NEWS: UPDATE
CIGNAL AI: COMPACT MODULAR HARDWARE SALES EXCEED $275M IN Q1
Cignal AI’s Optical Applications Report for the first quarter of 2019 found that compact modular optical hardware is being used in more network applications than before, driving up sales. Te report illustrated significant
growth throughout most regions as the compact modular customer base expands beyond cloud and webscale operators to include traditional telco customers pursuing network disaggregation. Compact modular hardware sales exceeded $275m in Q1 and they are on track to exceed $1bn in revenue this year, the report states. Issued quarterly, the report
provides forecasts in three key markets: compact modular equipment, advanced packet-OTN switching hardware, and 100Gb/s+ coherent WDM port shipments across multiple speeds. Hardware and coherent port shipments are forecasted through 2023. Growth was most pronounced
in North America this quarter, where, said Cignal AI, it accounted for almost 30 per cent of the entire optical market. It is expected to continue advancing through 2023. In terms of vendors, it found that Ciena expanded its dominance in compact modular with more than 50 per cent market share in Q1. Te combination of Infinera and Coriant held on to second place despite declining sales. In addition, Acacia AC1200-based platorms are expected to have an impact starting next quarter, while Cisco compact modular sales paused in Q1 in anticipation of the NCS1004 platorm. Te Optical Applications
Report stated that 500k physical coherent ports have shipped in the last 12 months. Currently, more than 70 per cent of coherent ports are shipped by the top five vendors in the market. Referring to a 2018 recovery year, the report cited long-haul port shipments
THREE COMPANIES, ONE FIBRE SOLUTION
the benefits of the new solution, FibreTap. FibreTap is a pre-connectorised
plug and play solution designed for overhead and underground use. It is non-splice, which means that installation speed is reduced and time is saved at the customer drop, through its plug-and- play connection method. Te companies kept the project under wraps while work was carried out on designing and testing the solution. Speaking at the launch event, Tony Rodgers, Emtelle CEO, said: ‘We have been working on this for the last six months. It has been tested and developed to meet all the standards for the global market.’ Emtelle provided the pre-
A collaboration between three companies is designed to help operators speed up fibre installation. Emtelle, HellermannTyton and
Senko Advanced Components made the announcement at ANGA COM, where representatives spoke about the collaboration and
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connectorised 5/2mm and 6/3.2mm universal drop cable with 2-8 G657A2 fibres pre-installed, while HellermannTyton provided a specially designed optical network terminator (ONT) closure, as well as a new IP68-rated fibre plug- and-play adapter block for pole or chamber installations. Senko
provided an LC blown-fibre type connector, a mechanical splice alternative solution for the ONT, as well as a bespoke version of its compact IP connector for plug-and- play solutions. Together, the contributions create FibreTap. Mathew Hunter, managing
director at HellermannTyton said: ‘To pre-connectorise our well-renowned closures to Emtelle’s quality cable with Senko’s ruggedised connector, makes a complete solution that helps installers worldwide make fibre installations quicker, easier and more effective.’ Miguel Miyamoto, general
manager at Senko Euro, said: ‘It’s been great to combine three world leaders in their own right that have three individually great components into one exceptional solution for the FTTX market. ‘We’re truly excited to
see this solution growing to become the go-to solution for operators worldwide.’
COMMUNITY FIBRE BOOSTED WITH FURTHER £50M
Community Fibre, an FTTH supplier to London, has secured an additional £50m in funding from RPMI and Amber Infrastructure. With more than 70,000
London homes passed to date, the new investment will enable the provider to accelerate its growth strategy. So far, it has signed wayleaves with eight borough councils and nine housing associations, including half of London’s top 10 landlords. Chris Sellers, chair at
Community Fibre, said: ‘Tis latest round of investment demonstrates a strong vote of confidence in our success so far and plans for growth.’ Richard Moon, investment
director at RPMI, said: ‘With the extra resources at its disposal and dynamic new leadership in place, we look forward to quickly making London a gigafast city.’ Khalid Naqib, head of digital
investment at Amber Infrastructure, said: ‘Since our first investment in Community Fibre last year, the business has matured rapidly and scaled its rollout four-fold.’
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as starting to pick up, with metro growth advancing at a similar pace as next-generation coherent enables an upgrade from 100Gb/s. Te report also says that packet OTN growth is slowing. New deployments are limited to China and parts of APAC as networks in other regions evolve away from the packet OTN architecture. Scot Wilkinson, lead analyst
for optical hardware at Cignal AI said: ‘Network applications
for the compact modular form factor have expanded well beyond the original data centre interconnect deployments. Applications now include traditional telco networks, metro and long-haul deployments, and even some early trials for subsea deployment. ‘We expect this spending
trend to increase in 2019 as new compact modular products come to market from a variety of vendors.’
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