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   Latest Research

01/31/12 Operators look to home automation to increase revenue and customer loyalty
01/26/12 15 million Rich Communication Suite (RCS) subscribers by 2013
01/19/12 Femtocell market set to double in 2012, Airvana expands lead
01/19/12 Operators turn to femtocells to improve enterprise coverage and capacity
01/19/12 Adoption of small cells / public space femtocells reflects a mobile world in transition
01/12/12 100G is unstoppable, indicate carriers in Infonetics Research survey about 40G/100G WDM transition plans
01/09/12 Data center equipment market up 12%, F5 jumps ahead of HP into #2 spot behind Cisco
01/09/12 Cisco closing gap with Brocade in SAN equipment segment; market up 2% in Q3
01/09/12 Service providers expanding data center offerings on quest for new revenue
01/09/12 Operators embracing cloud services in earnest, significantly expanding cloud offerings
12/21/11 DDoS prevention market up 52% in 2011, mobile networks deployments driving growth
12/21/11 Service provider security plans, views on security vendors revealed in new survey
12/21/11 Virtual security appliance market up 57% in 2011, driven by cloud and data center buildouts
12/19/11 Broadband CPE and home networking vendors make push towards premium services;
ZTE surges
12/15/11 Small cell survey shows operators plan to run 12% of network capacity on small cells by 2012
12/15/11 New study details operator plans for small cell backhaul
12/13/11 Cable broadband equipment market up 14% from year-ago quarter; Cisco gains
12/13/11 Fixed broadband access equipment market set to peak in 2011
12/08/11 Wireless LAN equipment sales hit new high in 3Q11
12/08/11 Cisco sees revival in Ethernet switches; enterprise routers up 5% in 3Q11
12/06/11 Juniper jumps back to 2nd in network security market; Cisco gains; market up 6%
12/06/11 Turmoil among top content security players creates unique opportunity for leadership change
12/06/11 Smaller vendors driving growth in the NAC appliance market
12/02/11 Telecom operators rate policy vendors in new Infonetics survey;
Tekelec, Openet named top players
12/02/11 Convergent charging passes the billion-dollar mark in 2011, up 42%
12/02/11 Subscriber data management market set to jump 55% in 2011 to $563 million
12/01/11 European Union sovereign-debt crisis having minimal impact on telecoms; LTE equipment up 38% in 3Q11
   

   Mobile and Wireless

12/15/11 Small cell survey shows operators plan to run 12% of network capacity on small cells by 2012
12/01/11 European Union sovereign-debt crisis having minimal impact on telecoms; LTE equipment up 38% in 3Q11
11/18/11 Mobile network optimization / self-organizing network (SON) market nearing $3B by 2015
10/25/11 Millions opting into shared data plans represent huge opportunity for mobile operators
10/17/11 Mobile VoIP subscribers will near 410 million by 2015; VoLTE still a long way off
09/16/11 Tablet sales jump 80% in 2Q11; Apple increases smartphone share, HTC, Samsung gain
09/15/11 2G, 3G, 4G mobile gear up 25% year-over-year, up 5% in 2Q11; LTE surpasses WiMAX
08/16/11 LTE survey shows 3/4 of operators deploy HSPA+ before LTE; no rush to offer voice over LTE
06/01/11 LTE equipment catches up to WiMAX; $245B to be spent on mobile equipment 2011–2015
03/01/11 4G infrastructure market to hit $16 billion by 2015
01/18/11 Mobile services to hit $870 billion in 2014 as mobile broadband, messaging expand
12/15/10 N. American carriers to reap $246B from residential video, voice, Internet services in 2010
12/01/10 WiMAX market continues to defy TD-LTE doom-sayers: 3Q10 revenue up 8%
12/01/10 2G/3G mobile infrastructure market has first positive quarter in over a year
11/11/10 LTE infrastructure forecasts up, along with operator commitments to LTE networks
11/11/10 iPad boosts mobile broadband device market; smartphones overtaking mobile phones
10/05/10 Embedded mobile M2M modem market on track to more than triple in 2010
08/26/10 China and India spending freeze dulls mobile infrastructure market; Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens gain on Ericsson
08/05/10 WiMAX carrier survey shows strong interest in WiMAX for mobility services and VoIP
07/15/10 Mobile broadband service revenue to more than double by 2014
07/15/10 Mobile broadband card sales up to $1.55 billion in 1Q10, driven by HSPA adoption
06/08/10 4G survey shows majority of operators will deploy HSPA+ before LTE
06/07/10 WiMAX equipment/device market down in Q1; 2010 prospects solid despite Yota defection
06/07/10 China and India spending freeze dulls mobile infrastructure market; Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens gain on Ericsson
04/13/10 LTE market accelerating, forecast to top $11 billion by 2014; China carriers on board
04/06/10 Mobile broadband card sales grew 55% in 2009, driven by HSPA adoption
03/03/10 W-CDMA macro RAN equipment sales up 59% in 2009 as 3G rollouts continue
03/01/10 WiMAX equipment/device market up for third consecutive quarter, subscribers up 75% in ’09
02/02/10 WiMAX carriers rate Alvarion, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola top, with Cisco and Huawei close behind
12/08/09 For service providers upgrading to 4G networks, backhaul is their top challenge – new survey
12/08/09 Motorola takes the lead in fast-rebounding WiMAX equipment and device market
12/07/09 W-CDMA macro RAN equipment up 50% year-over-year as China’s 3G rollouts continue
11/03/09 Smartphone sales to overtake standard mobile phones by 2012
10/20/09 LTE gaining momentum in 2010, infrastructure market to top $5 billion in 2013
10/20/09 Mobile infrastructure survey shows Huawei's image improving in the eyes of service providers
09/17/09 Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
09/14/09 Mobile broadband cards expected to be an $8.4 billion market by 2013
09/09/09 Mobile broadband services expected to more than double by 2013
09/17/09 Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
08/27/09 WiMAX equipment market defies recession, jumps 12% in 2Q09
08/27/09 W-CDMA equipment up 21% in 2Q, driven by 3G rollouts, smartphones, data card upgrades
07/30/09 WiMAX growing in India, Russia, Brazil, driven by basic broadband needs and VoIP
06/30/09 Huawei and ZTE cause major shakeup in mobile infrastructure market
06/30/09 Operator survey shows market reality of WiMAX services; VoIP a key component
06/30/09 Alvarion consolidates lead in WiMAX equipment market
04/06/09 LTE infrastructure market primed to hit $5 billion in 2013
03/26/09 Smartphone sales buck the recession
03/17/09 Recession isn’t holding back mobile broadband subscribers
03/05/09 Record year for GSM rollouts, more to come with massive 3G buildouts in China, India
02/26/09 Mobile WiMAX market up 5% in 4Q08; Cisco, Huawei begin challenging market leaders
01/15/09 "Perfect storm" forcing mobile operators to upgrade networks and business models
01/21/09 Carriers name Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Huawei top mobile WiMAX vendors
12/10/08 Alvarion overtakes ALU, MOTO in mobile WiMAX; WiMAX feeling the recession pinch
12/09/08 3G W-CDMA equipment up 12% in 3Q; Nokia Siemens takes the lead in mobile switch subsystems
09/08/08 Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola runaway leaders in mobile WiMAX market
09/04/08 Ericsson, Nokia Siemens widen RAN market lead; mobile softswitch market up 33%
08/19/08 India vital to WiMAX fortunes; Brazil, other regions also key
06/24/08 WiMAX equipment sales jump 59%, Motorola takes the lead in worldwide market share in 1Q
06/23/08 Ericsson widens lead in RAN market; mobile core and soft MSC segments shine
03/27/08 Mobile data card sales nearly quadrupling, data subscribers to hit 144M by 2011
03/10/08 Rocky year ahead for RAN market; strong growth in mobile core and soft MSC markets
02/28/08 WiMAX equipment market up 46% in 2007, forecast to hit $7.7B in 2011
   

