CIR Announces Upcoming Reports on Active Optical Cabling and Communications Lasers...

CIR Announces Upcoming Reports on Active Optical Cabling and Communications
Lasers Markets

GLEN ALLEN, Va., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- CIR, a leading industry analyst firm
based here, today announced two new reports that will be released in Q3 2009.
The first report will address lasers used in telecommunications and data
communications applications and the second will address opportunities in
active optical cabling (AOC). Additional details about the reports can be
found on the firm's website at www.cir-inc.com.

About the Reports:

New Markets for Telecom and Datacom Lasers: 2009 to 2013

This report analyzes and quantified emerging opportunities across the entire
communications laser space. It covers all the major laser architectures and
technologies -- DFB, FP, DBR, VCSEL, tunables, etc. -- as well as the
opportunities in communications for pump lasers and some of the newer types of
lasers such as quantum dot lasers and silicon lasers. It also discusses the
latest innovations in laser manufacturing, packaging and integration and how
this will play out in the marketplace. The report also includes an analysis
of the strategies being adopted by laser firms both large and small and, as
with all CIR reports, this study also includes a detailed five-year forecast
of the markets covered.

The firm expects that the report will be released in early August. An excerpt
is available at: http://www.cir-inc.com/resources/Laserch1.pdf.

Active Optical Cabling: A Technology Assessment and Market Forecast

This report provides a realistic assessment of the prospects for AOCs in data
centers and enterprise networks, home theater and consumer electronics,
signage, instrumentation, and personal electronics. As part of its goal to
analyze and quantify the market for AOCs in this sector, CIR also compares AOC
to other low-cost optical interfaces (including the simplified serial optics
embodied in the new USB 3.0.) and also the latest in copper connectivity. The
report contains a granular five-year forecast of the AOC market with a
consideration of multiple scenarios in new -- but potentially large -- markets
such as personal computing and home video. It also considers supply chain
issues and how firms that have traditionally supplied products for high-end
data center or telecom applications can break into mass markets of this kind.

The firm expects this report to be available in early September. A preview
will be available starting in August.

The firm also expects to begin releasing its newest market estimates for
telecommunication and data communication transceivers within the next ten
days.

About CIR:

CIR provides detailed market analysis and forecasting of the trends,
technologies and opportunities in the telecom and data communications
components and modules market. Since it entered the market in 1979, CIR has
produced numerous reports that have tracked the cutting edge of the
communications sector with a special focus on emerging technologies and high
bandwidth networking. Our focus is on supplying our customers with the most
comprehensive and detailed market data available in the sectors that we
follow.

SOURCE CIR

Robert Nolan of CIR, +1-804-360-2967, sales@cir-inc.com