According to DITTBERNER’s Worldwide Q2 2005 Broadband Access (DSL) Shipments Analysis, the worldwide market for DSL ports shipped increased by over 25% over last quarter to 17.38 million DSL ports. Of these, 22% were IP-DSLAMs, with Huawei Technologies, Alcatel and UTStarcom as the leading players in this market for the quarter.

The considerable increase in the volume of DSL port shipments demonstrates operators’ enthusiasm in building access networks capable of delivering new applications such as IP-TV, video-on-demand, and triple-play services.

The quarterly analysis concluded that operator CAPEX in the North American region is now moving from DSL to FTTX, while elsewhere service providers are upgrading to ADSL2+.