As consumers and businesses increasingly require Internet connections with faster speeds and greater bandwidth, communications companies will install more optical technologies to meet those needs. This, in turn, will boost demand for fiberoptic test equipment (estimated at $1.42 billion in 2000) to $6 billion by 2007. According to Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst, IBal Ganjoo, the adoption of DWDM technology in particular has made a large contribution to the explosion of fiberoptic test equipment markets. As they approach the maximum capacity of fiber networks, communications companies are turning to new technologies to expand network capacity. One of the most promising, notes Ganjoo, is DWDM, which splits light into individual wavelengths, each containing an independent signal, and then transmits all wavelengths simultaneously through a single fiber.
“Test equipment manufacturers need to provide enhanced products that ensure sophisticated testing of these new technologies and their applications,” says Ganjoo. “CustomersUare looking to test equipment vendors not only for instruments, but also for advice, education, and support.”
In related news, Frost & Sullivan presented its 2001 Marketing Engineering Awards to companies that have worked diligently to make a positive contribution to the fiberoptic test equipment industry. Award winners included Agilent Technologies, Ando Corporation, EXFO, GN Nettest, ILX Lightwave, and RIFOCS.U
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