According to DITTBERNER's "Service Provider Switch and Router Market Analysis", overall carrier grade market router revenue posted a 21% annual increase for 2008, surpassing $11 B.
The top five router vendors in order were: Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson.
Here's what the report authors had to say:
Even with the expectation of a decline in fixed line broadband access shipments this year, Dittberner had originally expected a 30% increase in router revenue for 2008. This was because flat growth in new broadband subscribers would be offset by an increase in bandwidth per user due to the growth in video traffic. Router revenue came in at $11.3 B, a 21% annual increase, which was less than the forecast, but a healthy increase none-the-less.
Dittberner expects 10% revenue growth for CY 2009, based on forecasts of higher fixed broadband port shipments than in 2008, and a definite increase in bandwidth per user. Even with the general state of the economy for next year, as fixed line broadband slows, mobile broadband is expected to take up the slack pushing carrier router revenue to historically higher levels for years to come.
For more information visit Dittberner's site.
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