   Small Cells and WiFi Offload
   Mobile Backhaul and Microwave

12/15/11 New study details operator plans for small cell backhaul
09/08/11 Ericsson, NEC, Huawei now within 1 market share point of each other in microwave market
09/08/11 NEC, Ericsson get top marks from carriers in latest Infonetics Research microwave survey
04/12/11 Small cell backhaul deployments driven by capacity, coverage, quality; all-IP/Ethernet backhaul imminent
04/12/11 IP/Ethernet at 89% of all mobile backhaul spending; Ericsson expands microwave lead
03/29/11 Microwave and millimeter wave equipment evolving to support next-gen RAN
11/08/10 Millimeter wave equipment market to near half-billion dollars by 2014
10/14/10 Microwave equipment market dips 4% in Q2; on track for steady growth 2011–on
10/14/10 Ethernet mobile backhaul equipment on track for big spike in 2010
06/17/10 NEC edges ahead of Ericsson in microwave equipment, market slows in first quarter
04/21/10 Shift seen in operator strategy for mobile backhaul; equipment spending up 21%
03/11/10 Ethernet-based microwave equipment market poised for strong LTE-driven growth
12/10/09 Microwave equipment market down 8% in 3Q09 to $1.4 billion; Huawei posts big gains
11/18/09 Mobile backhaul equipment market expected to jump 60% in 2009 to $5.9 billion
09/14/09 Ericsson and NEC neck and neck in growing microwave equipment market
05/27/09 Mobile backhaul equipment market growing fast, with no letup in sight
05/14/09 Microwave equipment market hits $4.9 billion in 2008, led by Ericsson and NEC
03/10/09 Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, NEC lead fast growing microwave equipment market
11/06/08 Ethernet microwave spending surges as operators upgrade mobile backhaul networks
05/12/08 Mobile backhaul equipment market set to skyrocket due to exploding mobile data/video use
   

