Optical fiber market N55

Optical Fiber market: Corning forecast the optical fiber market to grow 30% this year in NA, 10% in Europe, flat in China and decline 40% in Japan. The worldwide demand is about 55m fiber-kilometres and should remain flat. NA accounts for 30% of the worldwide market, followed by China with 25%, and Europe and Japan 15% each. Except access demand, which fell 15% last year, long haul market, metro market and premises markets grew 15% each.