Preface • Work summary

In 2022, the world is in turmoil and political tensions are high, it is obvious to all that the Russia-Ukraine conflict caused technology demand fluctuations, inflation pressure, supply chain and exchange rate fluctuations. However, under the continuous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global digital economy development has pressed the fast forward button. Online working, online teaching and online medical treatment become the new normal, which has accelerated the global digital transformation and network infrastructure. According to statistics, the number of 5G users in the world has exceeded over 1 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach 4.4 billion in 2027. Although limited by political tensions in some regions, raw material supply, shortage of transport capacity, high freight and other uncertainties, the optical communication industry still entered a new gold development cycle with quantity and price rising together in a complex environment.

Meanwhile, the global demand for optical fiber and cable is still optimistic. It is expected that the global demand for optical fiber and cable will maintain a good development trend in 2022 to 2027; At present, China's market demand for optical fiber and cable has accounted for more than 50% of the global share, and this demand will grow steadily in the coming years.

Since 2006, the year 2022 has been the 16th year for Network Telecom Information Research Institute to host the ranking event of Top 10 Competitiveness Enterprises in the Optical Communications of China & Global Market. According to research statistics which demonstrates the market structure of the optical communications market, we can see a leap in the competitiveness of enterprises in the optical communications. The Rankings of the Top 10 competitiveness enterprises in the optical communications industry of global market clearly shows the competition among enterprises in the optical communications and its sub-industries of China and Global market in 2022.

According to the rankings of the top 10 competitiveness enterprises in the optical fiber and cable field of Global market in 2022 (16th), the top 10 companies are from the United States (Corning), Italy (Prysmian), Japan (Furukawa Electric/OFS, Sumitomo Electric, Fujikura), China (YOFC, HTGD, FiberHome, ZTT, FUTONG), in which the number of Chinese companies account for half of the list. YOFC, HTGD and FiberHome, ZTT, FUTONG have occupied a large market share. YOFC and HTGD rank among the top three in the world with market shares of 13.82%, 9.06% respectively. ZTT, FiberHome and FUTONG also rank the top places with 8.78%, 8.48% and 8.10%. Corning, Prysmian, Furukawa Electric, Sumitomo Electric and Fujikura account for 20.09%, 9.95%, 9.53%, 8.83% and 5.63% respectively.

In accordance with the Rankings of the Top 10 competitiveness enterprises in the optical transmission and network access equipment of global market in 2022 (16th), the top 10 companies are respectively from Finland (Nokia), Japan (NEC), Sweden (Ericsson), the United States (CIENA, Infinera and ADTRAN), China (Huawei, ZTE, FiberHome) and Germany (ADVA). Among them, Huawei firmly occupies the first place with its global market share of 16.93%, Ericsson the second with 12.70%, CIENA the third with 12.72%, Nokia the fourth with 9.63%, ZTE the fifth with 8.35% and FiberHome the sixth with 8.16%. Infinera, NEC, ADVA and Sumitomo Electric come after with the market share of 7.10%, 3.89%, 3.40% and 1.36% respectively.

Driven by such factors as cloud data center application, next generation PON scale deployment, 5G wireless communication network construction demand, continuous upgrading of optical fiber access network and upgrading of metropolitan area networks, the global optical components market scale continues to grow. According to the Rankings of the Top 10 competitiveness enterprises in the optical components field of Global market in 2022 (16th), Coherent takes the first place with a market share of 19.69%, Lumentum, Broadcom, Innolight and Accelink follow closely with the market share of 16.54%, 12.23%, 11.00% and 9.83% respectively. Hisense, Sumitomo Electric, Eoptolink, Furukawa Electric and Fujikura account for 6.90%, 6.21%, 4.41%, 3.32%, and 3.18%.

Finally, all the members of the review team of “Network Telecom” and “Annual Ranking Event of Top 10 Competitiveness Enterprises in the Optical Communications of China & Global Market” would like to express heartfelt gratitude for the participation and cooperation from the industry colleagues over the past 16 years!