   Service Provider VoIP and IMS

01/26/12 15 million Rich Communication Suite (RCS) subscribers by 2013
11/28/11 IMS equipment market on track for 50% growth in 2011
11/16/11 Carrier VoIP market down 12% in 3Q11; Huawei, GENBAND lead
11/10/11 Operators name Acme Packet top SBC vendor; SIP trunking, interconnection driving SBC market
10/17/11 Mobile VoIP subscribers will near 410 million by 2015; VoLTE still a long way off
10/05/11 Infonetics Research ups its VoIP services forecast to $76 billion by 2015, driven by SIP trunking, hosted business VoIP
10/05/11 Unified communications survey shows Microsoft and Cisco lead, mobility key, video growing
08/22/11 BT, TDC, Vodafone among top hosted business VoIP services leaders in EMEA
08/22/11 IMS market up 87% year-over-year; GENBAND leads combined carrier VoIP and IMS market
06/29/11 IMS survey on services, equipment and vendors shows growing momentum for mobile services
05/24/11 IMS equipment market up YoY as move to all-IP grows; SBCs, VAS are bright spots in weak carrier VoIP quarter
05/05/11 Verizon and New Global Telecom top business VoIP services leaders
03/30/11 VoIP services market nears $50 billion mark; breakout year for SIP trunking
02/23/11 IMS equipment market hits the half-billion-dollar mark, led by Asia and Europe
02/17/11 42% jump in session border controllers (SBCs) boosts 2010 carrier VoIP market
01/31/11 Rich Communication Suite (RCS) relegated to niche status
12/15/10 N. American carriers to reap $246B from residential video, voice, Internet services in 2010
11/22/10 Demand up, prices down for carrier VoIP and IMS equipment, led by China
10/18/10 Session border controller survey shows growing use of SBCs for VoIP interconnection
09/30/10 Business VoIP service revenue up 8% in 1H10
08/24/10 Session border controllers (SBCs) return carrier VoIP equipment to growth, IMS market jumps in 2Q10
08/05/10 BT, T-Systems, Vodafone among top hosted business VoIP services leaders in EMEA
07/01/10 Broadband, video, and mobile services fuel the residential services market
06/21/10 IMS operator surveys show growing trend toward mobile deployments
05/24/10 China buoys carrier VoIP and IMS equipment market in 1Q10
05/12/10 Verizon, AT&T, NGT, Cbeyond, 8x8 among top business VoIP services leaders
04/01/10 Trend toward hosted and business VoIP services seen across three new reports
03/04/10 IMS equipment market up 142% in 2009; carrier VoIP holding steady after tough year
02/11/10 Rich Communication Suite (RCS) subscribers to hit 7.3 million in 2011, led by Europe, Asia
12/01/09 Carrier VoIP equipment holds steady at $595M in 3Q09; IMS market on track for growth
10/29/09 VoIP services bring in $21 billion for service providers in 1H09; strong demand continues
09/17/09 Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
08/24/09 IMS equipment market thriving; revenue up 108% in 2Q09, led by Ericsson, Huawei
08/24/09 Carrier VoIP equipment market stabilizes in 2Q09
08/11/09 IMS operator survey shows Huawei gaining and a shift toward video and mobile services
06/08/09 Strong quarter for IMS equipment; steep decline for carrier VoIP equipment market
06/03/09 Verizon Business tops Infonetics Research’s Business VoIP Services Leadership Matrix
05/05/09 RCS subscribers to hit 1.3 million in 2010, led by Western Europe
05/04/09 SIP trunking to grow at 89% CAGR to 2013; hosted UC taking off amid strong VoIP services growth
03/03/09 Emerging IMS equipment market up 94% in 2008, subscribers to triple in 2009
03/03/09 Carrier VoIP equipment down first time ever in 2008; Nortel, Sonus, Italtel post strong 4Q
11/20/08 Service provider VoIP market down 8% in 3Q08 as large telcos scale back
08/26/08 Session border controllers post first sequential decline ever; VoIP outlook still good
08/21/08 Carriers name Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens top IMS vendors
05/22/08 Nortel, Nokia Siemens neck and neck in media gateway/softswitch market in 1Q08
02/27/08 Very good year for carrier VoIP and IMS networking gear
   

