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Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Market Maintains Steam in 1Q09, Poises for Solid Growth Through 2013, Heavy Reading Reports

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 09:21 CDT

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide sales of copper-based carrier Ethernet access platforms rose 42 percent year-over-year to $266 million in the rolling four-quarter period ending in 1Q09, according to the new Carrier Ethernet Access Platform (CEAP) Quarterly Market Tracker service published by Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com), the market research division of TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com). Copper-based CEAP platforms include Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair (G.shdsl and MIMO on DMT) and Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit solutions.

"Many service providers who collectively spent billions of dollars deploying carrier Ethernet/MPLS-based network infrastructure during 2006-2008 are now increasingly shifting their attention to adding low-cost copper- and fiber-based Ethernet endpoints to their networks," said Stan Hubbard, Senior Analyst at Heavy Reading and author of the CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker. "In 1Q09, global E-o-bonded copper pair platform sales grew slightly quarter-over-quarter, while E-o-TDM access circuit and E-o-fiber access platform revenues dipped only modestly on a sequential basis. This stands in sharp contrast to the double-digit sequential revenue declines we saw for carrier Ethernet switches and routers that sit further back in the network."

Heavy Reading estimates that the global market for combined E-o-bonded copper pair platform sales is likely to reach nearly $500 million by 2013. Industry feedback suggests that telecom operators are particularly attracted by the rapid return on investment offered by copper-based solutions that leverage the existing physical network infrastructure and help them better manage scarce capital resources during the economic recession. The larger Ethernet-over-fiber demarcation/access switch market also is likely to record substantial growth over the next several years, as Ethernet business services and mobile backhaul bandwidth requirements increase.

Hatteras maintained its longstanding leadership of the E-o-bonded copper pair platform segment after posting another quarter of sequential growth, fueled by deployments in the U.S. and Europe. No. 2 Actelis and No. 3 Adtran also registered solid performances in 1Q09. Other E-o-bonded copper pair platform suppliers include Adtran, NexComm, Positron/Aktino, RAD, and Zhone.

Overture Networks gained a share point and maintained its No. 1 position in the competitive E-o-TDM access circuit market. No. 2 ANDA finished close behind. Other suppliers include No. 3 RAD, ADVA, and nearly a dozen additional vendors with small market share.

Heavy Reading has identified 74 equipment manufacturers that sell nearly a dozen major types of wireline equipment for Ethernet access, including the three types of next-generation solutions the research firm tracks in the CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker: E-o-TDM access circuit, E-o-bonded copper pair, and E-o-fiber switch/demarcation platforms.

Heavy Reading's Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Quarterly Market Tracker delivers quarter-by-quarter revenue and market-share breakouts for each copper-based CEAP supplier and revenue projections through 2012. The quarterly tracking service also analyzes each vendor's market strategy and identifies and analyzes customer wins, providing granular insight into this emerging market sector unavailable from other sources. It provides a comprehensive list of more than 140 operators and other entities around the world that have purchased CEAP platforms.

Heavy Reading's CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker also includes estimates for Ethernet-over-fiber access platform sales of the suppliers profiled in the report.

The tracker provides in-depth analysis of 13 vendors that are now generating sales from CEAP products, including: Actelis Networks, Adtran, ADVA Optical Networking, Aktino, ANDA Networks, Ciena, Hatteras Networks, MRV Communications, NexComm Systems, Overture Networks, RAD Data Communications, Telco Systems, and Zhone Technologies.

The CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker is distributed in a convenient, plug-and-play PowerPoint format. Quarterly reports may be purchased individually or as part of an annual subscription service.

For more information, or to receive a PowerPoint demo of the CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker, please contact:

About Heavy Reading

Heavy Reading is an independent market research organization offering quantitative analysis of telecom technology to service providers, vendors, and investors. Its mandate is to provide the comprehensive competitive analysis needed today for the deployment of profitable networks based on next-generation hardware and software.

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