[Fiber Online news] 2/24/2017, recently, China Investment Advisory Network released the "2017-2021 Optical communication industry In-depth research and Investment Prospects Forecast Report", the report pointed out that after years of development, the main development regions of the global optical communication market are concentrated in China, the United States, Japan, South Korea and the European Union.

Analysis of the major development regions of the optical communication market

The United States, the country with the most complete development of optical communication industry, has advanced optical communication technology, but the actual optical communication network construction lags behind Japan and South Korea. With the government vigorously promoting the construction of broadband, FTTH industry has developed rapidly.

Japan, optical communication country, optical fiber access in the world's leading position, Japanese optical communication companies in the Japanese domestic market accounted for more than 70% of the share. The huge share has driven the construction of optical communications in Japan and the growth of its export economy.

South Korea, the main optical communication market in the Asia-Pacific region, FTTH coverage reached 92%, Samsung, LG, SK Telecom and other local enterprises in the development of optical communication industry with advanced technology and equipment, in the global scope has a certain influence.

In Europe, the region's optical communication industry has developed to reach maturity, and the market has maintained stable growth, the penetration rate of optical communication networks is also relatively high, and the development of FHHT is uneven, and the development level of Sweden, Denmark and other more advanced countries is relatively high, and the gap is relatively large.

China, at present, China's "broadband China" strategy, 4G construction has been comprehensively promoted, 5G technology research and development test second stage test has also begun, "Internet +" strategy has also risen to become a national strategy, FTTX construction and Internet driven information consumption, for the whole society has brought great changes, greatly promoted the development of optical communication industry. Unprecedented opportunities for optical communications. In 2016, as the first year of the "13th Five-Year Plan", the optical communication market has a strong trend and the industry has an unprecedented boom. 2017 is still the best opportunity for the development of China's optical communication market. In general, China's optical communication development momentum is strong, has become the world's first broadband power, but the network coverage is far lower than developed countries and regions, FHHT market rapid development, the formation of a series of competitive advantages, such as Huawei, ZTE, Fiberhome Communications, Changfei, Hengtong and so on.

Distribution of domestic optical communication industry

According to the report, China's optical communication industry has experienced rapid development for many years, and has formed optical communication industry clusters in Hubei, Jiangsu, Chengdu, Henan and Guangdong.

Wuhan region, especially the Wuhan Academy of Postal Sciences has many firsts: China's first practical optical fiber was born here, the world's only set of optoelectronic equipment, optical fiber and cable, optical communication system and network in one of the communication high-tech enterprises...... After continuous development, the Wuhan Academy of Postal Sciences has grown into a "leader" in the domestic optical communication industry, and under her drive, Wuhan China Optical Valley has reached a new level and promoted the development of optical communication in China. Wuhan China Optical Valley, the main transmission, access, cable, devices and design and other industrial business scope.

Xi 'an and Chengdu are the main areas of optical communication in the western region. Xi 'an is more inclined to research and development, and the industry focuses on the manufacturing and service of optical communication equipment. Chengdu is an industrial base, providing optical fiber and cable, optical device manufacturing, to promote the development of optical communication in the western region.

Nanjing, optical communication manufacturing base, optical fiber and cable and supporting facilities are the focus of industrial development.

Beijing, as the capital of China, has absolute advantages over other regions in terms of education or science and technology. A large number of talents at home and abroad gather here, so the research and development advantages are obviously higher than Hubei, Jiangsu and other regions. And its industrial advantages are mainly concentrated in the design.

Shanghai, the headquarters of many foreign enterprises, research and development advantages are obvious. Since the reform and opening up of Shanghai, the development trend of both economy and industry is self-evident. Many technical talents gather here to drive the development of optical communication technology. Shenzhen, all kinds of comprehensive products are fully developed, devices, supporting products are diversified, on this basis to cultivate a strong scientific research ability.

The optical communication industry is distributed throughout the country, resulting in the rise of enterprises. Wei Leping has said that there is naturally a competitive relationship between enterprises, but when the industry encounters development problems, it is necessary to unite and work together to tackle the key problems. This not only protects the industry, but also benefits the enterprises themselves; At the same time, it also makes great contributions to the development of optical communication in China.

The optical fiber market occupies half of the world

In recent years, with the warming of the global optical communication market, China's optical fiber and cable industry has ushered in a new round of development. While the market size continues to expand, the overall strength of China's optical fiber and cable industry is rapidly improving. Compared with a decade ago, the situation has changed dramatically. The size of China's optical fiber and cable market has occupied half of the global market, and the technological innovation capability of China's optical fiber and cable enterprises has been able to compete with international leading manufacturers.

At present, there is almost no overcapacity in the global optical fiber and cable industry, thanks to the construction demand for broadband and 4G has been strong in recent years. The total global rod-fiber supply is basically in line with demand, and the cable production capacity is slightly larger to meet the periodic supply peak.

In view of the domestic optical fiber and cable, based on the problem of demand, industry experts pointed out that China's optical fiber and cable industry has always been at risk of capacity growth higher than the growth of demand, with the passing of the construction peak, the domestic homogenization of production capacity will be excess, China's optical fiber can seek the path of export digestion. However, the domestic optical cable production capacity due to technical and quality reasons, does not adapt to the risk of overseas markets, some small and medium-sized, engaged in a single optical cable manufacturing enterprises will face more severe market adjustment.

In the field of optical fiber and cable technology and manufacturing, the gap between China and foreign countries is mainly reflected in the optical rod prefabrication, and there is no significant gap with foreign enterprises in other aspects. This is enough to explain the rise of China's optical communication industry. With the development of the market, optical fiber technical indicators are also improving.

At present, various new types of optical fibers continue to emerge, and major manufacturers are also accelerating the development of new optical fibers. For example, ultra-low loss, large effective area fiber, polarization-maintaining fiber, hollow core fiber and so on. Chinese manufacturers continue to innovate and update existing technologies to provide different optical fiber cables for different scenarios. Perhaps, in a few years, China's optical fiber market will not only occupy half of the world, but even 80% or 90%.