Leading Research Reports Show Lucent Technologies Continued Leadership in the Multiservice WAN Market for 1999 -- Gaining Up to 20 Percentage Points.Business Editors MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
Continuing its revenue growth in the wide area network (WAN) market, Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) ranks as the world leader in providing WAN switching solutions to service providers. 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. recent reports from Cahners In-Stat Group, Dell 'Oro Group, Ryan Hankin and Kent (RHK RHK Ratahallintokeskus (Finnish: Finnish Rail Administration) RHK Ryan Hankin Kent (RHK, Inc. marketing consulting firm) RHK Rigshospitalets Kollegium (Copenhagen, Denmark dorm) ), Synergy Research Group and Vertical Systems Group, Lucent has shown significant growth in 1999 in all WAN service provider segments including ATM, Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. and Multiservice WAN, with the largest increase in the ATM to service provider segment. The Vertical Systems Group "1999 Broadband Industry Update" report shows Lucent continuing to gain market share capturing the number one position in ATM equipment sales to service providers with 36.1 percent market share representing a significant 14 percentage point gain over 1998. Lucent's worldwide WAN leadership consists of the following segments: asynchronous transfer mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM), Frame Relay, and Multiservice WAN switching, which combines ATM and Frame Relay. Lucent's market leadership in these segments is based on its core data switching products including the GX 550(TM) Smart Core ATM switch, CBX (Computerized Branch eXchange) Same as PBX. 500(TM) Multiservice WAN switch and B-STDX 9000(TM) Multiservice WAN switch. ATM Growth and Leadership Synergy Research Group, Vertical Systems Group and Cahners In-Stat show Lucent increasing its foothold foot·hold n. 1. A place providing support for the foot in climbing or standing. 2. A firm or secure position that provides a base for further advancement. foothold Noun 1. as the leader in providing ATM equipment to service providers in 1999. The latest report from Synergy on the Service Provider Multiservice ATM WAN market shows that Lucent had a 16 percentage point lead in 1999 over the nearest competitor and expanded its lead to 38.2 percent market share. According to Vertical's "1999 Broadband Industry Update", Lucent has dramatically increased its share in both the worldwide ATM Carrier Switch and ATM Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) Switch segments, capturing the number one positions with 33.7 percent and 43.2 percent share respectively. In the ATM Carrier Switch segment, Lucent gained 12 percentage points compared to 1998, and in the ATM ISP segment, Lucent gained 20 percentage points, nearly doubling its market share over 1998. "ATM switch products from the Ascend acquisition enabled Lucent to catapult catapult (kăt`əpŭlt'), mechanism used to throw missiles in ancient and medieval warfare. At first, catapults were specifically designed to shoot spears or other missiles at a low trajectory (see bow and arrow). to the top of ATM Carrier and ISP segments," said Rick Malone, principal at Vertical Systems Group. "Demand for ATM equipment is robust as service providers throughout the world rely on this technology for reliable, high capacity backbone transport. ATM equipment revenue is growing at a projected 33 percent to 9.4 billion in 2002." According to the latest report from Cahners In-Stat on the Service Provider ATM WAN Equipment market, Lucent increased its lead in 1999 to 34.4 percent share, which is a gain of 9 percentage points over 1998. The latest report from RHK on "Core Switching and Routing" covering the first half of 1999, also confirms Lucent's growth and number one position in the ATM WAN switching market. According to RHK, which for the first time focuses exclusively on core ATM equipment for service providers as one of its reporting categories, Lucent led in the first half of 1999 with 66 percent market share. "ATM continues to be a leading network transport offering the Quality of Service and traffic management demanded by carriers today. The build out of next generation ATM backbones is being fueled by the need to rapidly deploy digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (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 ), packetized voice The transmission of real time voice in a packet switching network. and wireless networks," said Steve Kaufman, vice president and general manager, Core Switching, Lucent Technologies InterNetworking Systems group. "As a leader in ATM and Frame relay equipment for service providers, our business continues to be strong as demonstrated by several recent customer announcements including China Unicom China Unicom, full name China United Telecommunications Corporation, 中国联通, HKSE: 0762 NYSE: CHU, is a telecommunication operator in the People's Republic of China. 52. , Telefonica, Embratel and AT&T Canada. Lucent's multiservice core switching solutions provide service providers with the highest performance, scalability, capacity and availability for building next generation networks." Multiservice WAN Switching Growth and Leadership Lucent's gains in the ATM market are also adding to the company's lead in Multiservice WAN switching for service providers, which includes combined ATM and Frame Relay. According to Synergy, Vertical, Cahners and Dell 'Oro, Lucent has increased its leadership position in 1999 providing Multiservice WAN switching solutions to service providers. The latest report from the Dell 'Oro Group, covering the Service Provider Multiservice WAN Switching segment for 1999, shows Lucent is ahead of the market by as much as 20 percentage points over the nearest competitor, expanding its lead to 38.8 percent share, representing a gain of nearly 5 percentage points over 1998. The most recent report from Synergy on the Worldwide Service Provider Multiservice WAN market, shows Lucent has expanded its lead in 1999 to 38.3 percent market share. Based on the report from Vertical, Lucent gained more than 9 percentage points (from 1998) in the Service Provider Multiservice Switch (1) A network switch that not only handles data, but adequately supports the real time transmission of voice and video. (2) A network device that supports multiple switching and routing protocols. market segment, holding on to the number one position with a 36.5 percent worldwide share for 1999. And, according to Cahners' latest report on the ATM WAN and Frame Relay Switch market, Lucent continued its lead in 1999 with 37 percent market share. Lucent also led in the overall Multiservice WAN switch market according to Dell 'Oro, Synergy and Cahners. Based on the report from Dell 'Oro, Lucent captured the number one position in 1999 with 31.2 percent share, which represents an 8 percentage point growth over 1998. Synergy's latest report shows Lucent expanding its lead with 29.6 percent market share. And, according to the latest report from Cahners, Lucent widened its leadership position in 1999 with 28.6 percent share, representing a 6 percentage point gain compared to 1998. Frame Relay Growth and Leadership The Vertical Systems Group report shows Lucent continued its leadership in providing Frame Relay equipment to service providers in 1999 with a 15 percentage point lead over the nearest competitor, expanding its lead to 37.2 percent market share. For the worldwide Frame Relay Carrier Switch segment, Vertical showed that Lucent enhanced its ongoing leadership with 33.1 percent market share in 1999. And, for the Frame Relay ISP Switch segments, Vertical showed that Lucent increased its ongoing leadership position with 47.6 share in 1999, which represents a gain of nearly 6 percentage points compared to 1998. Lucent's WAN Switching Solutions Lucent's Multiservice WAN solutions include the GX 550 Smart Core ATM switch, CBX 500 and B-STDX 9000 Multiservice WAN switches, IP Navigator(TM) MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. , and NavisCore(TM) and NavisXtend(TM) network management control software, which provides end-to-end network management. IP Navigator MPLS allows service providers to manage and provision IP services on the ATM backbone, which adds IP Layer 3 routing to Lucent's WAN switches and "absolute" quality of service (QoS). This multiservice system allows service providers to deliver and manage all services - ATM, Frame Relay and IP - from a single ATM core network and provides a manageble, scalable, carrier-class network infrastructure specifically designed for service providers. About Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for the company. For more information about Lucent Technologies, headquartered at Murray Hill, N.J., visit the company's website at http://www.lucent.com. |
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