| NOTAS: | "The merchant market for optical components (OC) is forecasted to grow 6% in 2012 and to expand at a 10% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to reach $11.2bn by 2017. While the outlook for strong bandwidth demand continues, macroeconomic uncertainty is the main factor contributing to our lower growth expectations versus our September 2011 forecast. Sales of transmission components, led by products supporting data rates above 10Gbps, are estimated to grow faster than transport revenues. Datacom will be the fastest growing market segment, led by 100Gbps Ethernet transceivers." |
