During KMI's 23rd Annual Conference of Fiberoptics Markets representatives of Verizon and Marconi reported the cost of deploying fiber-to-the-home is approaching that of deploying copper. Corvis, Qtera (Nortel), and Sycamore addressed the evolution of ultra-long-haul (ULH) optical networking. Qtera predicted significant capacity growth in ULH systems over the next two years. KMI forecast that the Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems market to reach $45 billion by 2005.