Regional Analysis

Dark fiber market regional map

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North America has established itself as the dominant region and is estimated to hold the largest share of 34.2% in 2024 in the in the dark fiber market. It has a well-developed telecommunications infrastructure with widespread Fiber-to-the-Home connectivity. Key telecom carriers such as Verizon and AT&T have invested heavily over the years to lay extensive metro and long-haul fiber networks across major cities. They lease out surplus capacity in the form of dark fiber to enterprise and wholesale customers. Several large native dark fiber providers such as Zayo and Level 3 have a strong presence in the region with metro networks in major commercial hubs. The North American region hosts headquarters of prominent colocation providers like Equinix and Digital Realty who have made significant investments in procuring dark fiber to expand their footprint. The demand from cloud providers and content delivery networks for high-bandwidth connectivity infrastructure has also encouraged growth of fiber networks.

Coming to the fastest growing region, Asia Pacific has shown tremendous potential in recent times. Rapid digitization and growth in internet usage are driving requirements for high-speed connectivity. Several countries like China, South Korea, and India are offering favorable policies and incentives to develop open-access fiber networks. Chinese giants like Dr. Peng Telecom and China Unicom have expanded nationwide fiber infrastructure along railway tracks and are attracting international carriers and internet companies. In India as well telecom companies like Jio and Airtel are rolling out pan-India fiber networks. Across Southeast Asian markets, demand from data centers, cloud exchanges and internet hubs is contributing to uptake of dark fiber. Countries are easing right of way regulations to construct metro and long-distance optical networks. The regional market is expected to grow at an accelerated pace due to ongoing investment in undersea cables and terrestrial backbone builds over the coming years.