Insight Into World Fiber Optic Needs
October 5, 1998
PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., Newsbytes via NewsEdge Corporation : Projecting
that global data traffic will grow 250percent for the next four years, Insight Research has
released a report that details world fiber optic infrastructure.
"High Speed International Fiber Optic Communications: SDH/SONET (synchronous
digital heirarchy/synchronous optical networking) or WDM (wavelength division
multiplexing) 1998-2003" is a 250-page study of existing fiber, and projections for growth.
Highlighting the advances of WDM and DWDM (dense wavelength division
multiplexing) over TDM (time division multiplexing), the INSIGHT report predicts
expected bandwidth demands, and capabilities, of 25 terabits per second on fiber optic
backbones by 2002.
A company spokesperson told Newsbytes, "Insight researches the telecommunications
industry only. In this report we have provided an economic snapshot of each country,
including their gross domestic product, telecom density, telecom investment, and
expected fiber optic deployments."
Forecasting that China will install three time the volume of fiber as the next largest
market, and that total world fiber installation will reach 45 million kilometers by 2000, the
report offers what Insight calls a "Photonic Moore Curve." This analogy to Moore's
Law, regarding increasing computer processor speeds versus the decreasing price of
memory, describes the rising capacity of fiber optic bandwidth, which parallels the
decreasing cost of data transmission.
The spokesperson continued, "Australia, notably has the second largest Asian fiber
installation, after Japan. We have a rundown chart which details the entire Asian
infrastructure."
Some of the companies using WDM/DWDM technologies that the report profiles
include: Lucent Technologies, Ciena, Cambrian, Pirelli, Nortel, Alcatel, Fujitsu, NEC,
Ericsson, Siemens, and Hitachi.
Looking ahead, the report predicts advances in optical technology such as advanced
switching technologies, optical switching for recovery from failures, expansion of
add-drop multiplexing, optical crossconnects, and the ability to optically move a
particular bit stream from one wavelength to another.
An excerpt of the study, which includes its Table of Contents, is at:
insight-corp.com .
The printed report is available from Insight Research for $3495. Electronic versions are
also available.
Reported by Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com .
(19981002/Press Contact: Tara D. Mahon, 973-605-1400 tara@insight-corp.com /WIRES
NETWORK/)
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