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市場調查報告書
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多模光纖市場-全球產業規模、佔有率、趨勢、機會及預測(依產品、應用、材料、地區及競爭格局分類,2021-2031年)Multimode Optical Fiber Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, Segmented By Product, By Application (Defence; IT & Telecom; Government; MSO, Healthcare & Others), By Material, By Region & Competition, 2021-2031F |
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全球多模光纖市場預計將從 2025 年的 45.2 億美元成長到 2031 年的 70.3 億美元,複合年成長率為 7.64%。
多模光纖是一種具有大芯徑的光纜,支援同時傳輸多種光模式。它是企業網路和資料中心內高速、短距離資料傳輸的主要介質。推動該市場成長要素是雲端運算和人工智慧 (AI) 工作負載需求的不斷成長,這些工作負載需要低延遲、高密度的內部互連。這些關鍵促進因素獨立於技術變革,例如產業向 OM5 光纖分類的過渡以及共封裝光元件的採用。光纖寬頻協會預測,到 2024 年,全球光纜需求將成長 3.9%,凸顯了該產業的復甦勢頭,也反映出對不斷發展的數位生態系統所需的實體基礎設施的大力投資。
| 市場概覽 | |
|---|---|
| 預測期 | 2027-2031 |
| 市場規模:2025年 | 45.2億美元 |
| 市場規模:2031年 | 70.3億美元 |
| 複合年成長率:2026-2031年 | 7.64% |
| 成長最快的細分市場 | 塑膠 |
| 最大的市場 | 北美洲 |
然而,這個市場面臨一個重大障礙:模態色散,這是一種物理限制,會降低長距離傳輸的訊號品質。這種固有的限制使得多模光纖只能應用於短距離傳輸,幾乎無法與單模光纖在長距離傳輸領域競爭,也阻礙了其在廣域網路架構中的整合。
超大規模資料中心基礎設施的快速成長是多模光纖市場的主要驅動力,尤其是在營運商不斷提高伺服器機架密度以支援人工智慧工作負載的情況下。由於多模光纖相比單模光纖功耗更低,且垂直共振器面發光二極體(VCSEL) 收發器的成本也更低,因此這些設施擴大使用多模光纖進行短距離連接。這種需求體現在對高速環境所需光元件的大量資本投資。例如,Lumentum 在 2025 年 8 月發布的「2025 會計年度第四季及全年」新聞稿中報告稱,其雲端與網路部門全年營收達 14.1 億美元,這主要得益於人工智慧基礎設施資料通訊晶片的創紀錄訂單。這種元件銷售的激增與資料中心內用於互連這些有源設備的多模光纖部署量直接相關。
同時,5G網路架構在全球的加速部署,對光纖的需求也顯著成長,以支援密集型行動通訊基地台和集中式無線接取網路。雖然單模光纖主要用於長途傳輸,但匯聚層和連接的邊緣資料中心正在快速部署高容量光纜解決方案,以滿足下一代行動網路的處理容量要求。例如,中國移動在2025年6月宣布競標採購約9,880萬公里光纜產品,以支援其網路擴展,這便是光纖需求規模的縮影。住宅和商業用戶對光纖服務的日益成長也凸顯了這項基礎設施建設的蓬勃發展。根據光纖寬頻協會2025年1月發布的《光纖普及率調查報告》,去年光纖寬頻用戶數量達到創紀錄的1,030萬戶,凸顯了支撐各種光纖應用的生態系統的蓬勃發展。
全球多模光纖市場面臨模式色散這一物理限制所帶來的重大成長障礙。這種現象會導致訊號隨距離衰減,限制了多模光纖的有效傳輸範圍,使其僅限於建築物和園區內的短距離連結。這項限制使得多模光纖難以在高容量長途和城域網路領域與單模光纖競爭,後者能夠保持數公里範圍內的訊號完整性。由於無法支援廣域網路架構,多模光纖製造商的潛在市場規模受到極大限制,儘管全球互聯互通呈上升趨勢,但多模光纖仍被限制在小眾市場。
由於距離限制而錯失的市場機會規模,從僅使用單模光纖的住宅基礎設施計劃規模可見一斑。根據光纖寬頻協會預測,到2024年,光纖寬頻部署將達到創紀錄的每年1,030萬戶家庭。這一數字代表著巨大的基礎設施投資領域,而多模光纖解決方案在技術上無法進入該領域,直接限制了市場的擴展性。
隨著資料中心營運商轉向平行光鏈路配置以最大化吞吐量,向高密度光連接模組解決方案的轉變正在從根本上改變市場的技術架構。此趨勢包括大規模部署多模垂直共振器面發光二極體(VCSEL),其單通道傳輸能力可達 100 Gigabit 。為了支援下一代運算叢集所需的頻寬密度,傳統的雙工鏈路正被高密度多纖連接所取代。短距離應用中部署的大量主動光通道充分體現了這項技術變革的規模。根據博通公司 2024 年 3 月發布的題為「拓展人工智慧光組件的技術和產量領先地位」的新聞稿,該公司宣布已出貨超過 2000 萬通道 100G/通道的高速光組件,這些組件專門用於人工智慧和機器學習系統。
同時,多模光纖在汽車車載網路中的整合,正在為光纜開闢一個超越企業級應用的重要新領域。隨著汽車製造商向分區電氣/電子架構轉型,光纖乙太網路骨幹網路正迅速取代笨重的銅線束,這主要是為了減輕電動車的重量並提高其抗電磁干擾能力。這種應用需要專用的、堅固耐用的多模光纖,即使在惡劣環境下也能維持Gigabit的傳輸速度。業界致力於拓展汽車供應鏈的決心體現在大規模的資本投資上。根據KD公司2024年7月發布的新聞稿《挑戰香農極限:KDPOF邁向KD》,該公司已獲得歐盟委員會2,680萬歐元的IPCEI(重要通用歐洲計劃)投資,用於建立一座汽車光電子元件的大規模生產封裝工廠。
