Optical Networking Market

According to Ovum-RHK, the optical-networking market topped $3.1bn in 3Q06, its best performance since the internet bubble. Alcatel captured an almost 17% market share with sales of $516m (up 21%) in the quarter and comforted its leading position. NA maintained its worldwide market leadership with a market share of 33%. The multiservice Sonet/SDH metro market remains about 75% of the metro market, while metro WDM market is developing at a faster rate. Nortel had a 10% market share; Huawei a 9.5% market share;