DSLAM Market is Booming, Says In-Stat/MDR, Yet Highly Competitive.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2004 The Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. It is a network device, located near the customer's location, that connects multiple customer Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs) to a high-speed Internet (DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. ) market had a dramatic upswing in 2003, creating many opportunities for equipment vendors, reports In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com). The high-tech market research firm finds that shipments, driven by strong DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary subscriber growth and service providers rapidly adding capacity to plan for future expansion, experienced a significant upturn. The number of DSLAM ports shipped, worldwide, in 2003, were more than double that shipped in 2002. There was growth in shipments to all four regions of the world, Asia-Pacific, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. , North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and 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 . The Asia-Pacific region accounted for 48% of all DSLAM port shipments in 2003. However, Henry Goldbery, a senior analyst with In-Stat/MDR, expects "DSLAM port shipments to grow more slowly next year, as a result of the additional capacity that was added in 2003 and a slower rate of DSL subscriber growth." But port shipments should still grow by a healthy 40%, and will continue to grow over the next five years, but at a declining rate, as new DSL subscriber additions each year decrease, due to increased market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" . In-Stat/MDR has also found that: -- The Average Selling Price The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. (ASP) per DSLAM port, worldwide, dropped by over 30% in 2003, as vendors competed fiercely on price to win contracts. This price erosion will also continue in coming years, keeping revenue growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. below those of port shipments. -- Alcatel continued to be the dominant vendor of DSLAMs in all regions, except for the Asia-Pacific region (where they were the second-leading vendor). -- New higher-bandwidth forms of DSL will replace standard ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line . -- IP DSLAMs are growing in popularity, and are widely deployed in the Asia-Pacific and CALA regions. They offer lower cost, gigabit Ethernet, trunking than ATM-based DSLAMs, and may also provide intelligent features, such as support of DiffServ classes of service and IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) The protocol that governs the management of multicast groups in a TCP/IP network. To sign up for a multicast group, a Host Membership Report is sent by a user's machine to its nearest routers, which forward that data to multicasting for video services. -- The deployment of DSLAMs in remote locations is growing as service providers extend their DSL footprint to reach more subscribers. Another key driver for remote DSLAMs is the deployment of VDSL See DSL. VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line in Multiple Tenant Units (MTUs) in countries such as Japan and Korea. The report, "The Booming But Highly Competitive Worldwide DSLAM Market" (#IN0401200WN), provides a comprehensive analysis of the worldwide DSLAM market. DSLAMs examined include dedicated DSLAMs, multiservice access platforms supporting DSL, and next-generation DLCs with DSLAM functionality. Worldwide DSLAM port shipments in 2003 are described. Shipments are broken out by geographical region and type of DSL. Vendor market shares are indicated on a worldwide basis and by region. Detailed profiles are provided that cover the product offerings, competitive strengths, and customers for twelve major global vendors and two smaller vendors of DSLAMs. Key trends shaping the DSLAM market are discussed. The report concludes with a five-year forecast of DSLAM port shipments and revenues. To purchase this report, or for more information, please visit: http://www.instat.com/catalog/bcatalogue.asp?id=4 or contact Courtney McEuen at 281-246-4668; cmceuen@reedbusiness.com. The report price is $2,995. About In-Stat/MDR In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com) offers a broad range of information resources and analytical assets to technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals, and market specialists worldwide. The company stands alone in its ability to integrate both supply-side and demand-side research methodologies into a single comprehensive view of technology markets and products. This capability relies on a unique ability to cover the entire value chain from engineering-level technology, through equipment, infrastructure, services and end users. In-Stat/MDR is part of the Reed Electronics Group, a division of Reed Elsevier (www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leading publisher and information provider. With more than 38,000 employees worldwide, Reed Elsevier operates in the science & medical, legal, education and business-to-business industry sectors, providing high value and flexible information solutions to professional end users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet. |
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