Hatteras and ANDA Lead Fast-Growing Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Market Segments...

Hatteras and ANDA Lead Fast-Growing Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Market
Segments in 2Q08, Heavy Reading Reports
Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit and Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair
equipment segments are both likely to see a CAGR of at least 39%

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide sales of copper-based carrier
Ethernet access platforms rose 74% year-over-year to $208 million in the
four-quarter period ending in 2Q08, according to the new Carrier Ethernet
Access Platform (CEAP) Quarterly Market Tracker service published by Heavy
Reading ( www.heavyreading.com ), the market research division of TechWeb's
Light Reading ( www.lightreading.com ). Copper-based CEAP platforms include
Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair (G.shdsl and MIMO on DMT/VDSL2) and
Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit solutions.
"Although a tougher macro-environment is likely to slow things down a bit,
the momentum in favor of CEAP deployments remains very strong," said Stan
Hubbard, Senior Analyst at Heavy Reading and author of the CEAP Quarterly
Market Tracker. "Enterprises worldwide are shifting to Ethernet-based
businesses services, and there is no let-up in bandwidth demand on the part of
enterprise and residential customers. Solid underlying market fundamentals
give Heavy Reading confidence that the combined Ethernet-over-bonded copper
pair markets could more than triple from $163 million in 2007 to nearly $600
million in 2011.
"Hatteras has taken command of the entire mid-band Ethernet access market
due to sizeable network builds in the U.S. and Europe, as well as effective
marketing related to the delivery of flexible and profitable Ethernet business
services," according to Hubbard.
In the Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair access platform market segment,
Hatteras gained a percentage point and secured an 8 point share lead over No.
2 Actelis in 2Q08. Other Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair platform suppliers
include Adtran, Zhone, RAD, Aktino, and NexComm.
"ANDA edged out No. 2 RAD for leadership of the Ethernet-over-TDM access
circuit market in 2Q08, with Ethernet business services expansion efforts by
North American customers such as Verizon Business helping drive ANDA's sales
forward," noted Hubbard. Other suppliers include Ceterus, Overture, ADVA, and
seven additional vendors with small market share.
Most Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair and Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit
platform sales thus far have been related to Ethernet business services
deployments in North America and Europe, but vendors are starting to generate
revenue from cell site/WiMax and DSLAM backhaul applications.
Heavy Reading has identified 74 equipment manufacturers that sell nearly a
dozen major types of wireline equipment for Ethernet access, including the
three types of next-gen solutions the research firm tracks in the CEAP
Quarterly Market Tracker: Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit,
Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair, and Ethernet-over-fiber switch/demarcation
platforms. At least 16 companies sell copper-based CEAPs directly and/or in
partnership with system integrators and network equipment providers such as
Ciena, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, and Tellabs.
Heavy Reading's CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker delivers quarter-by-quarter
revenue and market share breakouts for each copper-based CEAP supplier and
revenue projections through 2011. The quarterly tracking service also analyzes
each vendor's market strategy and identifies and analyzes customer wins,
providing granular insight into this emerging market sector unavailable from
other sources. It provides a comprehensive list of more than 140 operators and
other entities around the world that have purchased CEAP platforms.
Heavy Reading's CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker is being rolled out in
phases to provide complete coverage across the CEAP space. The most recent
version of the tracker also includes estimates for Ethernet-over-fiber access
platform sales of the suppliers profiled in the report.
The CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker provides in-depth analysis of 12 vendors
that are now generating sales from CEAP products, including: Actelis Networks,
Adtran, ADVA Optical Networking, Aktino, ANDA Networks, Ceterus Networks,
Ciena Communications, Hatteras Networks, MRV Communications, Overture
Networks, RAD Communications, and Zhone Technologies. Heavy Reading plans to
add coverage of other vendors in coming quarters.
The CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker is distributed in a convenient,
plug-and-play PowerPoint format. Quarterly reports may be purchased
individually or as part of an annual subscription service.
For more information, or to receive a PowerPoint demo of the CEAP
Quarterly Market Tracker, please contact:
Dave Williams
Sales Director, Heavy Reading
858-485-8870
dave.williams@heavyreading.com

Press/analyst contact:
Dennis Mendyk
Managing Director, Heavy Reading
201-587-2154
mendyk@heavyreading.com

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needed today for the deployment of profitable networks based on
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SOURCE Heavy Reading

Dave Williams, Sales Director, +1-858-485-8870,
dave.williams@heavyreading.com, or Press-analyst: Dennis Mendyk, Managing
Director, +1-201-587-2154, mendyk@heavyreading.com, both of Heavy Reading