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Dell'Oro Group Names Fujitsu Top Vendor in North American Optical Market With 22.8 Percent Share

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:00 CDT

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that Dell'Oro Group has named Fujitsu the top vendor in the North American optical equipment market for the third quarter in a row with a 22.8 percent share of the $638.5M 2Q05 market. Fujitsu was also named the top vendor in the North American SONET/SDH market with a 37.0 percent share of the $382.7M 2Q05 market, a gain of nearly five percent since the $319.5M 1Q05 market. Fujitsu has held this dominant position in the SONET/SDH segment for 12 consecutive quarters, and currently maintains a market share lead over its nearest competitor by over 15 percent.

In a recent press release, Jimmy Yu, senior analyst for optical transport research at Dell'Oro Group stated that, "It looks like the tide has turned, and the optical market is on the upswing again. The last time there was strong second quarter sequential growth in the optical market was in 2000. With the climate for optical equipment improving in both North America and EMEA, Dell'Oro Group now forecasts that the optical market will grow 18 percent in 2005."

Dell'Oro Group estimates that overall North American optical transport equipment revenue grew 20 percent in 2Q05 verses 1Q05 and 37 percent versus 2Q04. 2Q05 is the third consecutive quarter of sequential optical sales growth in North America as service providers increased capital spending for optical infrastructure. Dell'Oro Group defines the SONET/SDH Multiplexer market as a subset of the overall optical equipment market, which also includes the Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) and Optical Switching segments. According to their research, revenue from SONET/SDH equipment in North America grew 19 percent in 2Q05 verses 1Q05 and 34 percent versus 2Q04.

"Our carrier-grade FLASHWAVE(R) 4000 Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPPs) are the cornerstone of our unparalleled success in the SONET/SDH market, and ultimately the overall optical transport equipment market," said George Chase, group president and chief operating officer at Fujitsu Network Communications. "Through control of all aspects of our design and manufacturing supply chain, and the vast experience we've gained as a trusted supplier to our large and expanding customer base of telecom, cable/MSO and wireless carriers, Fujitsu stands apart from our competition."

The Dell'Oro Group Optical Transport Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, and unit shipments of tributary/line or wavelength ports by speed (OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64, OC-768/STM-256, and other). The report tracks DWDM long haul terrestrial, DWDM metro, SONET/SDH ADM, SONET/SDH multiservice, and optical switch equipment.

About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. creates and delivers robust wireline and wireless solutions that power next-generation telecommunication networks. With an unequalled portfolio of IT and telecom products and the support of Fujitsu Limited, a $44.5B company with over 150,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu helps its customers fuse information and networking technology with commercial value. Over 320,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. As the metro market leader in both SONET and ROADM technology, the fundamental building blocks of next-generation networks, Fujitsu is helping customers take networking beyond convergence. For more information, please visit http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom.

FLASHWAVE(R) is a trademark of Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. (USA) FUJITSU (and design) (R) and THE POSSIBILITIES ARE INFINITE(TM) are trademarks of Fujitsu Limited. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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