Next Generation SONET / SDH Next Generation

Innovation, the lifeline to survival in the telecommunications market, has spurred the telecommunications industry to adopt next-generation SONET/SDH as the most economical and technologically feasible solution for transmitting both voice and data over carrier networks. According to Marian Stasney, a Yankee Group senior analyst, “As bandwidth demand increases or equipment becomes obsolete in metropolitan networks, service providers will be purchasing next-generation SONET/SDH equipment in order to save on initial costs, long-term expenses, power, and space.” In fact, the Yankee Group estimates that the market for next-generation SONET/SDH devices is $2.7 billion, and with a compound annual growth rate of 34 percent, worldwide revenues are expected to reach close to $12 billion dollars in 2006.