Alcatel Holds on to Top Spot in 2Q02 Global Optical Transport Market, According to RHK.Business Editors & High Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2002 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) today announced that it has attained the world's number one position in both terrestrial and undersea optical transport markets for the second consecutive quarter in 2002, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. RHK RHK Ratahallintokeskus (Finnish: Finnish Rail Administration) RHK Ryan Hankin Kent (RHK, Inc. marketing consulting firm) RHK Rigshospitalets Kollegium (Copenhagen, Denmark dorm) , a market research and consulting firm. As a result, Alcatel led the $2.86 billion worldwide market for global optical networking with a 19.4 percent share -- further increasing the lead over its competitors. According to RHK's 2Q02 report on "Optical Networks Global Quarterly Market Shares," Alcatel increased its global market share in both terrestrial and undersea optical transport in the second quarter 2002. Geographically, Alcatel maintained its leadership in Europe with 27.4 percent and in rest-of-world (CALA CALA Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse CALA Chinese American Librarians Association CALA College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture CALA Central America / Latin America CALA Center on Animal Liberation Affairs CALA California Assisted Living Association , CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S , MEA MEA Multiple endocrine adenomatosis. See Multiple endocrine neoplasia. /1) with 18.3 percent. Furthermore, Alcatel captured the top spots in next-generation optical edge devices (multi-service SDH/SONET systems) with 34.2 percent and in dense wavelength digital multiplexing extended long haul/ultra long haul with 21.4 percent. "During the second quarter in the global optical transport market, Alcatel's lead on its closest competitor jumped from three to seven points, thanks to its global presence, its impressive growth in Asia-Pacific and its best-seller OMSN OMSN Optical Multi-Service Node OMSN One More Saturday Night (Grateful Dead song) OMSN Seaman, Opticalman Striker (Naval Rating) OMSN Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations family in ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. markets -- a next-generation SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy node concept it pioneered in 2000," said Stephane Penzo, Optical Networking analyst at RHK. "RHK's research and analysis indicate that the market for such multi-service aggregation devices will be the largest optical networking segment by 2004." "RHK's latest report again confirms Alcatel's worldwide leadership in optical networking. Alcatel has reinforced in the first half of 2002 the leadership it captured over the year 2001," said Christian Reinaudo, president of Alcatel's optics activities. "RHK's data certifies our success in a very challenging market environment where our long-term network vision for transitioning optical infrastructures from existing to future services and thorough execution have been successful with our customers." /1 CALA (Caribbean/Central America and Latin America), CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Between Dec. 8 and Dec. ), MEA (Middle East & Africa). About RHK RHK Inc. is the leading industry market research and consulting firm specializing in the analysis of advanced technologies for the global telecommunications network. The company provides subscription services and consulting to technology vendors, service providers, and the investment community worldwide. RHK's areas of expertise include broadband access, operational support systems, optical components, optical networks, packet services, switching and routing, telecom economics, and telecom semiconductors. For more information, www.rhk.com. About Alcatel Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access, Alcatel's customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of Euro 25 billion in 2001, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, www.alcatel.com |
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