DSL market touches new highs and CMTS market recovers in 2Q07, says Ovum RHK Global DSL ports cross 25-million mark for the first time

August 14, 2007. Ovum RHK today posted its analysis of global second quarter 2007 DSL and CMTS port shipments.

"The DSL market grew strongly in 2Q07 on the back of a spurt in Asia-Pacific (shipments crossed the 10-million mark for the first time), particularly in the Chinese market. In addition, there was continued demand from operators deploying IPTV and next-generation networks in North America and EMEA," said Kamalini Ganguly, Analyst, Broadband Network Strategies, at Ovum RHK. "Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei remained number one and two in the DSL market, with both vendors recording their highest-ever shipments."

2Q07 highlights:
DSLAM shipments growth versus 1Q07 = 10 percent
DSLAM shipments growth versus 2Q06 = 16 percent
CMTS shipments growth versus 1Q07 = 3 percent
CMTS shipments growth versus 2Q06 = 10 percent

Alcatel-Lucent shipped 9.6 million DSL ports in 2Q07 (36 percent market share on a rolling 4-quarter basis), followed by Huawei (19 percent), ZTE (10 percent), Ericsson (8 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (7 percent), Fujitsu (4 percent), and UTStarcom (4 percent).

In the CMTS market, Cisco remained the dominant vendor with 50 percent rolling 4Q market share, followed by Arris (30 percent), Motorola (15 percent), and BigBand (3 percent). Arris continued to gain market share at the expense of its competitors.

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Ovum RHK provides market research advisory services to telecom equipment and component vendors and service providers alike. Ovum RHK is a part of Ovum, Ltd., advising on the commercial impact of technology and market changes in telecoms, with offices in London, Paris, Cologne, Boston, Melbourne, Seoul and San Jose.

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Ovum has developed long-standing relationships with many of its corporate clients, which include major international blue-chip companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Telstra and Vodafone.

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For additional information please contact:
North America
Sara Kaufman
Tel: +1 617-722-4602
Email: sara.kaufman@ovum.com

EMEA:
Claire Booty
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7551 9081
Email: claire.booty@ovum.com

Asia-Pacific:
Tanisha Kuckreja
Tel: +61 3 9601 6723
Email: tanisha.kuckreja@ovum.com