IP: In-Depth: Cooling DWDM Market Should Heat Up in 2002

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> In-Depth: Cooling DWDM Market Should Heat Up in 2002
>
> After a blockbuster period through most of 2000, the optical networking
> market cooled suddenly at the end of the year and the bad news
> snowballed in the first quarter of 2001. Numerous layoff announcements,
> downward revisions of earnings forecasts, plummeting stock prices,
> declining sales and increased inventories added up to a bleak picture.
> Make no mistake though, this market still has loads of potential and the
> outlook should begin to brighten later this year, says Richard
> Cunningham, senior analyst with Cahners In-Stat Group. Sales of Dense
> Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems, key links in fiber
> optic networks, will grow modestly from $7.8 in 2000 to $8.6 billion
> this year and then resume fast growth in 2002, according to In-Stat. By
> 2005, this market will be worth nearly $21 billion per year, In-Stat
> forecasts. For more:
>
> <http://article.ElectronicNews.com/UM/T.ASP?A5.11.749.15.1820698782>



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