Nokia emerges as top vendor in India’s optical network market with over 25% share: Omdia

Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia grew by more than 10% in 2020, gaining over 25% market share to secure the top position in India’s optical network market, according to global research firm Omdia.

According to the research firm’s analysis, India’s optical network market is more than $415 million, spread across all aspects of telecom networks, including backhaul, access, aggregation, and National Long Distance (NLD).

This is set to grow in the next few years because of continuous growth in mobile data consumption, Omdia said citing Nokia’s MBiT Index 2021 that says overall average data usage per month registered a CAGR of 76% from 2015-2020, reaching 13.5GB in December 2020.

According to Omdia, the telecom gear maker’s comprehensive product portfolio coupled with its strong presence in the country has enabled it to consistently increase its share in the optical networks.

“We are delighted by Omdia’s report ranking Nokia as the leader in the optical networks market in India. It is a testimony to our commitment to introduce products that address the specific pain points of our customers,” said Chandan Kumar, Head of Optics – India at Nokia.

Along with optical network products for all segments of the communications network, Nokia also offers a suite of products for Data Center Interconnect and the enterprise market, while its Digital Signal Processors (DSP)–Photonic Service Engine (PSE)–developed by Nokia Bell Labs helps service providers in achieving better spectral efficiency while delivering higher bandwidth.

“Our optical products enabled with control plane functionality offer one of the fastest network traffic restoration through an alternate path, crucial for India due to a number of simultaneous fiber cuts every day,” Kumar added.

“India’s dynamic optical networks market is on a growth path with an ever-increasing data consumption… Nokia’s focus on product innovation, backward compatibility of its DSPs and solving customer’s challenges has helped the company achieve #1 position in optical networks in India in 2020, increasing its market share by over 10% year on year,” said Ian Redpath, Practice Leader, Transport Networks & Components at Omdia.