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   Mobile and Wireless

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 Brutal first quarter for the mobile infrastructure market
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
   

   FMC and Femtocell
   Mobile Backhaul and Microwave
   Service Provider VoIP and IMS

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

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
   

   IPTV and Video
   Next Gen OSS and Policy

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
   

   Service Provider Outsourcing
   Services and Subscribers
   Service Provider Capex and Subscribers
   Carrier Routing, Switching, and Ethernet

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

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
   

   Data Center and Storage Networking
   Security

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

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 VoIP and UC

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%
   

   Network Downtime
   Telecom and Datacom Equipment Totals
   Corporate News

"Ericsson and NEC together garner nearly half of all microwave equipment revenue in 3Q09."

Richard Webb, Directing Analyst
Microwave Equipment, Infonetics Research

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