CIR provides detailed market analysis and forecasting of the trends, technologies and opportunities in the telecom and data communications components and modules market. Since it entered the market in 1979, CIR has produced dozens of reports that have tracked the cutting edge of the communications sector with a special focus on emerging technologies and high bandwidth networking. Our focus is on supplying our customers with the most comprehensive and detailed market data available in the sectors that we follow. For a more comprehensive listings of the technologies our firm covers, please click here.

Why CIR?

CIR reports provide both qualitative appraisals and quantitative analyses. Our forecasting data offers a granularity that meets the requirements of this diverse market. Our data collection methodology examines factors such as shipment data, network topology, financial results, real estate statistics, technology adoption patterns and pricing trends. Our market analyses are formed through discussions with industry participants throughout the value chain balanced off against over 25 years of tracking the communications sector. When a company purchases a CIR report or engages our custom consulting solutions they receive a carefully constructed and finished product that reflects the market’s reality.

CIR works with established and start-up companies; industry giants and niche players; as well as market leaders and new entrants. Companies rely on CIR reports and consulting services because the forecasts are credible, the coverage is balanced and the insights are rock-solid. Leaders of strategic planning, marketing, sales, engineering and finance represent CIR's user base. CIR also offers services to the financial community, addressing the needs of analysts, money managers and venture investors who seek the level of enlightened analysis for which CIR is recognized.

CIR—The place to turn for comprehensive analysis and market forecasting of telecom and datacom module and component opportunities.

Products CIR Covers:

• Transceivers and transponders
• Receivers and detectors
• TOSAs and ROSAs
• Lasers
• External Modulators
• Optical Switches
• ROADMs
• Amplifiers
• Filters and Muxes
• Splitters
• DCUs

Segmented By:

Protocol—Ethernet, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, WDM, PON
Volume—Units or Channels Shipped
Pricing—Per Unit
Market Value—($000)
Speed—

Ethernet: 10/100 M, 1 Gig, 10 Gig. Future coverage of 40 G/100 G as it emerges;

Fibre Channel 1/2G, 4G, 8/10G. Future coverage of 16/32 G as it emerges;

SONET/SDH: OC-12, 48, 192 & 768;

WDM: CWDM, 2.5G, 10G;

PON: BPON, GPON, EPON/GEPON, WPON

Network Segment—Enterprise, Access, Metro/Regional, Long Haul
Reach—as appropriate

Product Breakouts—

• 10 G: Breakouts by IEEE and related specs (LX4, SR/SW, LR/LW, ER/EW, LRM, CX4, T, POF) and MSA (300-pin, XENPAK, X2, XFP, SFP + and emerging MSAs);
• Lasers/TOSAs: Breakouts by laser type (EML, other DFB, FP, VCSEL, widely tunable, narrowly tunable), protocol carried, wavelength and speed;
• Detectors/ROSAs: Breakouts by speed and detector type (PIN, APD);
• External modulators: Breakouts by speed;
• Switches: Breakouts by technology (electromechnical, MEMS, PLC, other);
• ROADMs: Breakouts by type (WSS, blockers, other);
• Amplifiers: Breakouts by type (EDFAs, Raman, SOAs and other miniature amps);
• Filters/Muxes: Breakouts by type (AWGs, TF filters, other);
• DCUs: Breakouts by type (DCM, EDC, tunable and other)

Other breakouts and products covered through custom assignments.

Port Location coverage—Both client and network side