The Global Multimode Optical Fiber Market is anticipated to expand from USD 4.52 Billion in 2025 to USD 7.03 Billion by 2031, registering a CAGR of 7.64%. Defined as a category of optical cabling with a large core diameter that supports the simultaneous propagation of multiple light modes, multimode fiber acts as the primary medium for high-speed, short-distance data transmission within enterprise networks and data centers. The market is chiefly driven by the intensifying demands of cloud computing and artificial intelligence workloads, which necessitate low-latency, high-density interconnects within facilities. These core drivers exist independently of technical shifts, such as the industry move toward OM5 fiber classifications or the adoption of co-packaged optics. Highlighting the sector's recovery, the Fiber Broadband Association projected in 2024 that global optical cable demand would grow by 3.9 percent, reflecting strong investment in the physical infrastructure needed for these advancing digital ecosystems.
| Market Overview | |
|---|---|
| Forecast Period | 2027-2031 |
| Market Size 2025 | USD 4.52 Billion |
| Market Size 2031 | USD 7.03 Billion |
| CAGR 2026-2031 | 7.64% |
| Fastest Growing Segment | Plastic |
| Largest Market | North America |
However, the market encounters a significant obstacle due to the physical constraints of modal dispersion, which degrades signal integrity over longer distances. This inherent limitation restricts multimode fiber to short-range applications, effectively preventing it from competing with single-mode alternatives in long-haul telecommunications and inhibiting its integration into broader wide-area network architectures.
Market Driver
The rapid growth of hyperscale data center infrastructure acts as the primary catalyst for the multimode optical fiber market, particularly as operators densify server racks to support artificial intelligence workloads. These facilities depend heavily on multimode fiber for short-reach connections because of the lower power consumption and reduced cost of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser transceivers compared to single-mode equivalents. This demand is reflected in massive financial investments in the essential optical components for these high-speed environments. For instance, Lumentum reported in its August 2025 'Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2025 Results' press release that revenue for its Cloud & Networking segment reached $1.41 billion for the fiscal year, driven by record orders for datacom chips used in AI infrastructure. This surge in component revenue directly correlates to the volume of multimode cabling deployed to interconnect these active devices within data halls.
