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Mobile and Wireless

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
9/17/09	Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
9/14/09	Mobile broadband cards expected to be an $8.4 billion market by 2013
9/9/09	Mobile broadband services expected to more than double by 2013
9/17/09	Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
8/27/09	WiMAX equipment market defies recession, jumps 12% in 2Q09
8/27/09	W-CDMA equipment up 21% in 2Q, driven by 3G rollouts, smartphones, data card upgrades
7/30/09	WiMAX growing in India, Russia, Brazil, driven by basic broadband needs and VoIP
6/30/09	Huawei and ZTE cause major shakeup in mobile infrastructure market
6/30/09	Operator survey shows market reality of WiMAX services; VoIP a key component
6/30/09	Alvarion consolidates lead in WiMAX equipment market
4/06/09	LTE infrastructure market primed to hit $5 billion in 2013
3/26/09	Smartphone sales buck the recession
3/17/09	Recession isn’t holding back mobile broadband subscribers
3/5/09	Record year for GSM rollouts, more to come with massive 3G buildouts in China, India
2/26/09	Mobile WiMAX market up 5% in 4Q08; Cisco, Huawei begin challenging market leaders
1/15/09	"Perfect storm" forcing mobile operators to upgrade networks and business models
1/21/09	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
9/08/08	Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola runaway leaders in mobile WiMAX market
9/04/08	Ericsson, Nokia Siemens widen RAN market lead; mobile softswitch market up 33%
8/19/08	India vital to WiMAX fortunes; Brazil, other regions also key
6/24/08	WiMAX equipment sales jump 59%, Motorola takes the lead in worldwide market share in 1Q
6/23/08	Ericsson widens lead in RAN market; mobile core and soft MSC segments shine
3/27/08	Mobile data card sales nearly quadrupling, data subscribers to hit 144M by 2011
3/10/08	Rocky year ahead for RAN market; strong growth in mobile core and soft MSC markets
2/28/08	WiMAX equipment market up 46% in 2007, forecast to hit $7.7B in 2011

FMC and Femtocell

10/15/09	FMC and femtocell equipment forecast to hit $7.4 billion in 2013
03/19/09	FMC and femtocell equipment markets poised to take off in face of downturn
10/27/08	HSPA expected to drive femtocell market; operators taking cautious approach
10/27/08	FMC phones hit $7.6B in 2Q08; FMC network elements on target to grow 82% in 2008
4/22/08	Femtocell access point market: great potential, tough hurdles
4/11/08	T-Mobile USA, Orange heat up FMC infrastructure market; dual mode cellular/WiFi phones hit $27B in 2007

Mobile Backhaul and Microwave

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
9/14/09	Ericsson and NEC neck and neck in growing microwave equipment market
5/27/09	Mobile backhaul equipment market growing fast, with no letup in sight
5/14/09	Microwave equipment market hits $4.9 billion in 2008, led by Ericsson and NEC
3/10/09	Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, NEC lead fast growing microwave equipment market
11/06/08	Ethernet microwave spending surges as operators upgrade mobile backhaul networks
5/12/08	Mobile backhaul equipment market set to skyrocket due to exploding mobile data/video use

Service Provider VoIP and IMS

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
9/17/09	Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
8/24/09	IMS equipment market thriving; revenue up 108% in 2Q09, led by Ericsson, Huawei
8/24/09	Carrier VoIP equipment market stabilizes in 2Q09
8/11/09	IMS operator survey shows Huawei gaining and a shift toward video and mobile services
6/08/09	Strong quarter for IMS equipment; steep decline for carrier VoIP equipment market
6/03/09	Verizon Business tops Infonetics Research’s Business VoIP Services Leadership Matrix
5/05/09	RCS subscribers to hit 1.3 million in 2010, led by Western Europe
5/04/09	SIP trunking to grow at 89% CAGR to 2013; hosted UC taking off amid strong VoIP services growth
3/03/09	Emerging IMS equipment market up 94% in 2008, subscribers to triple in 2009
3/03/09	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
8/26/08	Session border controllers post first sequential decline ever; VoIP outlook still good
8/21/08	Carriers name Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens top IMS vendors
5/22/08	Nortel, Nokia Siemens neck and neck in media gateway/softswitch market in 1Q08
2/27/08	Very good year for carrier VoIP and IMS networking gear

