The Global Market for ROADM is Projected to Surpass US$10.8 Billion by 2020

Cost-Effective Deployment of Advanced Networks to Address Network Traffic Growth Drives the ROADM Market, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM). The Global market for ROADM is projected to surpass US$10.8 billion by 2020, driven by the growing need for cost-effective deployment of advanced networking solutions to address expanding data, voice and video traffic.

Packet-optical transport systems, offering efficient bandwidth across networks, have been registering notable growth fuelled by dire need to address rapidly increasing data and video traffic. Factors such as increased social networking activity, data center virtualization, file sharing, video downloads, cloud computing, online gaming are generating massive volumes of network traffic, all of which are required to be transported through metro optical or long-haul networks. Additionally, an immense amount of data generated from the Internet of Things is further expected to amplify network traffic in the coming years. Technologies that have been driving global network traffic include UltraHD, cloud computing, 4G LTE, Wifi offload, Internet video including Netflix and YouTube, and Web 2.0. Major Web 2.0 companies and cloud environments are deploying 40G and 100G coherent networks on a large scale. Furthermore, growing adoption of high speed networks for SAS, Infiniband, Ethernet, PCIe and Fiber Channel is driving robust need for increased optical connectivity. As a result, the network carrier market has been witnessing a shifting trend towards 100G coherent transmission networks to facilitate reliable and quick service provisioning, and improved bandwidth.

Router, which is used to connect information to the transport layer, is being replaced by a blend of packet and optical technologies. Besides facilitating effective data transportation through the network, packet and optical technologies also serve as the most cost-effective alternate solution to address issues related to heavy network traffic. As a result, Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer ROADM, a type of packet-optical transport system, has been gaining huge popularity. Router bypass technology is witnessing strong adoption rates among service providers owing to its ability to offer capex savings. Router bypass technology enables service providers to transmit specific types of traffic across Layer 2 optical transport systems, thus evading the use of several high cost Layer 3 router hops in core routing networks, and lowering network costs. Additionally, router bypass technique offers efficient network transport and improved port utilization.

As stated by the new market research report on Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM), Asia-Pacific represents the largest and the fastest growing market worldwide with a CAGR of 16.5% over the analysis period. Growth in the region is led by fast-paced development in communication infrastructure. A significant portion of incremental demand in Asia is expected to come from China.

Major players in the market include ADVA Optical Networking SE, Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena Corporation, Cisco, CoAdna Photonics, Inc., Coriant, Ericsson, ECI Telecom Ltd., Finisar Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Infinera Corporation, JDS Uniphase Corporation, NEC Corporation, Nistica, NTT Electronics Corporation, Oclaro, Inc., Optoplex Corporation, and PacketLight Networks Ltd., among others.

The research report titled "Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (ROADM): A Global Strategic Business Report" announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of trends, issues, strategic industry activities, and profiles of major companies worldwide. The single segment report provides market estimates and projections in US$ for geographic markets such as the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Latin America, and Rest of World.