Based on global revenue, the overall telecom and
datacom network equipment and software market share leaders are, in rank
order Cisco, Huawei, Ericsson, Alcatel Lucent, and ZTE the same top 5
vendors with virtually the same shares as the year prior, according to
Infonetics Research.
Vendor share positions held steady in the enterprise segment, with Cisco in
the driver's seat and followed distantly by tightly bunched Avaya, Brocade, HP,
and Juniper (listed in alphabetical order).
"Despite the fact that enterprises and service providers are in the
middle of massive network upheavals due to the evolution of software-defined
networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) technology, the
telecom and datacom networking equipment and software market is on track to grow
annually through 2018 with the fastest growth coming in 2015," notes Jeff
Wilson, principal analyst at Infonetics Research.
Michael Howard, co-founder of Infonetics and co-author of the report, adds,
"Looking at just the service provider equipment space, we're seeing a
shakeup in vendor market share, with Huawei leapfrogging longtime number-one
Ericsson to take the top spot in 2013. While Huawei's been doing well in a
number of regions, China's economy is a key factor keeping Huawei's growth
so strong."
so strong."
Worldwide, sales of telecom and datacom equipment and software came to $183
billion in 2013, an uptick of 3% versus the previous year.
Asia Pacific put some breathing room between itself and North America in the
regional race for telecom/datacom equipment and software revenue, growing 6%
year-over-year as compared to North America's 4.5%; this trend is expected to
continue through at least 2018.
Infonetics is projecting a cumulative $1.01 will be spent by service
providers and enterprises on telecom/datacom gear and software over the 5 years
from 2014 to 2018.
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