Despite the rush to design and build dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) systems as a solution to "fiber exhaust" problems in metropolitan loops, a new report from Communications Industry Researchers Inc., a market research company based here, makes it clear that bringing new fiber into the business loop still presents considerable market opportunities.

Indeed, according to the new report, Fiber To The X: The New Market For Fiber To The Desk, Cabinet, And Home , seeing local DWDM systems as the best way of avoiding fiber shortages will lead to missed opportunities in both the DWDM and close-in fiber markets.

For example, the report notes that in many cases installing new fiber can be more easily economically justified than installing DWDM in the loop.

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