Ovum reports optical networking market tops USD4 billion again in 4Q08, but annualized spending drops for first time since 2003

摘要

Ovum announced its preliminary 4Q08 and full-year 2008 results for global optical equipment networking vendors. The global optical networking (ON) market topped USD4 billion for the fourth time in five quarters, increasing 4 percent sequentially, but was down 5 percent versus 4Q07. Spending for the full year was up 9 percent over 2007 to USD16.3 billion.