   Broadband Access

01/31/12 Operators look to home automation to increase revenue and customer loyalty
12/19/11 Broadband CPE and home networking vendors make push towards premium services;
ZTE surges
12/13/11 Cable broadband equipment market up 14% from year-ago quarter; Cisco gains
12/13/11 Fixed broadband access equipment market set to peak in 2011
08/25/11 Healthy rebounds in DSL equipment market in Q2, Huawei and ZTE lead
08/25/11 CMTS and edge QAM sales up in Q2; Motorola gains CMTS share
08/04/11 Operators looking at next gen FTTH technologies will wait for prices to drop
08/04/11 GPON equipment investment in Europe, India and Middle East far outpaces subscribers
06/13/11 Broadband customer premise equipment up 3% in 1Q 2011, bucking seasonal trend
06/13/11 Home networking device sales up in a normally-down first quarter
05/23/11 Cisco widens global CMTS lead; record number of CMTS ports tempered by price declines
05/23/11 DSL equipment market plunges, PON jumps, as broadband market shifts from copper to fiber
04/14/11 High speed network port market to hit $52 billion in 2015 (1G, 10G, 40G, 100G)
04/07/11 Broadband CPE market continues shift to FTTH; Huawei leads
04/07/11 Home network market up as new devices create ‘digital homes’ and allow media sharing
04/07/11 Residential gateway survey shows strong support for IPTV; Comtrend, Cisco top vendor list
02/24/11 DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades push cable broadband equipment market up 23% in 2010
02/24/11 Broadband aggregation spending up 27% in 2010; Huawei expands lead
12/15/10 N. American carriers to reap $246B from residential video, voice, Internet services in 2010
11/18/10 Cable broadband equipment market down in 3Q10 after 12 months of strong growth
09/03/10 Cisco leads cable broadband equipment market to strong second quarter
08/18/10 Operators look to next gen FTTH technologies to solve bandwidth crunch; Acatel-Lucent, Calix, Huawei, Occam receive highest ratings
07/07/10 Broadband customer premise equipment down 13% in 1Q; big drop in ADSL CPE
07/01/10 Broadband, video, and mobile services fuel the residential services market
05/20/10 Latin American operators drive cable broadband equipment market to record quarter
05/10/10 Carriers, enterprises gobbling up 10G, 40G, 100G ports to handle exploding traffic
05/06/10 Asia Pacific PON equipment market up 38% in 2009, led by China
03/15/10 PON equipment tops $2 billion for first time; Huawei takes lead in broadband aggregation
03/15/10 DSL, cable broadband CPE market up 10%; strong growth expected for wideband devices
02/23/10 Cable broadband equipment market up 22% in 4Q09; ARRIS takes CMTS lead from Cisco in 2009
12/15/09 PON equipment market to top $2 billion for first time in 2009, led by China network rollouts
09/17/09 Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
09/08/09 DSL equipment market up 9% in 2Q09; Huawei and ZTE neck and neck
09/08/09 DSL and cable broadband CPE market up in 2Q, but slow subscriber growth clouds future
08/24/09 ARRIS takes lead in cable broadband market in 2Q09 for first time, Cisco down
08/06/09 Asia Pacific PON port shipments tripling 2008 to 2013
07/20/09 China’s appetite for broadband services creates world’s largest broadband aggregation hardware market
06/15/09 Cable broadband market bucks the trend, holding steady in 1Q; broadband CPE market down
06/11/09 Huawei takes lead from Alcatel-Lucent in DSL market; GPON market up, led by ALU, Huawei
03/20/09 10G/40G equipment racks up $10.8B in 2008 with no signs of slowing down
03/12/09 GPON market share race heats up, with Motorola challenging leader Alcatel-Lucent
03/09/09 Decent quarter in a bad year for broadband hardware market
03/09/09 Broadband CPE market dips in 4Q08; digital home gateways remain bright spot
02/20/09 Record high year for cable broadband market; Comcast to pass 65% of homes with DOCSIS 3.0 in 2009
12/22/08 PON market up 25% in 3Q as operators seek to max subscriber revenue, lower opex
11/24/08 CMTS market follows record quarter with big drop in 3Q08
11/11/08 Asia Pacific PON ports to rise 37% in 2008; government initiatives buoying future growth
10/30/08 GPON sales up 77% in 2Q08, driven by Verizon’s FiOS buildout
06/25/08 GPON sales up 33% in 1Q08
06/12/08 Digital home gateway shipments expected to more than double by 2011
06/12/08 Huawei overtakes ALU in IP DSLAM port share, neck and neck for revenue in 1Q08
06/12/08 Largest single quarter on record for CMTS in 1Q08
05/13/08 China buying more broadband aggregation hardware in run up to the Olympics
03/19/08 PON market jumps in 2007 as GPON prepares to take off in 2008, WDM-PON emerges
03/12/08 Broadband CPE market hits $4.6B in 2007
03/11/08 2007 final year of double-digit DSLAM growth
02/26/08 Cable broadband aggregation equipment market to hit $1.4B in 2011; sales up 13% in 4Q07
   

   Video

11/01/11 Satellite video and IPTV gaining fast on cable video; Netflix, Amazon threat insignificant so far
09/07/11 Video-on-demand servers up, video encoders down in 2Q11; growth to resume
09/07/11 Pace overtakes Motorola in pay-TV set-top box market in 2Q11; STB market to peak in 2011
07/21/11 IPTV services getting highly personalized, highly integrated, portable and on-demand
06/06/11 Pay-TV set-top box market down 10% in Q1; strong growth expected in hybrid STBs
05/16/11 Carriers identify critical IP set-top box features in new survey
05/16/11 Pay-TV services market hits $240 billion; subscribers still paying despite allure of free over-the-top
03/31/11 Slowdown in N. American digital cable and satellite subscribers hurts video infrastructure market
03/31/11 Netflix, Hulu drive big jump in over-the-top media server market; set-top box demand is up
12/15/10 N. American carriers to reap $246B from residential video, voice, Internet services in 2010
07/01/10 Broadband, video, and mobile services fuel the residential services market
06/29/10 Pay-TV operators pause investments as subscribers slow, and competition accelerates
06/01/10 Video services market expected to top $250 billion in 2014
04/08/10 Cable and IPTV telco operators aggressively investing in video on demand servers
01/05/10 IPTV and video equipment and service markets hampered by slowing subscriber growth
09/17/09 Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
08/18/09 Mobile video phone sales surge; paid services and revenue do not
07/08/09 Video on-demand server revenue tripling by 2013
03/18/09 HD arms race boosts IPTV equipment spending; IPTV subscribers growing fast
12/22/08 IPTV and switched digital video equipment sales up 6% in 3Q08
10/28/08 Investment in IPTV equipment continues despite subscriber slowdown
06/24/08 Mobile video phone sales hit $99B in 2007; ads to play major role in service profitability
06/24/08 IPTV middleware spending spree expected
05/21/08 Interoperability issues nag IPTV service providers
03/19/08 IPTV and switched digital video equipment market to reach $9.8B in 2011
   

