Metro WDM, the Comeback Kid

摘要

After years of frenzied fiber deployments that all but triggered an optical overdose, the metro WDM market is far from tanned but certainly rested, ready and even refocused on harnessing several key opportunities that promise to fuel a comeback. Just how low was the valley from which this core equipment market is currently ascending? The market bottomed out in 2002, with less than $600 million in revenues, according to the latest market intelligence from RHK. It got so bad that many industry experts stopped viewing the light at the end of the tunnel as an oncoming train and privately quipped about turning off the light to save money. But while increasingly cost-conscious, service providers have already proclaimed the end to the telecom depression and begun buying again.