Driven by a variety of related policies, large-scale copper and copper retreat has been gradually launched. With the substantial advancement of FTTx, ODN products, as an important part of the FTTx system, will also usher in a good opportunity for development.
According to statistics, the investment ratio of ODN access equipment accounts for 50% to 60% of the investment in FTTx equipment. It can be predicted that my country's ODN access equipment market will maintain a growth trend of more than 20% in the next few years. By 2012, its market size is expected to reach 14.55 billion yuan. ODN access equipment usually consists of optical splitters, optical connectors, and equipment (boxes, terminal boxes, etc.) for installing these devices. ODN core technology is mainly embodied in passive optical device products such as optical splitters and optical connectors.
The splitter market is popular.
         PLC (planar optical waveguide technology) optical splitters are mainly used in FTTH user access networks. In 2009, the global demand for PLC optical splitters was about 33 million channels, with an annual growth rate of 32%. The global market presents different patterns in different regions. After several years of rapid development in demand in Japan and South Korea, the demand has now slowed down, and the demand has been relatively stable, accounting for about half of the market; the United States has been affected by the financial crisis. The development momentum has been affected to a certain extent; while the FTTx in developing countries such as China, India, and Brazil is in the rapid construction stage, thus becoming the main growth point of the market.
        With the continuous advancement of my country's FTTx, planar optical waveguide technology has become a hot spot for the development of the optical communications industry. The PLC market is booming, and some passive optical component manufacturers are very optimistic about this and are preparing to launch PLC projects. At present, the main manufacturers of PLC include Accelink Technology, Bochuang Technology, Fortune Technology, etc.
        Driven by China Telecom and China Unicom's large-scale PLC product bidding, the domestic PLC market is booming, and order revenue has grown strongly. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, operators will accelerate the deployment of FTTx networks, which will effectively promote the domestic market demand for passive components. As the core components of FTTx, PLC products will gain a large number of applications and occupy a share in the global market. It is expected to be further improved.
The core of PLC optical splitter is the chip, and the design and manufacture of the chip are particularly critical. In recent years, some optical device companies in my country have successfully packaged PLC chips, and most foreign companies have also transferred chips to my country for packaging. These conditions have created favorable conditions for the development of the PLC optical splitter industry.
        Connectors have huge potential.
        In 2008, the global demand for optical connectors was 1.01 billion, an increase of about 11% over the previous year, and reached 1.04 billion in 2009. Affected by the growth of market demand in downstream applications such as communications and optical networks, it is expected to reach 1.63 billion by 2012.
From the perspective of the global optical connector consumer market, the Americas market is currently the largest. The Asia-Pacific market has the greatest potential for future development. With the development of optical fiber and cable technology, the optical fiber is getting closer and closer to the end user, and the demand for shorter links including the interconnection between the boards is increasing, which promotes the increase in the number of connectors.
        The policy adopted by the state in 2010 to revitalize and integrate the optical communication industry will expand the scale of the domestic optical fiber connector market and promote the development of the domestic optical fiber connector industry. Factors such as the reorganization of the domestic telecommunications industry and the licensing of 3G have promoted the construction of optical communication networks. The resulting new market demand, including optical advancement, copper retreat, and "FTTx", is a huge market opportunity for optical fiber connectors.
        According to data from the Information Center of the China Electronic Components Industry Association, the domestic market demand for optical fiber connectors reached 280 million in 2009. From 2010 to 2015, the domestic market for optical fiber connectors will increase by about 12.6%, and the demand will increase by 2012. Reached 410 million. Therefore, with the start of large-scale construction of optical fiber broadband networks, the three major telecom operators are expected to orderly expand the construction of optical networks into buildings and homes, and the market scale of optical fiber connectors will continue to grow.