A Report Tracking 10G 40G and 100G Optical Transceivers

A Resarch released a report tracking 10-Gigabit (10G), 40-Gigabit (40G), and 100-Gigabit (100G) optical transceivers and transponders sold into the optical transport, carrier routing and switching, and enterprise markets.

The report, “10G/40G/100G optical transceivers Market Size and forecasts” analyzes the optical transceiver and transponder market by module, reach, wavelength, and form-factor. It is also the first to use end-market projections of carrier preferences and equipment shipments to drive component forecasts.

“Our conversations with service providers and enterprises indicate they have a strong preference for 100G technology provided it is at the right price, less urgency surrounding 40G coherent technology, and wide-scale acceptance of both 10G SFP+ and tunable XFP.” said Andrew Schmitt. The Research’s directing analyst for optical, “Based on our optical transport, router, switch, and enterprise equipment forecasts, combined with our service provider deployment models, we expect 100G pricing to reach twice that of 40G in 2013, resulting in a rapid shift to 100G. By 2014, 40G and 100G modules will make up roughly half of the world’s total 10G/40G/100G optical transceiver and transponder revenue.”

Optical transceiver market highligths

- 10G, 40G, and 100G transceiver and transponder revenue is forecast by Infonetics Research to grow to $1.44 billion worldwide by 2014, driven by 10G SFP+ and tunable XFP technology, and by spikes in future 40G and 100G adoption;

- Tunable XFPs are the major 10G growth opportunity, as they eliminate inventory management issues with fixed-wavelength modules, fulfill the need for tunability as ROADM-based networking rises in popularity, and replace the more-costly 300-pin format;

- Meanwhile, SFP+ is replacing XFP, driven by strong growth in 850nm modules for 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) and 8/16G Fibre Channel applications;

- Shipments of next-generation 40G long-range (LR) and short-range (SR) optical transceivers will begin in 2010, primarily for enterprise and IP router applications;

- Revenue for 40G long-reach interfaces jumped 52 percent in 2009 over 2009, to $114.6 million, while revenue for 40G 300 pin short and intermediate-reach interfaces dropped 35 percent, driven by price erosion and demand weakness;

- During the 2011-2012 timeframe, shipments of DQPSK transceivers are expected to outstrip those of DPSK, as the cost differential between the two drops Worldwide revenue is forecast to grow nearly 10-fold from 2009 to 2014 for tunable DQPSK 40G optical transceivers.

- 10G modules, WDM (CWDM/DWDM), 1550 nm,1310nm, and 850nm wavelengths, split by form-factor; 300-pin, small form-factor pluggable (SFP+), 10G small form-factor pluggable (XFP), and other (including X2,XENPAK, and 300 pin);

- 40G modules, 1310nm,and 850nm wavelengths, split by form-factor; DPSK, DQPSK, opto duo-binary (ODB) and other, 300-pin SFI-5, 40GBASE-LR4, and 40Gbase- SR4;

- 100G modules, 1310nm and 850nm wavelength, split by form-factor; 100 DWDM, 100GBase-LR4 and 100GBase-SR10.

Vendors providing products in the optical transceiver market include HuaWei, Finisar, Netgear, HP, Avago, D-Link, Extreme and so on.

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Recommendation of The Best-selling Brand Compatible 1G&10G SFP Transceivers:

1G SFP:

Cisco: GLC-T, GLC-LH-SMD, SFP-GE-T and Cisco GLC-ZX-SMD
Finisar 1gbps SFP transceiver: FCLF-8521-3, FTLF1319P1BTL, FTRJ8519P1BNL
HP SFP: J4858B, J4858C, J4859A, J9143D and JD089B
D-Link: DEM 310GT and DEM 311GT
Netgear: AGM734, AGM731F, AFM735

10G SFP+:

Cisco : SFP-10G-LR, SFP 10G LRM, SFP-10G-SR and 10G ZR for 10G SFP+ 1550nm 80km
Netgear: AXM761, AXM762
HP: HP-455883-B21