Small Network Operators to Shift Optical Deployment

Tier 2 and Tier 3 network operators in North America will quickly abandon further investment on Sonet-based optical transport products in favor of emerging packet optical transport systems, and investment in optical transport gear by smaller operators will peak over the next two years, according to a major new report from Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com), the research unit of TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com). Optical Networking for Tier 2/3 Operators in North America provides a focused and in-depth analysis of the Tier 2/3 optical networking market in North America. The report includes Heavy Reading's first-ever forecast for optical transport spending among Tier 2/3 operators in North America, as well as a complete five-year forecast for optical transport spending across all operators in the region. The forecasts include a breakout of spending projections by product type in the four major optical transport categories: