Service Providers Worldwide Spend Over $36 Billion Fortifying Wireline Networks in 2007, According to Dell'Oro Group
Posted on: Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 09:00 CDT
According to recently published reports by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, telecom service providers worldwide snapped up more than $36 billion of equipment to enhance their wireline networks in 2007, up more than 10 percent over 2006 levels. Sales to service providers for wireline infrastructure have not approached this level since the year 2000.
The largest increases in capex spend was on optical transport and routers, followed distantly by IP voice equipment (such as media gateways and softswitches), and carrier Ethernet switches. Spending on broadband access and multiservice switching declined.
Cisco captured the bulk of spend on routers while Alcatel-Lucent captured spend on optical transport. Nokia Siemens and Nortel captured the majority of spend on IP voice equipment.
Leading manufacturer share of revenue from sales of wireline telecommunications equipment to service providers is reflected in the table below.
Share of Manufacturers' Revenue
From Wireline Telecommunications Equipment Sold to Service Providers (%)
2007
2006
Alcatel-Lucent
29
24
Cisco
34
29
Ericsson
4
4
Huawei
14
10
Nokia Seimens
8
6
Nortel
11
13
About the Reports
The Dell'Oro Group Quarterly Reports provides complete, in-depth coverage of a wide variety of telecommunications equipment markets with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, and port shipments. Telecommunications equipment from the following markets were included in this assessment: Access, Carrier Ethernet Switch and Router, Carrier IP Telephony, Multiservice WAN Switch, and Optical Transport. To purchase Dell'Oro Group reports, contact Emily Kendall at +1.650.622.9400 x223 or via email at Emily@DellOro.com.
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Source: Business Wire
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