LightCounting Reports OC-192 DWDM and SONET/SDH Sales Drive Optical Transceiver Industry in Third Quarter

EUGENE, OR, Jan 12 (MARKET WIRE) --
The optical transceiver industry's third quarter sales avoided the larger
economic tumult in September thanks to strong sales of OC-192 DWDM and
SONET/SDH transceivers, but tougher quarters lie ahead, predicts the
latest Sales Report from LightCounting, the premier opto-electronic
transceiver market research company. With LightCounting expecting Q4
transceiver sales to drop by 5 to 15% across all main telecom and datacom
transceiver segments, its Q3 Sales Report offers a granular breakdown of
quarterly data across the industry. The Sales Report also includes Q4
guidance for vendors, with a 2009 Market Outlook that provides refined
analysis of market segments, and a Recession & Profitability assessment
of the threats and promises inherent in the current economic crisis.
LightCounting will provide further analysis of the recession in its
upcoming Transceiver Market Forecast Report, available in February.

"Global sales indicate that 2008 will be the best year yet for the optical
transceiver industry, despite the looming recession," said Dr. Roy
Rubenstein, director of research, LightCounting. "The industry can take
heart in the fact that there appears no slowdown in Internet traffic and
corporate data and transmission, which drive overall bandwidth demand."

"The third quarter of 2008 proves the optical transceiver industry is not
recession-proof, and tougher quarters lie ahead, as telecom slows and
enterprise networks suffer in response to the financial sector meltdown,"
noted Vladimir Kozlov, founder, LightCounting. "The good news is that the
optical transceiver industry may well successfully navigate these tenuous
times, thanks to the inventory lessons it learned since the 2001 telecom
bust, and as Internet traffic and corporate data storage and transmission
continue to drive overall bandwidth demand."

This LightCounting Transceiver Sales Report details quarterly sales of
more than 100 product categories covering Q3 2007 to Q3 2008, and offers
Q4 guidance. It also correlates transceiver shipments with sales of
optical networking equipment and deployment of communication systems by
service providers.

About LightCounting

LightCounting is the premier optical transceiver market research company,
offering transceiver market survey results and forecasts based on
confidential and detailed data provided by more than 20 leading
transceiver vendors. LightCounting's reports enable business executives,
engineering, manufacturing, and sales/marketing professionals to plan
business strategies using objective market information rather than
speculative assumptions. Providing Semiannual Transceiver Sales Reports
and Market Forecast Updates with Annual State of the Industry Reports and
Technology Reviews, LightCounting is the optical transceiver market's
information source.

Privately held, LightCounting is headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, with
additional offices in Silicon Valley and Israel. For more information,
visit the Company's website www.LightCounting.com or call 408.962.4851.

To purchase the LightCounting Transceiver Sales Report and any other
research reports, please contact Megan Andreosky, megan@lightcounting.com.

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