ElectroniCast - Hand-Held OTDR Global Market Forecast and Analysis

ElectroniCast report provides the review of 2011 and a 5-year (2012-2016) forecast of the of worldwide market consumption value; volume (quantity) and average selling price of handheld (portable) OTDR devices with the initial “dedicated capacity” or with a module, as well as the supplementary or secondary (add-on) modules for hand-held fiber optic test device units, as follows:

·        Handheld OTDR devices, including pre-installed (initial) capability (embedded/dedicated or module); this category is limited to portable (compact/handheld) optical test units/devices that are initially purchased for the main purpose of the OTDR function

·        Supplementary OTDR modules, which can be added-on (plug into) existing handheld optical test modular units (devices)           

This database is divided into five major sections (see “TABS” at bottom of each database spreadsheet, which presents each region or the global summary).

North America + Europe + Asia Pacific (PRC + Rest of APAC) + Rest of the World = Global Summary

·        Global Summary

·        North America

·        Europe

o       Asia Pacific Region (APAC)

o       People’s Republic of China

·        Rest of Asia Pacific

·        Rest of the World

                                                           

The market forecast data are segmented by the following functions:

·        Consumption Value (US$, million)

·        Quantity (number/by 1,000 units)

·        Average Selling Prices (ASP $, each)

The ElectroniCast global (hand-held) OTDR market is segmented into the following major application categories:

·        Telecommunications

·        Private Enterprise Networks

·        Cable TV

·        Military

·        Specialty (Sensor, Industrial, Laboratory, rental units, other applications and non-specific/miscellaneous)

Published:                  March 1, 2012

Text Pages:               350

Also Includes:              Excel worksheets and PowerPoint Slides

Fee:                             $4,200

Contact:                       stephen_montgomery@electronicastconsultants.com

Taldan Capital Limited Acquires Teledata Networks Ltd.

Enablence Technologies Inc., announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Teledata Networks Ltd. ("Teledata") to a special purpose vehicle established by Taldan Capital Limited for a nominal cash payment, and the assumption of the estimated $2.8 million working capital liability of Teledata. Completion of the sale is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions agreed upon by the parties, including obtaining the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and satisfying other customary conditions for transactions of this nature. The transaction is expected to close following the receipt of several regulatory approvals required under Israeli law, and which are expected to be received in less than 30 days.

 Taldan Capital Limited is a private equity group based in Israel and the US, focused on acquiring companies that have fundamental technological leadership in their respective sectors and have the potential to become cornerstone platform businesses with Taldan's insights, industry-specific resources, and operational experience.

 Teledata is a market leader of multi-service Access Network technology and solutions, delivering state of the art, carrier grade network access technologies of IP, Ethernet, xDSL, GPON and VoIP to major telecom operators around the world. Teledata’s solutions enable telecom operators a smooth migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN) and a full Triple Play service portfolio. Founded in 1981, Teledata was publicly traded on the Nasdaq during the 1990’s, and previously owned by ADC Telecommunications in the early 2000’s.

“We are very excited to acquire Teledata, a company with a an excellent track record of product innovations supported by a highly experienced R&D team, superior product performance (legacy & next generation), a meaningful installed base in emerging markets, and a sustainable technology product roadmap.” said Uzi Hadar, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Taldan Capital.


Note:  In a February 27 (2012) press release, Enablence reported revenues of $3.6 million, down 59% from the prior year quarter, resulting in a loss from continuing operations of $(2.6) million and Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure) loss of $(2.1) million.

OTDR in Enterprise Fiber Testing

 

EVERETT, Wash., March 13, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Fluke Networks today announced the OptiFiber™ Pro OTDR, the first handheld OTDR (optical time-domain reflectometer) built from the ground up for enterprise fiber testing.  Performance breakthroughs of the OptiFiber Pro OTDR allow users to reduce costs associated with premise fiber testing, while enhancing productivity and improving network reliability.

The OptiFiber Pro OTDR creates a new standard for usability with a smartphone interface that supports gesture-based commands, and technology enhancements that simplify testing in datacenter environments.

"This tester changes the game for fiber troubleshooting," said Doug Swalec, senior fiber application engineer at Panduit Corp. "The OptiFiber Pro OTDR's new multi-touch, smartphone-like interface dramatically reduces the learning curve associated with using an OTDR. The simplified Datacenter Mode and project management tools will help industry technicians immediately deliver accurate test results and quickly archive and access data."

Key new features include:

    The first OTDR with a smartphone user-interface: Minimizes the learning curve typically associated with older OTDRs by greatly reducing complexity – helping any technician quickly become a fiber expert.

