Fiber Optic Test Equipment (FOTE) Market

Fiber Optic Test Equipment Market

Fiber offers several advantages, including light weight, nuclear radiation resistance, insulation, reduced diameter, and anti-electromagnetic interference. Every network's future depends on fiber optic connectivity. Fiber optic cabling certification is now becoming increasingly important as transfer rates and bandwidth requirements grow. Because fiber optic testing is so important, the testing equipment plays an important part in the management of network.

The increasing number of fiber cable networks is projected to boost demand in the global fiber optic test equipment market. The growing need for real-time operations necessitates constant testing of bandwidth and insertion loss in order to provide effective services. The global fiber optic test equipment market is likely to benefit substantially as a result of this need.

The implementation of real-time 100 gig and 40 gig network installations, which generate a demand for high fiber optic performance, is projected to boost the fibre optic test equipment market in terms of technical progress. The growing intricacy of electronic goods and networks necessitates the introduction of fiber optic test equipment that is both functional and simple to use. Improvements in technology for improved error rate testers and next-generation test systems are estimated to increase the frequency of the test and hence boost revenue of the market.

Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) are used for the function of cleaning and inspection operation. Moreover, they also help with the troubleshooting and comprises of testers such as certification testers, advanced optical time-domain reflectometers (OTDR) testers and verification testers. These testers are used across various industry verticals such as oil and gas, defense and military and telecom among others. The transfer of data is very critical as far as business operations are concerned. It is useful in the designing, building and development of business strategies. The loss of signal is inevitable when a signal is sent through optical fibers. There might be some losses in the transmission as a result of the coupling of output signals and input signals. Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) are very effective to characterize and measure the physical attributes of light, which is a very important aspect in the fiber optic networks.

The need for higher bandwidth is expected to rise in the near future and coupled with the growing demand for FTTH, the market for Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) is expected to grow significantly over the forecast period from 2016 to 2024. Moreover the emergence of newer technologies and next generation networks is also expected to impact the growth of the Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) maket positively. Furthermore, fiber optic communication systems have brought a revolution in the telecommunication industry and are expected to be the future of the telecom and network. The development of broadband infrastructure across various countries is driving the growth of the Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) market. Another important factor contributing to the growth of the Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) market is the growing demand for faster and high performance data transfers. The transfer of data through fiber optic is considered to be more cost effective. The use of digital technologies is on the rise and in particular high-definition electronic products require a greater bandwidth in case of both upstream and downstream applications. The expansion in the deployment of  FTTX is further expected to fuel the demand for Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE). A growing number of multimedia and business services in this regard is contributing to the growth of the market.

Despite the various benefits associated the Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE), there are few challenges which is hampering the growth of the market. The lack of skilled technicians is one of main restraints impacting the growth of the market. It is important for the technicians to keep pace with the ever changing technologies. Moreover, high maintenance costs coupled with high initial investment are other restraints existing in the Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) market.

As per trends it has been observed that, the various vendors of test equipments are in an intense completion to keep the price of their product low and at the same time enhance the performance of product. Moreover, the vendors are also focusing on providing technical support and specialized customer service to stay ahead in the competition.

The Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) market on the basis of product can be segmented into; OSA, DWDM, OTDR, OLS, OPM, OLTS AND RFTS.

On the basis of end user, the Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) market can be categorized into; oil & gas, cable television, telecom and broadband, private data network and military and aerospace among others.

Geographically, the Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) market can be segmented into five regions, namely, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa and Latin America.

Some of the key players operating in the Fiber Optic Test Equipments (FOTE) market are Anritsu, Agilent Technologies, Fluke, EXFO, JDS Uniphase, Corning, Keysight Technologies, Tektronix, Kingfisher International, okogawa Electric Corporation and Exfiber Optical Technologies among others.