World Carrier Router Markets To Touch $40 Bn in 2013

The global carrier switch and router market is booming, as a result of the ever-increasing bandwidth requirements of businesses and consumers.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World Carrier Switch and Router Markets, estimates that equipment revenues totaled $ 9.73 billion in 2006, and are likely to reach $ 40 billion in 2013.

Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent and Juniper Networks are the market leaders, making up approximately 75% of the total market. Regionally, North America accounted for 38.4)% of the world carrier switch and router market, followed by EMEA (32.9%), and APAC (23.%).

“The competition to deliver higher bandwidth services to businesses, consumers and wholesale markets is forcing service providers to revamp their networks in ways that are more cost effective,” notes Frost & Sullivan principal analyst Sam Masud. “This, in turn, is driving rapid growth in the carrier switch and router markets.”

“There is now wider vendor participation in defining standards for emerging technologies that will enable convergence and allow for the migration of legacy networks, deliver high-bandwidth services, and lower operational costs,” observes Frost & Sullivan lead analyst Prayerna Raina “The Metro Ethernet Forum’s work in defining Carrier Ethernet services, IETF’s efforts in technologies such as Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge (PWE3), and IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile standard for extending Carrier Ethernet across copper pairs, are all significant initiatives that are driving the market.”