    A simplified "Datacenter" Mode: Automates the process of setting test parameters, like wavelength or end-detection algorithms, significantly reducing set-up time and the complexity of learning how to troubleshoot datacenter problems.

    The industry's shortest event and attenuation dead zones: Tests connectors and patch cords as short as 0.5 meters.  This is critical in virtualized server environments, where connections are often less than one meter and hidden performance issues can severely decrease the reliability of datacenters and storage area networks (SANs).

    Visual presentation of faults: Shows all fiber events graphically allowing any user to quickly and easily interpret OTDR trace results.

    Built-in project management tools: Facilitates the assignment and tracking of all fiber testing projects for multiple users, increasing efficiency, enhancing project tracking visibility and enabling cost-effective device sharing.

    Upgraded LinkWare™ management software: Eases the burden of workflow management, integrates test results, and keeps the OTDR up-to-date with the latest software.

About Fluke NetworksFluke Networks is the world-leading provider of network test and monitoring solutions to speed the deployment and improve the performance of networks and applications. Leading enterprises and service providers trust Fluke Networks' products and expertise to help solve today's toughest issues and emerging challenges in WLAN security, mobility, unified communications and datacenters. Based in Everett, Wash., the company distributes products in more than 50 countries. For more information, visit www.FlukeNetworks.com or call +1 (425) 446-4519.

SOURCE Fluke Networks

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/13/4332910/fluke-networks-new-optifiber-pro.html#storylink=cpy

ElectroniCast - Fiber Optic Sensors Monthly Journal (March 2012)

Monthly Journal Published: The first-week of each month

Fee:                 $1,200 per year (12-issues) of the Monthly Journals

ElectroniCast publishes a summary-level report of the latest market and technology trends covering the area of fiber optic sensors

This journal provides a review and analysis of current market and technology trends relative to the consumption of communication-based fiber optic sensors. The journal (PDF file: typically 25-35 pages), released at the beginning of each month, via e-mail, providing our clients with insights to the innovative applications of fiber optic sensors.

The journal typically presents information in three sections:

           

·        Fiber Optic Sensors – Market Overview

·        Selected Highlights of Technology Presentations and Company News

·        Calendar – Future Conferences                 

Summary-level consumption trends are provided for various measurand or technology.  The trends for each selected sensor, in turn, is segmented into various applications. The information is presented in easy-to-follow illustrations and text. 

The complete quantitative Microsoft Excel market forecast worksheets and competitive market share estimates are released every September for clients that subscribe to the Fiber Optic Sensors Market Forecast annual report; however, the monthly reports provide summary-level market forecast data updates and the latest industry news.

For professionals concerned with fiber optic sensor markets and technology. 

We believe you will find this journal useful for your planning of product and market development.  Please contact us with any questions or comments.

Outline of Contents of the March (2012) journal is provided below:

     

Point Fiber Optics Sensors Overview:  Pressure

 

Selected Highlights of Technology Presentations and Company News                               

            Omnisens Monitors 32 km Hainan, China Interconnector

            Omron Introduces E3X-HD Fiber-Optic Sensor Amplifiers

            Transcontinental Monitoring of Earthquakes, Tsunamis and other forces

            NASA: Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite (OMPS)

            Using Specially Designed Fiber Optic SpO2 Sensor

            Yokogawa Distributed Temperature Sensor

            Optical Technology Measure uni- or bidirectional DC Currents

            Interferometric Fiber Optic Sensors Technology Review

           

                                 

Calendar – Future Conferences                                                                                            

Fiber optic sensors use optical fiber either as the sensing element ("intrinsic sensors"), or as a means of relaying signals from a remote sensor to the electronics that process the signals ("extrinsic sensors"). The market trends discussed in the monthly journal address one or more of the following topics:

           

·        Fiber Optic Point Sensors: Component-Level

·        Continuous Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors

·        Optical Communication Signal Analysis Interface Components/Modules

Fiber Optic Point Sensors Applications:

·        Manufacturing Process/Factory

·        Civil Engineering/Construction (buildings, bridges, tunnels, etc)

·        Military/Aerospace/Security

·        Test & Measurement used in Telecommunication, CATV, Private/Enterprise

·        Biomedical/Science

·        Petrochemical/Energy/Utilities/Natural Resources

·        Automotive/Vehicle

Sensing/Measuring Quantity (Measurand) The monthly journal also looks at the industry trans and news pertaining to fiber optic point sensors, segmented further by the following sensing/measuring quantity (measurand) types:

·        Mechanical Strain

·        Temperature

·        Pressure

·        Chemical, Gas, Liquid

·        Vibration, Acoustic, Seismic

·        Displacement, Acceleration, Proximity

·        Electric and Magnetic Field - Fiber Optic Sensors

·        Rotation (such as Fiber Optic Gyroscopes: FOGs)

