QYR Market Research Global RF-over-Fiber (RFoF) industry analysis | Page 3

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• Radio over fiber has recently emerged as a useful technology for providing specialized
coverage of wireless communications services. It was first proposed and demonstrated
by Cooper et al in 1990. This relatively ‘niche’ market is expected to grow significantly
in the future as new radio over fiber technologies emerge and their applications become
more diverse and less costly. Radio over fiber is poised to become the dominant access
transmission technology for low-power wireless networks.
• The industry is relatively concentration, the key brand include Finisar, HUBER +
SUHNER, RF Optic, Emcore, APIC Corporation, Syntonics LLC, DEV Systemtechnik,
ViaLite, Foxcom, Optical Zonu, Pharad, Fibertower, Intelibs and so on.
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