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Charlottesville, Virginia: In its just-released report, “Quantum Computing: Applications, Software and End-User Markets: 2018-2027,” Communications Industry Researchers (CIR) pegs revenues from quantum computing at US$1.9 billion in 2023, increasing to US$8.0 billion by 2027. This report focuses on opportunities from quantum computing software and cloud services as well as the computers themselves.  Applications/end user communities analyzed.....

Charlottesville, VA: The worldwide market for C-RAN-based mobile communications infrastructure will reach $17.5 Billion by 2023, according to a new report from Communications Industry Researchers (CIR), a networking industry analyst firm based here. The new CIR report, “C-RAN Deployment: Market Opportunity Analysis – 2018 and Beyond”, says that the C-RAN market is being driven both.....

Charlottesville, Virginia: In its just-released report, “Active Optical Cables: Markets and Opportunities, 2018-2027, Communications Industry Researchers (CIR) claims revenues from active optical cables (AOCs) will reach $7.4 billion by 2023 compared with $1.3 billion in 2018. Much of the growth for AOCs will come from the rush to install 100 Gbps inter-machine links and 25.....

Charlottesville, Virginia:  The “Quantum Internet” utilizing the latest quantum information technology is quickly becoming reality and will generate US $3.7 Billion in equipment and service revenues by 2023.  This is according to “Quantum Networking:  Deployments, Components and Opportunities – 2017-2026,” a new report from Communications Industry Researchers, Inc. (CIR), an optical networking industry analyst firm. .....

Charlottesville, Virginia:  The worldwide market for passive optical networks (PONs) will reach US $18.1 Billion in 2022, according to “Current and Future Markets for PON, the Evolution to NG-PON Technology: 2017-2026,” a new report from Communications Industry Researchers, Inc. (CIR), an optical networking industry analyst firm.  The report says that over the next decade, demand.....

Charlottesville, VA: Industry analyst firm CIR is hosting two Q&A sessions to discuss findings from two recently issued reports that address 5G wireless backhaul and embedded optics.   The sessions are open to the anyone interested in learning more about how CIR views these market opportunities and there is no cost to attend. 5G Wireless Backhaul.....

Charlottesville, Virginia:  The market for embedded optics is expected to reach US$5.5 Billion in 2022, according to “The Embedded Optics Market:  COBO and its Alternatives – 2017-2026,” a new report from Communications Industry Researchers, Inc. an optical networking industry analyst firm.  The report notes that the standardization efforts of the Consortium for on-Board Optics (COBO).....

Q&A on 5G Backhaul Join us on August 2, 2017 at 1:00 PM EDT for a conference call where CIR will discuss findings from the firm’s new report, “Optical Networking Opportunities in 5G Wireless Networks: 2017-2026.” In the firm’s latest report, we predict that worldwide expenditures on 5G backhaul will exceed $2 billion dollars by 2022.....

Charlottesville, Virginia:  According to a new report from industry analyst firm, Communications Industry Researchers, Inc., worldwide expenditures on 5G backhaul will exceed $2 billion dollars by 2022. The new report, “Optical Networking Opportunities in 5G Wireless Networks: 2017-2026,” says that the optical networking industry will be a key beneficiary of the 5G backhaul build and.....

Charlottesville, Virginia: According to a new report from CIR, a leading optical networking industry analyst firm, the market for optical video extenders will reach $2.7 billion by 2022, compared to about $120 million now.  CIR sees the main driver for this growth being the rise of 8K television and 8K professional video, both of which.....