Optical sales increase.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

Worldwide optical network hardware revenue increased 4 percent between the second and third quarters of 2006, reaching $3.1 billion in 3Q06, according to Infonetics Research's latest Optical Network Hardware report. The market is forecast to grow 9 percent between 2005 and 2006, and will reach $11.8 billion in 2009.

"The optical hardware market has stabilized, with a likely pattern of slow growth in WDM and a slow decline in SONET/SDH after 2007. The overall market will continue steady growth, driven by the ever- increasing bandwidth use by consumers and businesses for video applications, mobile traffic, broadband, and IPTV," said Infonetics Research's cofounder, Michael Howard.

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