Service Provider Edge Router Segment Experienced Market Share Changes in First Quarter, According to Dell'Oro Group

Cisco Rebounded with Big Share Gains

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Jun 07, 2010, 09:05 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, vendor market shares of the Service Provider Edge Router market encountered several changes during the first quarter of 2010. Cisco Systems recorded a share gain of almost 5 percentage points to extend its leading position to 47 percent. Juniper Networks recaptured the number two ranking from Alcatel-Lucent, a position that Alcatel-Lucent had held for the previous three quarters. Tellabs jumped two spots from sixth to fourth as sales of its edge routers surged to record levels.

"As the Service Provider Edge Router market recovers this year, a number of variables is affecting the vendors' performance," said Shin Umeda, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "For example, Cisco is benefitting from its large, global customer base and new product cycles, while Tellabs, a much smaller company, is seeing strong demand for its products in wireless networks," added Umeda.

*1Q10 Worldwide Service Provider Edge Router Leaders*
Vendor	1Q10 Rank	4Q09 Rank
Cisco Systems	1	1
Juniper Networks	2	3
Alcatel-Lucent	3	2
Tellabs	4	6
Huawei	5	5

About the Report

The Dell'Oro Group Routers Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering Service Provider and Enterprise Router revenue, average selling prices and unit and port shipments (by speed T1/E1, T3/E3, OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64, 100Mbps Ethernet, 1000Mbps Ethernet, and 10 Gbps Ethernet) for router technologies. To purchase this report, please contact Emily Kendall, call +1.650.622.9400 x223 or email [email protected].

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