   Next Gen OSS and Policy

12/02/11 Telecom operators rate policy vendors in new Infonetics survey;
Tekelec, Openet named top players
12/02/11 Convergent charging passes the billion-dollar mark in 2011, up 42%
12/02/11 Subscriber data management market set to jump 55% in 2011 to $563 million
10/25/11 Millions opting into shared data plans represent huge opportunity for mobile operators
10/18/11 Mobile operators fueling hockey-stick growth in standalone deep packet inspection market
09/30/11 Amdocs acquisition of Bridgewater changes policy management game; $1.6B market by 2015
08/31/11 Service delivery platform (SDP) market forecast to hit $5.16 billion by 2015
08/02/11 Convergent charging gets sophisticated; carriers name Amdocs, Ericsson top vendors
07/14/11 Competition heating up in policy management market as role of policy evolves
06/14/11 Strong convergent charging market driven by payment flexibility, service innovation
06/03/11 Infonetics carrier survey: SDP deployment drivers basic but edging toward more sophisticated applications
05/05/11 Subscriber data management market big in Europe, growing fast in all regions
04/20/11 Standalone deep packet inspection (DPI) market to top $2 billion by 2015
03/29/11 Policy management market up 48% year-over-year, quadrupling by 2015
03/07/11 Huawei, Ericsson, Oracle lead fast-growing service delivery platform (SDP) market
12/08/10 Comverse, Ericsson neck and neck in fast-growing convergent charging market
12/08/10 Standalone deep packet inspection (DPI) market to surge to $1.5 billion by 2014
11/01/10 Subscriber data management market to hit $1.5 billion by 2014
10/29/10 Operators turning to policy management for much more than bandwidth control
09/27/10 Policy management market on track to hit $471 million in 2010
08/30/10 Mobile apps, third-party developers, cloud services drive SDP market
08/10/10 Operators launch services faster with Subscriber Data Management (SDM)
07/27/10 Service delivery platforms going mainstream
06/09/10 Convergent charging market a $2.6 billion opportunity in 2014
05/12/10 Telecom operators ramp investment in subscriber data management to address pain points
03/25/10 Policy server market up 65% in 2009, forecast to hit $1.4 billion in 2014
03/08/10 Service delivery platform market to hit $4.6 billion by 2014, driven by mobile ads, app stores
01/25/10 Sandvine, Cisco, Allot lead fast-growing standalone deep packet inspection (DPI) market
12/17/09 Operators expected to spend nearly $800 million on subscriber data management by 2013
11/17/09 Mobile advertising, app stores driving service delivery platform market
10/22/09 Deployment activity picking up in fast-growing policy server market
10/07/09 Oracle, IBM receive high marks from service providers in service delivery platform survey
07/06/09 Operators increasing spending on subscriber data management to improve bottom line
06/02/09 Service delivery platform sales doubling by 2013
04/20/09 Next 12 to 18 months critical for policy server vendors
12/18/08 Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent lead fast growing service delivery platform market
12/18/08 Subscriber data management market up 21% in 2008, will surge during downturn
11/19/08 Policy server market a bright spot in the hunkering-down telecom sector
07/16/08 Service providers turning to subscriber data management to realize new revenue opportunities
06/03/08 Service delivery platforms "fundamental to telcos' futures"
05/20/08 Policy server market taking off, quickly transitioning to must-have status
   

   Carrier Routing, Switching, and Ethernet

11/22/11 Infonetics Research ups its Carrier Ethernet equipment forecast to $40.2 billion by 2015
11/22/11 Cisco storms back in IP Edge market, Huawei posts biggest loss
08/26/11 Cisco continues to lose share in IP edge market; overall carrier router/switch market up 14%
07/28/11 Survey confirms carriers want to integrate IPoDWDM and OTN optics into routers
07/28/11 Majority of carriers plan IPv6 in 2011; caching, CDN critical to reduce traffic loads
07/28/11 Service providers capitalize on Ethernet, IP MPLS VPN services; $78B market by 2015
07/14/11 How Carrier Ethernet solves the challenges of LTE mobile backhaul
05/26/11 Carrier Ethernet equipment market outpaces telecom capex; on track to hit $37.5B in 2015
05/25/11 Carrier router and switch market back on track, up 10% year-over-year
04/14/11 High speed network port market to hit $52 billion in 2015 (1G, 10G, 40G, 100G)
04/12/11 Small cell backhaul deployments driven by capacity, coverage, quality; all-IP/Ethernet backhaul imminent
02/21/11 Alcatel-Lucent jumps to #2 in IP router market; carrier routers/switches up 20.5% in 2010
11/16/10 Carrier router and switch market up 21% year-over-year, led by North America
08/25/10 North America drives growth in carrier router and switch market in 2Q10
08/04/10 Carrier demand growing for IPoDWDM and OTN on routers to save costs
06/23/10 Ethernet services market gets boost from new Ethernet Exchanges, mobile backhaul
05/26/10 Cisco leads carrier switch and router market to small gain in North America in 1Q10
05/10/10 Carriers, enterprises gobbling up 10G, 40G, 100G ports to handle exploding traffic
05/04/10 Carrier Ethernet market is booming
04/21/10 Shift seen in operator strategy for mobile backhaul; equipment spending up 21%
02/18/10 Carrier switch and router market up 17% in 4Q09, down 12% in 2009
12/23/09 40G vs. 100G optical technology battle will be decided by cost; 10G remains tough competitor
09/28/09 Carrier Ethernet equipment market projected to reach $34 billion in 2013
08/20/09 Carrier switch and router market bounces off the bottom with a 7% gain in 2Q09
08/20/09 Carriers rank Juniper top in IP edge routers, Cisco top in carrier Ethernet switches in new survey
08/12/09 New survey names carriers' biggest IP/Ethernet backhaul challenges
08/04/09 Ethernet and IP MPLS VPN services growing in the face of downturn
05/28/09 Cautious carriers pull back on router and switch spending
04/06/09 Carrier Ethernet market defying downturn
03/20/09 10G/40G equipment racks up $10.8B in 2008 with no signs of slowing down
02/27/09 Great year for service provider router market, but 4Q showed signs of downturn
12/10/08 Service providers lean toward MPLS-TP over PBB-TE in new packet transport survey
12/04/08 Worldwide service provider switch and IP router market down 4% to $3.3 billion in 3Q08
09/03/08 Big quarter for IP router vendors Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Fujitsu, Foundry, NEC
07/09/08 Ethernet and MPLS continue to eat into legacy services; mid-band Ethernet grows 120% by 2011
06/04/08 IP router sales up in a usually down quarter
05/06/08 Metro Ethernet equipment sales up 27% in 2007, more carriers using and testing
02/26/08 Service provider router and switch sales hit all-time high in 2007, led by Cisco, Juniper
01/08/08 Carriers report 90-100% increase in Ethernet traffic
   

