Evolved Packet Core Revenue Expands Over 150 Percent in the First Quarter 2013, According to Dell'Oro Group

Share Shift Moves Cisco Systems to Number Two in Overall Wireless Packet Core Market

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Jun 04, 2013, 09:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, announced today that Evolved Packet Core revenue grew substantially by 150% during the first quarter of 2013. The overall Wireless Packet Core market increased 22 percent year-over-year during the same period.

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Key takeaways from the first quarter:

Evolved Packet Core (EPC) shipment growth to Europe, Middle East & Africa and Latin America overtook the overall market growth rate
Long Term Evolution (LTE) subscribers reached nearly 100M worldwide. Growth continued in the United States, Korean and Japanese markets, but also expanded to other regions
Market share shifts moved Cisco Systems to the number two position overall in the total Wireless Packet Core market.

"The wireless packet core market has been anything but static, with vendor share ranking fluctuating over the past three quarters," said Chris DePuy, Analyst of Wireless Packet Core at Dell'Oro Group. "Important technology developments by several vendors are also underway that will cause a shift towards the delivery of software-only subscriber-facing packet core functions such as the Mobility Management Entity (MME) function. These advancements pose both opportunity and risk for vendors as service providers re-evaluate their core architecture in light of new products coming to market," he added.

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