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The optical transport equipment market grew 14% year-over-year in 2Q 2025. This high growth rate was primarily attributed to the rising demand for disaggregated WDM and data center interconnect.

According to a newly published forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, the optical transport market is forecast to return to growth in 2025 after declining 9 percent in 2024.

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the optical transport equipment market grew 1 percent year-over-year in 1Q 2025. However, due to the strong demand for data center interconnect, the optical equipment market in the North American region experienced a 24 percent year-over-year growth.

The optical transport equipment market is forecast to return to growth following a steep decline in 2024 that was caused by oversupply and poor macroeconomic conditions. After this corrective period, the optical market is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 4 percent for the next five years, bringing the market size to $16 billion by 2029.

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, the optical transport equipment market declined 19% year-over-year in 2Q 2024 due to an ongoing market correction caused by excess customer inventory, delays in new project starts in Asia Pacific, and weak macroeconomic conditions. 

According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, Optical Transport equipment revenue grew 5% year-over-year in 2Q 2023.