Service providers across the globe slowed purchases of passive optical networking gear in the first quarter to focus more on adding subscribers to their existing networks and less on expanding those networks, according to Infonetics Research. The result was a 14% sequential drop in PON gear that, given the fearsome economic climate, may have masked 38% growth from a year earlier andrn12% growth specific to gigabit PON.rnIn the U.S. in particular, spending on fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) gear is poised to drop precipitously over the next two years, as the nation's biggest FTTP deployer, Verizon, approaches the tail end of the ambitious project it began roughly five years ago. (The company has said it may expand those plans modestly, however.)
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