Dell'Oro Group Projects the WAN Router Market will Reach $26 Billion in 2005.Business Editors/High Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2001 A new report released by Dell'Oro Group, projects that the WAN Router A network device designed to forward packets to an external network such as the Internet. Most routers are used to direct traffic to a network outside of the one they reside in such as the Internet. market will grow from $3 Billion in 2000 to $26 Billion in 2005. "The need for additional routers will be necessary to accommodate increasing traffic from the user," says Tam Dell'Oro, Founder of Dell'Oro Group. "For example, look at the bandwidth load created by users shifting from modems (e.g., 28.8 or 56 Kbps) to high-speed Internet See broadband. access devices like ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and Cable modems cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. ." Routers perform key functions that enable traffic to move across the Internet, such as terminating and directing traffic, re-routing traffic during failures, and assigning as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. and honoring the quality of service level for which the user has paid.
Worldwide WAN Router Market Forecast
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Revenues by Speed in $Billions 2000 2005
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OC-12 and below $1.9 $13.8
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OC-48 and above $0.5 $9.1
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Ethernet Switch $0.6 $3.5
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Total $3.0 $26.4
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Although Dell'Oro Group projects high-speed port shipments to experience strong 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. over the course of the forecast, the majority of the revenues will come from low-speed ports. About Dell'Oro Group Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in providing accurate and timely data on the networking industry. The information provided above can be found in Dell'Oro Group's WAN Five Year Forecast that tracks Multiservice WAN Switch-Core & Edge, WAN Routers-Core & Edge, WAN Routers-Broadband Aggregation, DWDM-Long Haul, DWDM-Metro, and SONET/SDH Multiplexers. |
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