   Optical

01/12/12 100G is unstoppable, indicate carriers in Infonetics Research survey about 40G/100G WDM transition plans
11/15/11 Operators name Ciena top optical equipment vendor in new survey
11/15/11 Huawei expands lead, Cisco shines in weak quarter for optical network equipment market
10/31/11 Optical transceiver market up 35% in 1H11 over 1H10; 100G ramp-up will be faster than 40G
10/06/11 ROADM WSS component market contracts in 1H11, causing big vendor market share shift
08/11/11 Optical network hardware gains 21% year-over-year in Q2, Huawei and ZTE surge
07/14/11 The 100 Gigabit era is approaching fast as carriers ‘reboot’ their optical networks
05/17/11 Mixed quarter for optical network hardware vendors; global market set to rise
05/11/11 Optical transceiver market rockets to $1.2B in 2010, forecast to hit $2.8B by 2015
05/11/11 ROADM WSS component market on pace for 20% annual growth through 2015
05/11/11 EMEA optical network hardware market expected to turn around in 2011
05/11/11 OTN survey reveals huge shift in carrier plans for optical switching
04/14/11 High speed network port market to hit $52 billion in 2015 (1G, 10G, 40G, 100G)
02/15/11 EMEA optical network hardware market up 25% in 4Q10
11/15/10 Carriers see Ciena as 100G optical technology leader - a new optical survey
11/15/10 Optical network hardware market up 16% in the West, Asia slowdown accelerating
10/27/10 40G, 100G optical transceiver market will be dominated by in-house vendors
09/28/10 95% growth in ROADM wavelength selective switch (WSS) components in 1H10 vs. 1H09
08/16/10 Optical market recovery continues in all regions but EMEA; Fujitsu, Tellabs post strong P-OTS revenue gains
08/03/10 Packet-optical transport system operator survey reveals importance of OTN switching
06/03/10 EMEA optical network hardware market on track for 12% recovery in 2010
05/17/10 Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei continue tight race for leadership in optical network hardware market
05/10/10 Carriers, enterprises gobbling up 10G, 40G, 100G ports to handle exploding traffic
05/06/10 10G/40G/100G optical transceivers to hit $1.44B by 2014, driven by SFP+ and tunable XFP
04/26/10 Asia optical network hardware market resilient during recession, but slowdown looms
03/30/10 Finisar takes lead from JDSU in ROADM component (WSS) market in 2H09
02/15/10 Optical network hardware market up 5% in 4Q09, buoyed by gains in N. America and EMEA
12/23/09 40G vs. 100G optical technology battle will be decided by cost; 10G remains tough competitor
12/07/09 North American optical network hardware market on the rebound, Asia slowing
11/12/09 WSS component market exploding due to aggressive carrier deployments of ROADMs
10/13/09 Carriers rank Nortel as top 40G/100G technology leader in optical equipment vendor survey
08/17/09 Optical network hardware market hits bottom in North America; EMEA region weakens
07/09/09 ZTE, NEC take share in Asia optical network hardware market; ZTE passes Alcatel-Lucent
05/14/09 Huawei takes the lead in optical network hardware market in 1Q09
04/24/09 $1 of every $7 spent on optical equipment is by verticals other than service providers
03/20/09 10G/40G equipment racks up $10.8B in 2008 with no signs of slowing down
02/27/09 Optical network hardware market up 5% 4Q08, with biggest gains by Huawei, ZTE, Nortel
01/13/09 Finance, government, other non-service providers buying more optical gear
12/10/08 Service providers lean toward MPLS-TP over PBB-TE in new packet transport survey
12/03/08 Packet Optical Transport Systems up 4% in 3Q08; WDM, SONET/SDH down
10/23/08 Packet optical transport and 40G represent big opportunity for non-incumbent vendors
08/27/08 Optical network hardware sales jump 14% in 2Q, driven by Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, ZTE
06/12/08 New white paper evaluates if/when service providers should upgrade to 40G
06/04/08 92% sequential jump in WDM optical spending in CALA region in 1Q08
04/09/08 China investing heavily in optical network gear to boost telecommunications capacity
03/27/08 Internet content providers like Google buying growing portion of optical gear
02/28/08 Spectacular year for optical network hardware market
   

   Service Provider Outsourcing
   Service Provider Capex and Subscribers
   Data Center and Cloud
   Security

