Worldwide Installation of Fiberoptic Cable Shows Unprecedented Growth, Announces KMI Corporation
NEWPORT, R.I. In 1999, worldwide installation of fiberoptic cable grew an unprecedented 39% and 2000 has started with growth at an even faster clip.
KMI Corporation estimates that at least $2.6 billion will be invested in worldwide fiberoptic capacity expansion from 2000 to 2002, with another $3.7 billion of investments required in 2003 and 2004. KMI s latest report on WORLDWIDE OPTICAL FIBER & FIBEROPTIC CABLE MARKETS answers many of the questions that arise with this kind of dramatic growth.
Addressing the demands of increasing bandwidth that internet usage places on the need for raw materials to build communications networks, this report answers these questions:
Why is fiberoptic cable installation rapidly expanding?
Will this expansion keep accelerating?
What is forecast for the future?
The report also describes other market factors such as pricing and investments in new manufacturing capacity.
Comparing demand and capacity, this report deals with the additional 15-20-million fiber-km growth per year in the amount of fiber being installed as well as the increased demand for non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber (NZDF). NZDF is optimized for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) which enables greater transmission capacity and efficiency.
KMI s WORLDWIDE OPTICAL FIBER & FIBEROPTIC CABLE MARKETS details the causes of the current fiber shortage and how the eight major international and cable manufacturing groups are responding to this demand. The report includes:
-- A detailed breakdown of fiber and cable production including production levels or 183 single-mode and multimode cablers and 62 fiber manufacturers. -- Itemized net imports and exports for 53 countries. -- Calculated estimates of investment and capacity by facility for eight major international fiber and cable manufacturing groups. -- Production profiles of the major fiber and cable manufacturing groups. -- Capacity expansion and investment by facility of major fiber suppliers. -- Descriptions of the major suppliers billion dollar investments in capacity expansion. -- Demand and investment forecasts to 2004.
KMI Corporation specializes in fiberoptics market research. KMI s products include: reports on worldwide fiberoptics markets, a semi-monthly newsletter, fiberoptics, route maps, and conferences on regional and undersea fiberoptics markets.
CONTACT: Devon Bates, Marketing & Communications Manager of KMI Corporation 401-849-6771, or 800-343-4035, info@kmicorp.com Web site: http://www.kmicorp.com
Devon Bates, Marketing & Communications Manager of KMI Corporation
401-849-6771, or 800-343-4035,
info@kmicorp.com
Web site: http://www.kmicorp.com
E-mail: info@kmicorp.com
Web site: http://www.kmicorp.com
