Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Nortel Networks (NT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jamie who wrote (4709)	2/6/2000 9:10:00 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 14638

Fiber Optics Spending Triples in Decade, Reaches $14.6 Billion in 1999 Contact: Sharon Grace For Immediate Release (703) 907-7721 sgrace@tia.eia.org February 1, 2000 tiaonline.org Arlington, Va. -- Spending in the fiber optics market has more than tripled from $4.1 billion in 1990 to $14.6 billion in 1999, reports the 2000 MultiMedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast, a joint publication produced by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association (MMTA). According to MMTA President Mary Bradshaw, "The phenomenal increase in fiber optics spending reflects the growing demand for access to broadband service. We'll see the fiber market continue to grow to accommodate the increasing reliance worldwide on the Internet as a business and communications tool." Other major findings in the Market Review and Forecast regarding the fiber optic market include: Interexchange carriers (IXCs) increased their fiber deployment by 85.5 percent to 4.5 million miles in 1999, which is 15 times the installation level achieved in 1995. The significant increase is the result of the huge demand for Internet access combined with the entry of IXCs into local service markets, as well as the emergence of a number of new carriers that are developing high-capacity networks. Cable companies' installation of fiber grew 12.3 percent in 1999 compared to 10.3 percent in 1998. Cable companies account for the installation of 2.6 million fiber miles in 1999, approximately 22 percent of total installation. The biggest increase in the deployment of fiber by the local exchange carriers (LECs) is projected to be in the residential access area, with an increase from 322,000 miles in 1999 to 2.2 million miles in 2003, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate of more than 61 percent. Competitive access providers (CAPs) increased their fiber deployment by 1.2 million fiber miles in 1998 to a total of 3 million fiber miles, which represents a 66 percent increase over 1997. Fiber deployment levels of the CAPs are much lower than those of the LECs, but are growing at a much faster rate, associated with overall growth in the competitive local market. Spending on fiber optics equipment is projected to rise from $12.2 billion in 1999 to $28 billion in 2003, a compound annual growth rate of 23.1 percent. In addition to the segment-by-segment statistical breakdown and analysis of the U.S. telecommunications industry (including growth areas in international markets), the 2000 Market Review and Forecast also includes a discussion of applications/product migration from the enterprise to network services; data for spending on professional services in key international markets; distribution of call-center spending by application; and the market outlook for unified messaging. Press may obtain copies of the book by calling (703) 907-7723 or emailing kstevens@tia.eia.org. ### TIA is a full-service national trade organization with membership of 1,000 large and small companies that provide communications and information technology products, materials, systems, distribution services and professional services in the United States and around the world. The association's member companies manufacture or supply virtually all of the products used in global communication networks. TIA represents the telecommunications industry with its subsidiary, the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association (MMTA), in association with the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA). P.A. Release 00-10/02.01.00 FIND IN << HOME \| Advertise with us \| Help Desk \| Office Locations \| Feedback ¸ 2000 Telecommunications Industry Association [ Copyright & Disclaimer ] [ Privacy Statement ] Last Updated: 02/02/00