12/21/11 DDoS prevention market up 52% in 2011, mobile networks deployments driving growth
12/21/11 Service provider security plans, views on security vendors revealed in new survey
12/21/11 Virtual security appliance market up 57% in 2011, driven by cloud and data center buildouts
12/06/11 Juniper jumps back to 2nd in network security market; Cisco gains; market up 6%
12/06/11 Turmoil among top content security players creates unique opportunity for leadership change
12/06/11 Smaller vendors driving growth in the NAC appliance market
10/27/11 Smartphone hacking fueling big growth in mobile security client software sales
09/27/11 Managed security services hot despite cool economy due to growing threats, mobile devices, move to cloud
08/30/11 Enterprise security survey underscores trend toward hybrid CPE/cloud security solutions
08/30/11 Network and content security markets rebound in 2Q11, outlook for 3Q11 is positive; strong quarter for Cisco
07/20/11 Cloud deployments and vendor consolidation drive virtual security appliance market
07/20/11 Cisco tops Infonetics Research’s web security SaaS scorecard
07/20/11 Intrusion prevention system (IPS) survey highlights move to integrated solutions
06/02/11 Seasonal lull hits security markets in 1Q11; threats continue to rise
05/10/11 Google and Symantec top Infonetics Research’s messaging security SaaS scorecard
05/10/11 NAC appliance market rebounds, but standalone appliances remain niche opportunity
04/26/11 Growing mobile security threats drive security client software sales
04/05/11 Security spending for virtualized environments to spike; Microsoft, Cisco, VMware early brand leaders
04/05/11 Vendors and providers jockey for position in cloud/SaaS market; total market nears $17B in 2015
03/03/11 Threat trends, media coverage boost security markets; more buyers looking at cloud solutions
02/03/11 Room for niche players in security client software market, buyer survey shows
12/02/10 Cisco’s 30% bump in content security revenue drives overall market; network security market flat
11/17/10 NAC appliance market to grow 84% by 2014, despite standalone-to-integrated transition
10/21/10 Service providers increasing security spending through 2012
10/21/10 Mobile security client software market up 16% in Q2, huge growth expected in 2010 and beyond
09/16/10 Content security gateway market up in Q2, led by McAfee (soon to be Intel?)
09/16/10 Network security market up in Q2, led by strong gains by Juniper, Check Point, Cisco
09/16/10 Security SaaS propelling managed security services market to strong growth
09/16/10 Security survey shows businesses want hybrid CPE/SaaS solutions, integrated devices
07/06/10 Intrusion prevention system (IPS) vendor ratings survey confirms Cisco’s top-dog status
06/15/10 Virtual security market up 119% year-over-year in 1Q10, forecast to hit $1.6 billion in 2014
06/02/10 Content security market up in Q1; Juniper back in 2nd place in network security market
05/13/10 NAC enforcement appliance market on the come-back trail
04/20/10 Security client software market up in a down year, with more growth coming
03/29/10 Security SaaS market worth the hype: up 70% in 2009
03/09/10 Strong growth expected for security appliance and software markets; Cisco, Check Point surge
12/10/09 Carriers rate security vendors, enterprises discuss virtual security in two new surveys
12/10/09 Network access control (NAC) market hits $37 million in 3Q09, down 6%
12/02/09 Network security market up 7%, led by strong Cisco and Juniper sales
12/02/09 Content security gateway market up 5% in 3Q09; expecting strong close to 2009
11/20/09 Network access control has evolved significantly, worth a fresh look (white paper)
11/10/09 Content security survey: complexity drives cloud deployments; Cisco top vendor
09/15/09 Network security market shows signs of stabilization and growth in 2Q09
09/15/09 Cisco, McAfee, and Juniper top intrusion prevention vendor ratings by enterprise IPS users
08/26/09 Content security market up in 2Q09; vendors optimistic about 2H09 spending
08/13/09 Security SaaS survey shows McAfee, ScanSafe, Qualys lead in brand awareness
07/08/09 Mobile security client software market to hit $1.6 billion in 2013
06/25/09 Content security market maintains growth in a quarter that decimated many IT segments
06/25/09 Network security market feeling the pinch, down 16% in 1Q09
06/25/09 NAC market down but not out
06/25/09 Most companies deploying NAC say the economy will not derail their 2009 spending plans
06/25/09 SaaS drives breakout growth in managed security market
03/19/09 Enterprises relying on smartphone OS for security may be vulnerable to Internet threats
03/04/09 Network security market up 8% in 2008 to $5.5 billion, led by Cisco
03/04/09 Content security market up 25% in 2008, well insulated from global economic crisis
12/17/08 NAC enforcement appliance market up 9% in 3Q08; forecast to hit $534M by 2011
12/15/08 Mobile security market to hit $889M in 2011, driven by backhaul and data center upgrades
12/11/08 Content security market faring well despite, and because of, economic turmoil
12/02/08 Network security market up 4%; strong drivers counteract economic downturn
09/10/08 Proliferation of spam and malicious code threats drive security market in 2Q08
09/10/08 Websense, Symantec lead content security market; Cisco hot on their trail
07/14/08 Cisco scores highest in new NAC user ratings; competition is close
07/07/08 Managed security market up 21%; managed encrypted VPN market flat in 2007
06/17/08 Reports of NAC’s death have been greatly exaggerated; market up 16% in 1Q08
06/05/08 Content security market up in 1Q despite uncertain economy
06/04/08 Network security market softer than usual in North America in 1Q08
03/19/08 Content security gateway sales hit $1.6B in 2007
03/19/08 Network security market up 20% in 2007 to $5.2B
   