Simultaneously, the accelerated global rollout of 5G network architectures creates significant downstream demand for optical fiber to support densified cell sites and centralized radio access networks. While long-haul segments primarily utilize single-mode fiber, aggregation layers and connected edge data centers increasingly incorporate high-capacity cabling solutions to handle the throughput requirements of next-generation mobile networks. Illustrating this scale, China Mobile announced a tender in June 2025 to procure approximately 98.8 million fiber-kilometers of optical cable products to maintain its network expansion. This infrastructure boom is further evidenced by broader residential and enterprise reach; according to the Fiber Broadband Association's 'Fiber Deployment Survey' from January 2025, fiber broadband deployments reached a new annual record of 10.3 million U.S. homes passed in the preceding year, underscoring the robust ecosystem growth supporting diverse fiber applications.
Market Challenge
The Global Multimode Optical Fiber Market faces a critical barrier to growth stemming from the physical limitation of modal dispersion. This phenomenon causes signal distortion over distance, limiting the effective transmission range of multimode cabling to short links within buildings or campuses. Consequently, this constraint prevents multimode fiber from competing in high-volume long-haul and metropolitan network sectors, which are dominated by single-mode alternatives capable of maintaining signal integrity over kilometers. This inability to support broader wide-area network architectures severely limits the total addressable market for multimode manufacturers, confining them to a niche segment despite the overall surge in global connectivity.
The magnitude of the market opportunity lost due to this distance limitation is demonstrated by the scale of residential infrastructure projects that exclusively utilize single-mode cabling. According to the Fiber Broadband Association, in 2024, fiber broadband deployments reached a new annual record of 10.3 million U.S. homes passed. This figure represents a massive segment of infrastructure investment that remains technically inaccessible to multimode optical fiber solutions, directly limiting the market's potential for volume expansion.
Market Trends
The shift toward High-Density Optical Interconnect Solutions is fundamentally altering the market's technical architecture as data center operators migrate to parallel optic configurations to maximize throughput. This trend involves the massive deployment of multimode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) capable of delivering 100 gigabits per lane, replacing legacy duplex links with high-count multifiber connectivity to support the bandwidth density required by next-generation computing clusters. The scale of this technological transition is evidenced by the sheer volume of active lanes being deployed for short-reach applications; according to Broadcom's March 2024 'Broadcom Extends Technology and Volume Leadership on AI Optical Components' press release, the company announced shipments of more than 20 million channels of 100G/lane high-speed optical components specifically deployed in artificial intelligence and machine learning systems.
Simultaneously, the integration of Multimode Fiber in Automotive In-Vehicle Networks is establishing a critical new vertical for optical cabling beyond the enterprise sector. As automotive manufacturers transition to zonal electrical/electronic architectures, there is a rapidly growing adoption of optical ethernet backbones to replace heavy copper harnesses, primarily to reduce weight and ensure immunity to electromagnetic interference in electric vehicles. This application requires specialized, ruggedized multimode fiber capable of maintaining gigabit speeds in harsh environmental conditions. The industrial commitment to scaling this automotive supply chain is illustrated by significant capital allocation; according to KD's July 2024 'Approaching Shannon's Limit: KDPOF becomes KD' press release, the company secured a 26.8 million euro IPCEI investment from the European Commission to establish a high-volume packaging plant for automotive optoelectronics.
Report Scope
In this report, the Global Multimode Optical Fiber Market has been segmented into the following categories, in addition to the industry trends which have also been detailed below:
Company Profiles: Detailed analysis of the major companies present in the Global Multimode Optical Fiber Market.
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