                       

Continuous Distributed Sensor Applications/Technologies covered in the journal:

·        Manufacturing Process/Factory

·        Civil Engineering/Construction (buildings, bridges, tunnels, etc)

·        Military/Aerospace/Security

·        Petrochemical/Energy/Utilities/Natural Resources

·        Biomedical/Science

Optical Communication Signal Analysis Interface Components/Modules         

These include components, sampling/interface modules and intra-enclosure (board-level) elements directly used for fiber optic sensing measurements, used in equipment such as –Oscilloscopes, OTDRs, Bit Error Rate Testers, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, and numerous other test/measurement/monitoring equipment used for communication/optical signal processing applications.  We discuss the trends, segmented by the following applications:             

·        Telecommunications

·        Private Enterprise Data Networks

·        Cable TV

·        Military/Aerospace/Security

·        Other

Through the course of the 12-month issue cycle, the journal will provide current news and analysis study of applicable technologies, including:

·        Interferometry

·        Intensity

·        Polarization

·        Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)

·        Raman back-scattering

·        Fluoresence

·        Brillouin waves

·        Doppler Anemometry

·        Spectroscopy

·        Waveguides/ Specialty Optical Fiber

·        Optrode

Product and Financial news form various fiber optic sensor vendors are presented in the monthly journal along with a calendar of future conferences, which address the fiber optic sensor industry sector.

OTDR Fiber Optic Test Equipment market forecast report by ElectroniCast Consultants

OTDR Modules Used in Hand-Held Test Units Forecast               The North American consumption value of OTDR supplementary (add-on) plug-in type modules used in hand-held (portable-type) OTDRs is forecast to reach $36 million in 2016, according to a the new OTDR fiber optic test equipment market forecast report by ElectroniCast Consultants.

For More Information about the OTDR report.../ contact me at:

stephen_montgomery@electronicastconsultants.com

ElectroniCast – Handheld OTDR Market Forecast

According to ElectroniCast Consultants, the handheld OTDR market will reach nearly $412 Million in 2016…

Upper Lake, CA (USA) – March 1, 2012  -- ElectroniCast Consultants, a leading market and technology research consultancy addressing the fiber optics communications industry, today announced the release of an extensive study report covering the worldwide market for handheld OTDRs and supplementary (add-on) OTDR modules used in handheld modular devices.  This report provides the review of 2011 and a 5-year forecast (2012-2016).

An optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) is an instrument used to characterize an optical fiber. OTDRs can measure the attenuation co-efficient of fiber and are critical to analyze discreet events in a link such as splice points or connector pairs.  The OTDR is used as a troubleshooting device to find faults in the optical fiber link.

According to ElectroniCast, the global consumption value of handheld OTDR devices (dedicated-handheld or modular solutions) and OTDR modules in 2011 was $248.7 million. The consumption value is forecast to increase at a double-digit rate of 10.6 percent per year to $411.9 million in 2016 with moderate-to-strong rising quantity growth partially offset by a decline of average prices.  Note: Market forecast data in this study report refers to consumption (use) for a particular calendar year; therefore, this data is not cumulative data.

OTDR devices are generally classified or segmented into three groups: (a) station or bench-top; (b) rack-mounted; and (c) hand-held.  This study report provides information and a forecast only for the hand-held OTDR devices (dedicated-handheld or modular solutions) and OTDR-function modules, which could be used in hand-held optical test modular devices.

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The ElectroniCast Handheld OTDR Market Forecast is available immediately, for $4,200.  For detailed information on this or other services provided by ElectroniCast, please contact Theresa Hosking, Marketing/Sales; thosking@electronicastconsultants.com  (Telephone/USA: 707/275-9397)

ElectroniCast Consultants – www.electronicastconsultants.com specializes in forecasting trends in communication networks and in the products used in those networks.  This includes technology forecasting, markets and applications forecasting, strategic planning and consulting. ElectroniCast Consultants, as a technology-based independent forecasting firm, serves industrial companies, trade associations, government agencies, communication and data network companies and the financial community.  Reduction of the risk of major investment decisions is the main benefit provided.  ElectroniCast Consultants’ goal is to understand the challenges and opportunities facing clients and to provide timely, accurate information for strategic planning.

NTT Electronics (NEL) Announces 100G DSP-ASIC

(February 29, 2012) -- YOKOHAMA, Japan--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Abstract: NTT Electronics (NEL), a leader in the integrated optical and electronic component technology for the 100G and higher data rate optical communications, announced the availability of low power consumption Digital Signal Processor ASIC, an enabler of coherent 100G fiber optical communication systems. The chip was used to successfully carry out a 100G line-side vendor interoperability demonstration. With the availability of this lower power product, NEL continues to demonstrate its industry leadership of both optical and electrical, integrated optical internetworking forum (OIF) compliant, modules becoming a one stop shop for the industries 100G coherent component needs.

