• E-mail
• Print
• Comment
• Font Size
• Digg
• del.icio.us
• Discuss article

Optical Network Hardware Sales Up 20%, Service Provider Router and Switch Sales Up 6% in 2Q06

Posted on: Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 09:00 CDT

Worldwide optical network hardware revenue jumped 20% between the first and second quarter of 2006, reaching $3.1 billion in 2Q06, mainly due to big gains by Huawei and Alcatel, says Infonetics Research in its quarterly Optical Network Hardware report. The market is forecast to grow 14% between 2005 and 2009, when it will reach $12.3 billion.

"Huawei is the big story this quarter, with sales up an amazing 83% and a larger foothold in the EMEA region," said Michael Howard, principal analyst of Infonetics Research. "For the first time in optical network hardware market history, Alcatel is not in first place. Huawei jumped from 4th to 1st in one quarter, a rare feat. Next quarter may be a different story."

2Q06 Optical Network Hardware Highlights

 --  On the leaderboard: #1 Huawei, #2 Alcatel, #3 Nortel, #4 Tellabs      --  Many manufacturers had up quarters: ADVA, Alcatel (up 25%), Cisco (up     23%), ECI, Ericsson, Huawei, Nortel, Siemens, Sycamore, Tellabs, Transmode,     ZTE, and others      --  WDM ROADM switch hardware sales are up 23%      --  Metro equipment makes up 68% of all optical network hardware revenue,     long haul 32%      --  35% of worldwide optical network hardware sales come from North     America, 33% from EMEA, 27% from Asia Pacific, and 5% from CALA      

In another recent report, Service Provider Routers and Switches, Infonetics reports that worldwide sales of carrier Ethernet switches and routers are up 12% to $837 million in 2Q06, with annual sales expected to increase 113% between 2005 and 2009.

The overall service provider router and switch market -- which includes carrier Ethernet switches, IP core and edge routers, enterprise-class Ethernet switches, and multiservice core and edge ATM switches -- is up 6% to $2.38 billion in 2Q06.

"The service provider multiservice ATM switch segment continues its downward trend (down 24% since this time last year), while the IP and Carrier Ethernet switch and router segments continue to climb," commented Howard. "Carriers are outfitting their data networks to handle the coming IPTV traffic, and outfitting their mobile networks for the expected onslaught of mobile video and data traffic. Carrier Ethernet-grade equipment meets these needs."

2Q06 Service Provider Router and Switch Highlights

 --  Cisco maintains its #1 position in the overall service provider router     and switch market, with 45% of worldwide revenue, followed by Juniper, then     Alcatel, which posted a 16% increase in sales this quarter      --  Cisco also maintains its #1 position in the burgeoning carrier     Ethernet switch and router segment, Alcatel is second      --  Worldwide IP core and edge router sales are up 9%      --  65% of worldwide service provider router and switch sales come from     routers, 18% from carrier Ethernet switches, 16% from multiservice ATM     switches, and 1% from enterprise-class Ethernet switches      --  40% of all service provider router and switch revenue comes from North     America, 33% from EMEA, 21% from Asia Pacific, and 6% from CALA      

Infonetics' Optical Network Hardware report provides market share, market size and forecasts for metro and long haul SONET/SDH, WDM transport, and WDM switch (broken out by ROADM and non-ROADM) hardware. ADTRAN, ADVA, Alcatel, Ciena, Cisco, Corrigent, ECI Telecom, Fujitsu, Huawei, Infinera, Lucent, Marconi, Meriton, Movaz, NEC, Nortel, Siemens, Tellabs, Transmode, Tropic, Turin, Zhone, ZTE, and others are tracked in the report.

Infonetics' Service Provider Routers and Switches report provides market share, market size, and forecasts for IP core and edge routers, multiservice core and edge ATM switches, enterprise-class Ethernet switches, and carrier Ethernet switches and routers. The report tracks Alcatel, Avici, Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson/Marconi, Fujitsu, Huawei, Juniper, Lucent/Riverstone, NEC, Nortel, Redback, Tellabs, and others.

Download sample data at www.info.infonetics.com. For sales, contact Larry Howard, vice president, at larry@infonetics.com or +1 (408) 583-3335.

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is the premier international market research and consulting firm specializing in data networking and telecom. Services include quarterly market share and forecasting, end-user survey research, service provider survey research, and service provider capex analysis.

 Press Contact: Michael Howard Principal Analyst and Co-Founder Infonetics Research (408) 583-3351 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=ABFABDC45A95F82B  

SOURCE: Infonetics Research

Source: MARKET WIRE

More News in this Category