Evolved Packet Core Quadruples Year over Year in 1Q12, According to Dell'Oro Group

Ericsson Leads in Overall Wireless Packet Core Market, Cisco Leaps to Second Place Now Neck-to-Neck with Huawei

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May 22, 2012, 09:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, announced today that Wireless Packet Core market revenues grew 9 percent over the last year during the first quarter of 2012. Sales were propelled by the Evolved Packet Core segment of the market as service providers accelerated the deployment of Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks.

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Cisco Systems' revenue share jumped almost 5 share-points versus the prior quarter and is now neck-to-neck with Huawei for second place in the overall Wireless Packet Core market.
Juniper with its MobileNext product recognized revenue for the first time in 1Q12, and relative newcomer, Alcatel-Lucent, now represents almost 8 percent of the hot growing evolved packet core segment.

"The most powerful driver for the Wireless Packet Core market today is LTE," said Chris DePuy, Analyst of Wireless Packet Core at Dell'Oro Group. "Service providers are experiencing significant growth in LTE subscribers, leading to an accelerated pace of deployment for evolved packet core equipment. There is a lot of change in the vendor landscape as demonstrated by Cisco's success in expanding beyond its traditional North American territory. We also expect other technologies beyond LTE to propel sales of Wireless Packet Core such as WiFi," added DePuy.

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