Omdia, the leading technology research firm, released the 100G+ Coherent Optical Equipment Ports – 4Q22, providing an in-depth analysis of the 100G or higher-rate WDM market. According to the report, the 400G shipment volume increased by 55% compared with 2021, and is expected to maintain high growth for the next five years. Over the past four quarters, Huawei has remained ahead in 400G shipments.
100G+ Coherent Optical Equipment Ports Report, Size & Forecast Dashboard: 400G WDM market is growing rapidly
100G+ Coherent Optical Equipment Ports Report, Market Share Dashboard: Huawei remains ahead in 400G market share
Currently, the explosive growth in video services is driving the surge in network traffic. This calls for higher speeds on optical transport networks to reduce the per-bit cost. As shown in the Omdia report, a growing list of operators have chosen 400G network construction in 2022. The 400G WDM market has witnessed a year-on-year increase of 55%, with 400G WDM becoming the go-to for operators in network construction. Meanwhile, Omdia also predicts that as 400G backbone network construction accelerates in all aspects, 400G WDM will maintain high-speed growth in the next five years, eventually becoming the primary growth engine of the entire WDM market.
Omdia also classified the market shares of global WDM vendors according to different rates. In 2022, Huawei's 400G WDM market share reached 31.2%, maintaining the largest share for four consecutive quarters. This testifies to global operators' recognition of Huawei 400G solution, as well as signaling Huawei's leading position in ultra-high speed transport.
From May 30 to June 1, at the 2023 Next Generation Optical Networking (NGON) forum held in Cannes, France, Huawei demonstrated its full series of commercial 400G WDM and Super C120+L120 solutions, and revealed that more than 100 400G WDM networks have been commercially used around the world. Huawei also demonstrated the coherent ultra-high speed module and board with a baud rate surpassing 140G. The module supports up to 1.2T per wavelength and programmable wavelength in the range of 400G–1.2T.
Over the years, Huawei has remained steadfast in its commitment to increasing research and development investment in optical communications, and in doing so helped operators minimize per-bit transport cost in all scenarios. In the future, Huawei will continue to work closely with all customers and partners to promote the continual innovation in ultra-high speed optical transport networks, provide ultimate network experiences, and support the development of new services.
