Sales of Service Provider Routers Surge to $2 Billion in the Third Quarter

Cisco and Juniper Post Record Revenue from Carrier Customers

Redwood City, Calif. – November 14, 2007 – According to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the service provider router market in the third quarter of this year pushed past the $2 billion mark for the first time. Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks each recorded record revenue from sales of service provider routers and strengthened their number one and two market share positions, respectively.

“Internet traffic growth is driving strong demand for routers, and most router manufacturers are at or near record sales levels,” said Shin Umeda, Vice President at Dell’Oro Group. “Our market outlook for the near term is very positive, and we will likely see more sales records in the fourth quarter,” added Umeda.

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The Dell’Oro Group Routers Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering revenue, average selling prices and unit and port shipments (by speed T1/E1, T3/E3, OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64, 100Mbps Ethernet, 1000Mbps Ethernet, and 10 Gbps Ethernet) for router and WAN switch technologies. To purchase this report, please contact Margaret Miles, call +1.650.622.9400 x225 or email Margaret@DellOro.com.

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