note, there's an investment cycle set to begin next year in the core network that's based on 100G coherent and supported by the massive ramp in 100G prototyping and trialing activities that are already underway worldwide." 3Q12 OPTICAL MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
OPTICAL HARDWARE REPORT SYNOPSIS Infonetics' quarterly optical network hardware report provides worldwide and regional market size, market share, analysis, frecasts, and trends for metro and long haul SONET/SDH and WDM equipment, Ethernet optical ports, SONET/SDH/POS ports, and WDM ports. Companies tracked include Adtran, ADVA, Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, Cisco, Cyan, ECI Telecom, Ericsson (News - Alert), Fujitsu, Huawei, Infinera, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, Tellabs, Transmode, Tyco Telecom, ZTE, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics (News - Alert) Sales: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp. RELATED RESEARCH
RECENT AND UPCOMING RESEARCH Download OPTICAL report highlights, tables of contents, and prospectuses at http://www.infonetics.com/login, or Infonetics' Publication Calendar at http://bit.ly/zwjcRs.
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