Broadband

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
9/17/09	Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
9/8/09	DSL equipment market up 9% in 2Q09; Huawei and ZTE neck and neck
9/8/09	DSL and cable broadband CPE market up in 2Q, but slow subscriber growth clouds future
8/24/09	ARRIS takes lead in cable broadband market in 2Q09 for first time, Cisco down
8/6/09	Asia Pacific PON port shipments tripling 2008 to 2013
7/20/09	China’s appetite for broadband services creates world’s largest broadband aggregation hardware market
6/15/09	Cable broadband market bucks the trend, holding steady in 1Q; broadband CPE market down
6/11/09	Huawei takes lead from Alcatel-Lucent in DSL market; GPON market up, led by ALU, Huawei
3/12/09	GPON market share race heats up, with Motorola challenging leader Alcatel-Lucent
3/9/09	Decent quarter in a bad year for broadband hardware market
3/9/09	Broadband CPE market dips in 4Q08; digital home gateways remain bright spot
2/20/09	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
6/25/08	GPON sales up 33% in 1Q08
6/12/08	Digital home gateway shipments expected to more than double by 2011
6/12/08	Huawei overtakes ALU in IP DSLAM port share, neck and neck for revenue in 1Q08
6/12/08	Largest single quarter on record for CMTS in 1Q08
5/13/08	China buying more broadband aggregation hardware in run up to the Olympics
3/19/08	PON market jumps in 2007 as GPON prepares to take off in 2008, WDM-PON emerges
3/12/08	Broadband CPE market hits $4.6B in 2007
3/11/08	2007 final year of double-digit DSLAM growth
2/26/08	Cable broadband aggregation equipment market to hit $1.4B in 2011; sales up 13% in 4Q07

IPTV and Video

1/05/10	IPTV and video equipment and service markets hampered by slowing subscriber growth
9/17/09	Residential voice, video and data services to hit $300 billion by 2013
8/18/09	Mobile video phone sales surge; paid services and revenue do not
7/8/09	Video on-demand server revenue tripling by 2013
3/18/09	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
6/24/08	Mobile video phone sales hit $99B in 2007; ads to play major role in service profitability
6/24/08	IPTV middleware spending spree expected
5/21/08	Interoperability issues nag IPTV service providers
3/19/08	IPTV and switched digital video equipment market to reach $9.8B in 2011

Next Gen OSS and Policy

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
10/7/09	Oracle, IBM receive high marks from service providers in service delivery platform survey
7/6/09	Operators increasing spending on subscriber data management to improve bottom line
6/2/09	Service delivery platform sales doubling by 2013
4/20/09	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
7/16/08	Service providers turning to subscriber data management to realize new revenue opportunities
6/3/08	Service delivery platforms "fundamental to telcos' futures"
5/20/08	Policy server market taking off, quickly transitioning to must-have status

Services and Subscribers

11/03/09	Mobile subscribers to hit 5.9 billion in 2013, driven by China, India, Africa
8/6/08	Mobile subscribers to hit 5.2B in 2011, access lines slowing everywhere but CALA
5/07/09	Telecom carriers spent $62 billion on outsourced services in 2008, with plans to increase
5/1/08	Telecom carriers spent $57B on outsourced services in 2007

Service Provider Capex and Subscribers

11/19/09	2009 marks first year in short disinvestment cycle for telecom carriers
5/18/09	Hike in telecom carrier capex expected in 2H09, though overall capex still down in 2009
11/20/08	Telecom carriers entering global economic crisis on solid ground; tough road ahead
7/7/08	China and India lead worldwide telecom carrier capex and revenue growth

Carrier Routing, Switching, and Ethernet

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
9/28/09	Carrier Ethernet equipment market projected to reach $34 billion in 2013
8/20/09	Carrier switch and router market bounces off the bottom with a 7% gain in 2Q09
8/20/09	Carriers rank Juniper top in IP edge routers, Cisco top in carrier Ethernet switches in new survey
8/12/09	New survey names carriers' biggest IP/Ethernet backhaul challenges
8/4/09	Ethernet and IP MPLS VPN services growing in the face of downturn
5/28/09	Cautious carriers pull back on router and switch spending
4/06/09	Carrier Ethernet market defying downturn
2/27/09	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
9/03/08	Big quarter for IP router vendors Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Fujitsu, Foundry, NEC
7/9/08	Ethernet and MPLS continue to eat into legacy services; mid-band Ethernet grows 120% by 2011
6/4/08	IP router sales up in a usually down quarter
5/6/08	Metro Ethernet equipment sales up 27% in 2007, more carriers using and testing
2/26/08	Service provider router and switch sales hit all-time high in 2007, led by Cisco, Juniper
1/08/08	Carriers report 90-100% increase in Ethernet traffic

Optical

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
8/17/09	Optical network hardware market hits bottom in North America; EMEA region weakens
7/9/09	ZTE, NEC take share in Asia optical network hardware market; ZTE passes Alcatel-Lucent
5/14/09	Huawei takes the lead in optical network hardware market in 1Q09
4/24/09	$1 of every $7 spent on optical equipment is by verticals other than service providers
2/27/09	Optical network hardware market up 5% 4Q08, with biggest gains by Huawei, ZTE, Nortel
1/13/09	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
12/3/08	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
8/27/08	Optical network hardware sales jump 14% in 2Q, driven by Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, ZTE
6/12/08	New white paper evaluates if/when service providers should upgrade to 40G
6/4/08	92% sequential jump in WDM optical spending in CALA region in 1Q08
4/9/08	China investing heavily in optical network gear to boost telecommunications capacity
3/27/08	Internet content providers like Google buying growing portion of optical gear
2/28/08	Spectacular year for optical network hardware market

