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Table 7-6
DWDM System: 1999 2003 2005
U.S. DWDM
IXC/ISP backbones 3,300 3,376 3,700
Market
Projections for ILEC 21 1,302 2,965
Users of DWDM
CLEC 52 581 1,890
(US$ Millions)
Cable television 81 909 2,167

Enterprise 56 168 337
Optical cross-connects 12 1,299 2,387

TOTAL 3,521 7,935 13,446

The Final List

One final list of vendors, which can never be all-inclusive, is defi-
nitely something that warrants some consideration. This list is
impressive if only by sheer size.The intent is not to endorse one com-
pany over another but to list some of the players that fall into the
categories of optical networking suppliers. Table 7-7 is the list of
vendors, but as stated, not 100 percent. This list is current as of this
writing, but if a user is interested in any one of the providers, then
additional research is necessary.

Table 7-7 Accelight Networks
www.accelight.com
Vendor List
Acorn Networks
(partial)
www.acorn-networks.com
ADC Telecommunications
www.adc.com

ADVA Optical Networking
www.advaoptical.com

Aetian Networks
www.aetian.com

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