The Market and Investor are more concerned about NN's ability to show revenue and Income growth from any source ATM,Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless ATM or any other related technology including Maintenance Software.
Don't forget DWDM. Through its 40% stake in its affiliate, Cambrian Systems, NN is well-positioned to benefit from the fast-growing optical fibre market, specifically the MAN or Metropoliitan Area Network. According to statistics from Pioneer Consulting, the U.S. Optical Access Market [$ millions] will move from $76 in 1998 to $2,467 in 2006. In the enterprise MAN market, Cambrian's target, the projections are $22.4 in '98 growing to $1,525.6 in '06. The Inter-office Market will range from $48.0 to $620.0; and the Local Loop Market from $6.0 to $321.6.
From Cambrian's website --- cambriansys.com
<<<Cambrian Systems' OPTera is a survivable metropolitan DWDM transport system delivering 32 wavelengths or channels for a total capacity scalable to 80 gigabits per second over a single strand of fiber. OPTera's modular, cost-effective architecture enables direct bit-rate and protocol independent transport of a broad range of signals including SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, D1 Video, fiber channel, ESCON and other signal formats up to 2.5 gigabits per second with or without optical amplifiers. Per wavelength optical supervisory channel and ring protection switching enable flexible, high quality service delivery. OPTera offers DWDM metropolitan transport solutions for the future, today.>>> |
