Service Provider Router Market Rebounded With 21 Percent Growth in 2010, According to Dell'Oro Group

Second Half Acceleration Boosts Demand to Near Record Levels

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Feb 28, 2011, 09:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a newly published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the worldwide Service Provider Router market rebounded sharply in 2010, following weak demand in 2009 induced by the global economic downturn. Manufacturers' revenue for IP/MPLS routers increased 21 percent over the prior year to $8.6 billion in 2010, and approached the record level reached in 2008. The report cites the expansion of mobile backhaul and backbone networks as key areas of the market growth.

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"Demand for routers accelerated in 2010 as the race for advanced mobile services in the United States and video traffic growth on the Internet drove network operators to increase network capacity," said Shin Umeda, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "Coming off of the economic downturn in 2009, network operators had to spend on strategic projects in order to remain competitive," added Umeda.

*2010 Worldwide Service Provider Router Leaders*
Vendor	2009 Rank	2010 Rank
Cisco Systems	1	1
Juniper Networks	2	2
Alcatel-Lucent	3	3
Huawei	4	4
Tellabs	6	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, OC-768/STM-256, 100Mbps Ethernet, 1000Mbps Ethernet, 10Gbps Ethernet, and 100Gbps Ethernet) for router technologies. To purchase this report, please contact Emily Kendall, call +1.650.622.9400 x223 or email [email protected].

About Dell'Oro Group

As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enables component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.delloro.com.

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