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Global advisory and consulting firm Ovum posted its global market update detailing the 40G/100G market.
"After many years of waiting the 40G market is finally moving to a generalized deployment phase. Consumer demand, mostly driven by video, is stressing network capacities, and as long as this dynamic stays in place, 40G deployments will continue to see healthy growth," said Ron Kline, research director at Ovum and author of this latest 40G/100G analysis. "What's most important now is that the industry works to reduce the cost for 40G in order to move the market towards mass adoption."
After years of technology development, product announcements, and trials, the 40G market is finally moving to a new phase. Globally, over 30 network operators have spent more than $250 million since 2005 deploying the technology. Nortel introduced its dual polarization quadrature phase shift keying (DP QPSK)-based system to the market in April 2008 and has already gained over 30 customers; the technology is highly regarded by both carriers and competitors. Further, the Optical Internetworking Forum industry group announced in ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Ovum: 40G now in 'generalized deployment phase'.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)