In order to address the network bandwidth requirements arising from the 1.5 times per year growth in internet traffic, carriers are increasingly moving towards coherent 100G transport systems. Coherent technology delivers the scalability and flexibility needed for transmitting bandwidth more cost-efficiently over fiber optic networks. Having achieved technical feasibility, the 100G DWDM systems are on the verge of volume deployment.

The Digital Signal Processing (DSP) ASSP (Application Specific Standard Product) plays a very important role in 100G deployments as it provides Chromatic Dispersion (CD) compensation and Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) compensation without using expensive optical devices.

Moreover, the Soft-Decision (SD) Forward Error Correction (FEC), which is included in the ASIC, improves the Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (OSNR) margin making the 100G systems backward compatible with existing 10G/40G systems. In order to be first to the market, some system vendors are developing in-house ASICs, which are limited to their internal use; these chips are not expected to be readily available in the industry. While this strategy is helpful in early deployments, availability of DSP-ASSPs in the open market is highly desirable for wide scale adoptability and rapid deployment of 100G.

NEL is supplying the 100G coherent ASSP to the industry including many worldwide module and system vendors. This will enable the carriers to select interoperable equipment from multiple system vendors. The NEL-ASSP incorporates the results of "R&D on High Speed Optical Transport System Technologies" supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan. Multiple vendors have already adopted the NEL DSP-ASSP as announced in the recent press releases from Fujitsu Optical Components (FOC), Opnext , Oclaro and NEC. [1-4]

The issue of high power dissipation from the DSP-ASSP in the line-side transponder module was highlighted in a recent report: "100 Gigabit: An operator view - Gazettabyte, October 25, 2011" [5], where Steven Gringeri of Verizon states: "I think you can fit the optics in but I'm very concerned about the power consumption of the DSP - these DSPs are 50 to 80W in many current designs".

"Today, NEL announced that it is starting shipments of NLD0629BCB a lower power version of the DSP-ASSP having digital core-logic power dissipation of less than 40W, which is about 50% power savings compared to available industry solutions, enabling OEMs to maximize the number of 100G slots per system", said Dr. Hibino, Vice-President Sales for NEL. The chip will support a full-duplex transceiver with unprecedented integration, combining a DSP with advanced modulation (Dual Polarization QPSK), analog to digital converter (ADC), and SFI-S/OTN-MLD(OTL4.10) client side interface. The chip has industry-leading chromatic dispersion tolerance of +/-40,000ps/nm and polarization mode dispersion tolerance of 100ps.

Availability of NEL's ASSP chip is truly a game changer for the industry as it not only enables lower cost 100G solutions for the long haul systems, commensurate with the OIF power dissipation guidelines, but it also makes possible the next generation modules and cards for the metro networks enabling the economies of scale needed for the mass deployment of 100G. Having multiple sourced, interoperable, optical transceivers will greatly improve the health of the supply chain for 100G coherent DWDM systems.

"This lower power DSP contributes to an energy efficient eco-system and leads to improved space efficiency" said Dr. Tomizawa, Senior Research Engineer for NTT.

The results of a successful interoperability demonstration were reported at the Photonic Internet Forum (PIF) Workshop held on 22nd February 2012 [6]. The tests were carried out jointly by 2 module vendors [1,2], and a system vendor[4]. The detail result will be shown at the upcoming Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) in Los Angeles from March 4-8, 2012, market watch and an invited oral presentations of Dr. Tomizawa (NTT).

NEL will present results of the low power ASSP interoperability testing at the upcoming OFC 2012. The presentation will be accessible by invitation only.

References:

[1]          

http://jp.fujitsu.com/group/foc/news/110915.html

http://jp.fujitsu.com/group/foc/en/news/110915.html

                         

[2]                   

http://investor.opnext.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=606156

                         

[3]                   

http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=214770

                         

[4]                   

http://www.nec.co.jp/press/ja/1107/2501.html

                       

http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/1107/2501.html

                         

[5]                   

http://www.gazettabyte.com/home/2011/10/25/100-gigabit-an-operator-view.html

                         

[6]                   

http://www.scat.or.jp/photonic/english/activity/2011act_index.html#standard

                         

About NEL

NEL has been developing and commercializing optical communications devices since 1995. It has complete portfolio of optical and electronics products to cover the industry needs for 100G systems, ROADM components and FTTH networks.

NEL is Headquartered in Yokohama, Japan with offices in Saddle Brook, NJ and Shenzhen, China.

For more information, please visit http://www.ntt-electronics.com/en/about/overview.html