Dell’Oro Group Forecasts Record Service Provider Router Market in 2006

Annual IP Network Investments to Grow Through 2010, But at Declining Rates

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – January 26, 2006 – IAccording to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the worldwide market for service provider routers is poised to attain record levels in 2006, and continue expanding through 2010. Dell’Oro Group forecasts sales of routers to service providers to exceed $5 billion in 2006, surpassing the peak previously established at the height of the technology boom in 2000.

"We see upside to the service provider router market for several more years, driven by broadband subscriber and service growth," said Shin Umeda, Principal Analyst of Routers Research at Dell’Oro Group. "However, we expect annual growth rates to come down significantly over the next five years as networks get built out and services ramp up," added Umeda.

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