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Infonetics Predicts Resurgence in 2013 for Carrier Router and Switch MarketCAMPBELL, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Market research firm Infonetics Research today released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its 4th quarter 2012 (4Q12) and year-end Service Provider Routers and Switches report. (Full report published February 25.) ANALYST NOTE "The global carrier router and switch market ended 2012 with a small 4% loss, but it could have been worse," notes Michael Howard, Infonetics Research's co-founder and principal analyst for carrier networks. "Significant budget flushes from operators in Europe, China and Latin America buoyed the overall market in the final quarter of the year." "Looking ahead," Howard adds, "We expect the service provider switch and router market to grow again in 2013. The US economy is in better shape and we are predicting an increase in worldwide carrier capex this year. In EMEA, activity looks good for the Middle East and, to some degree, Africa, and Europe seems to have hit bottom. If our talks with European service providers prove true, then we can expect a slow climb for the IP router and switch market there, albeit from this lower starting point. Operators know they need to spend on their networks or risk becoming uncompetitive." SERVICE PROVIDER ROUTER AND SWITCH MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
REPORT SYNOPSIS Infonetics' (News - Alert) quarterly routers and switches report provides worldwide, regional, China, and Japan market share, market size, forecasts, analysis, and trends for IP edge and core routers and carrier Ethernet switches, including IP edge market analysis by application. Vendors tracked: Alaxala, Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, Extreme, Fujitsu (News - Alert), Hitachi Cable, Huawei, Juniper, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, Tellabs, ZTE, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp. RELATED RESEARCH
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TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT: N. America (West), Asia, Latin America: Larry Howard, [email protected], +1 408-583-3335 N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: Scott Coyne, [email protected], +1 408-583-3395 Europe, Middle East, Africa: George Stojsavljevic, [email protected], +44 755-488-1623 Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp ABOUT INFONETICS Infonetics Research (News - Alert) (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics' About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20130221006736/en/ |