Data Center and Storage Networking

Security

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%
12/2/09	Network security market up 7%, led by strong Cisco and Juniper sales
12/2/09	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
9/15/09	Network security market shows signs of stabilization and growth in 2Q09
9/15/09	Cisco, McAfee, and Juniper top intrusion prevention vendor ratings by enterprise IPS users
8/26/09	Content security market up in 2Q09; vendors optimistic about 2H09 spending
8/13/09	Security SaaS survey shows McAfee, ScanSafe, Qualys lead in brand awareness
7/8/09	Mobile security client software market to hit $1.6 billion in 2013
6/25/09	Content security market maintains growth in a quarter that decimated many IT segments
6/25/09	Network security market feeling the pinch, down 16% in 1Q09
6/25/09	NAC market down but not out
6/25/09	Most companies deploying NAC say the economy will not derail their 2009 spending plans
6/25/09	SaaS drives breakout growth in managed security market
3/19/09	Enterprises relying on smartphone OS for security may be vulnerable to Internet threats
3/04/09	Network security market up 8% in 2008 to $5.5 billion, led by Cisco
3/04/09	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
12/2/08	Network security market up 4%; strong drivers counteract economic downturn
9/10/08	Proliferation of spam and malicious code threats drive security market in 2Q08
9/10/08	Websense, Symantec lead content security market; Cisco hot on their trail
7/14/08	Cisco scores highest in new NAC user ratings; competition is close
7/7/08	Managed security market up 21%; managed encrypted VPN market flat in 2007
6/17/08	Reports of NAC’s death have been greatly exaggerated; market up 16% in 1Q08
6/05/08	Content security market up in 1Q despite uncertain economy
6/04/08	Network security market softer than usual in North America in 1Q08
3/19/08	Content security gateway sales hit $1.6B in 2007
3/19/08	Network security market up 20% in 2007 to $5.2B

Enterprise Networking

02/08/10	Security high, cloud services low on enterprise data center priority list – new survey
9/1/09	Ethernet switch and enterprise router markets continue to rebound
9/1/09	Enterprise router market stabilizing in North America
8/31/09	Ethernet switch market rebounds in 2Q09
6/22/09	Dependent access points weather the stormy wireless LAN equipment market in 1Q09
6/22/09	Flight to value drives Ethernet switch market declines
6/22/09	WAN optimization market down, but faring better than other networking segments
3/11/09	Motorola sneaking up on Aruba in Cisco-dominated wireless LAN space
3/05/09	WAN optimization market passes $1 billion in 2008, up 29%; enterprise router market down
2/23/09	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
6/05/08	WAN optimization market eases up in 1Q08; enterprise routers hold steady
6/05/08	10G Ethernet shines during sleepy Q1 switch market
3/05/08	WAN optimization market up 71%, enterprise routers hit $4.3B in 2007
3/05/08	Ethernet switch market up 9% to $17B in 2007; application switches pass $1B mark

Enterprise VoIP and UC

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
8/26/09	North American enterprise phone systems sales up 12% in 2Q09
7/16/09	Cisco leads fastest growing segment of UC market
6/18/09	Tumultuous first quarter for enterprise telephony market; Cisco still leads
6/16/09	Burgeoning enterprise SBC market set to grow an average of 49% annually through 2013
6/10/09	Survey shows companies are not slashing voice communications budgets
2/25/09	Cisco takes lead in 2008 enterprise telephony market; ALU, Shoretel sole 4Q08 winners
1/05/09	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
6/23/08	Unified communications and IP contact center markets up 22%
5/27/08	Enterprise telephony market up 26% in Asia Pacific, down in North America in 1Q08
5/14/08	Small business = big PBX opportunity
4/24/08	Cisco, Microsoft locked in battle for unified communications market
2/28/08	Enterprise telephony market tops $9.6 billion in 2007, IP phone shipments up 29%

Network Downtime

3/09/06	Medium businesses lose $867,000 a year to network downtime

Telecom and Datacom Equipment Totals

7/14/09	Recovery expected in 2010 for telecom/datacom equipment market; Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson lead market
5/07/09	Telecom carriers spent $62 billion on outsourced services in 2008, with plans to increase
7/22/08	Telecom/datacom equipment sales hit $139B in 2007; Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson neck and neck in carrier space, Cisco dominates enterprise space

Corporate News

3416/09	Infonetics Research welcomes OSS and policy analyst Shira Levine
3/23/09	Infonetics Research welcomes optical analyst Andrew Schmitt

"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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