   Enterprise Networking

12/08/11 Wireless LAN equipment sales hit new high in 3Q11
12/08/11 Cisco sees revival in Ethernet switches; enterprise routers up 5% in 3Q11
09/21/11 Wireless LAN equipment market hits record high in second quarter
09/21/11 Cisco / HP battle heats up in Ethernet switch and enterprise router markets
06/10/11 Enterprise networking equipment markets down in 1Q11
06/10/11 Network attached storage (NAS) appliance market to double by 2015
04/14/11 High speed network port market to hit $52 billion in 2015 (1G, 10G, 40G, 100G)
03/02/11 Ethernet switches and WLAN blow past pre-recession highs; enterprise routers disappoint
12/07/10 Record year ahead for Ethernet switching; enterprise routers up big in US, China, Japan
12/07/10 Wireless LAN equipment market up 14% in 3Q10, led by N. America and EMEA regions
05/19/10 Ethernet switch market nears pre-recession highs; enterprise router recovery taking shape
05/10/10 Carriers, enterprises gobbling up 10G, 40G, 100G ports to handle exploding traffic
03/18/10 Recovery well underway in Ethernet switch, enterprise router, wireless LAN markets
02/08/10 Security high, cloud services low on enterprise data center priority list – new survey
09/01/09 Ethernet switch and enterprise router markets continue to rebound
09/01/09 Enterprise router market stabilizing in North America
08/31/09 Ethernet switch market rebounds in 2Q09
06/22/09 Dependent access points weather the stormy wireless LAN equipment market in 1Q09
06/22/09 Flight to value drives Ethernet switch market declines
06/22/09 WAN optimization market down, but faring better than other networking segments
03/20/09 10G/40G equipment racks up $10.8B in 2008 with no signs of slowing down
03/11/09 Motorola sneaking up on Aruba in Cisco-dominated wireless LAN space
03/05/09 WAN optimization market passes $1 billion in 2008, up 29%; enterprise router market down
02/23/09 A few surprises in the Ethernet switch market in 4Q08
12/16/08 Enterprise router and WAN optimization markets flat in 3Q08
12/16/08 Ethernet switches up 4% in 3Q08; Cisco, D-Link, NETGEAR, Linksys post strong results
12/16/08 Slowdown forecast for wireless LAN equipment market after increase in 2008
06/05/08 WAN optimization market eases up in 1Q08; enterprise routers hold steady
6/05/08 10G Ethernet shines during sleepy Q1 switch market
03/05/08 WAN optimization market up 71%, enterprise routers hit $4.3B in 2007
03/05/08 Ethernet switch market up 9% to $17B in 2007; application switches pass $1B mark
   

   Enterprise Voice, Video, and Unified Communication

11/28/11 PBX market continues its slow, steady recovery in 3Q11, up 5.5%
11/10/11 Operators name Acme Packet top SBC vendor; SIP trunking, interconnection driving SBC market
10/13/11 Enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment a $5.4 billion market by 2015
10/05/11 Infonetics Research ups its VoIP services forecast to $76 billion by 2015, driven by SIP trunking, hosted business VoIP
10/05/11 Unified communications survey shows Microsoft and Cisco lead, mobility key, video growing
08/17/11 Avaya extends lead in PBX market, Asia up 29% year-over-year
06/29/11 IMS survey on services, equipment and vendors shows growing momentum for mobile services
05/19/11 PBX market’s steady recovery continues; move to IP accelerates; Cisco leads UC
04/21/11 SIP trunking drives 70% jump in enterprise session border controller market
03/24/11 Enterprise video conferencing and telepresence market more than doubling by 2015
02/23/11 Enterprise telephony market hits 3rd straight quarter of growth; Avaya edges Cisco
11/05/10 Unified communications gaining appeal among North American enterprises
07/08/10 Enterprise session border controller market up 53% in 2009, strong growth ahead
07/08/10 SIP trunking gaining on T1 lines as companies seek efficiency
06/28/10 Cisco and Avaya battle for supremacy in enterprise telephony market
04/01/10 Trend toward hosted and business VoIP services seen across three new reports
01/14/10 Unified communication market to top $1 billion by 2013; Microsoft, Cisco, AT&T top vendors in new survey
10/27/09 SIP trunking on the rise: new survey
08/26/09 North American enterprise phone systems sales up 12% in 2Q09
07/16/09 Cisco leads fastest growing segment of UC market
06/18/09 Tumultuous first quarter for enterprise telephony market; Cisco still leads
06/16/09 Burgeoning enterprise SBC market set to grow an average of 49% annually through 2013
06/10/09 Survey shows companies are not slashing voice communications budgets
02/25/09 Cisco takes lead in 2008 enterprise telephony market; ALU, Shoretel sole 4Q08 winners
01/05/09 IP contact center market up 37%, UC market mixed in 2008
12/11/08 Cisco grabs lead in enterprise telephony market for first time; market up 8% in 3Q08
06/23/08 Unified communications and IP contact center markets up 22%
05/27/08 Enterprise telephony market up 26% in Asia Pacific, down in North America in 1Q08
05/14/08 Small business = big PBX opportunity
04/24/08 Cisco, Microsoft locked in battle for unified communications market
02/28/08 Enterprise telephony market tops $9.6 billion in 2007, IP phone shipments up 29%
   

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