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Q4 2007 Worldwide Enterprise and Service Provider
Router/Switch Market Shares
Migration to Next-Generation Networks Spur Router/Switch Sales to Service Providers

RENO, NV and STERLING, VA – February 25, 2008 – Synergy Research Group and Current Analysis today announced the availability of the Synergy Q4 2007 Worldwide Enterprise and Service Provider Router/Switch Market Shares report. Quarter to quarter worldwide router and switch sales were up 1% to $3.3 billion in Q4. Total sales for 2007 were up 17% over the 2006, to $12.4 billion.

Growth in worldwide router markets in Q4 2007 continued with the migration of service providers to Next-Generation Networks based on an IP, MPLS, and Ethernet data services layer. Q4 Service Provider Router/Switch revenue increased one percent to $2.4 billion over the prior quarter, with total 2007 revenue up 25% over 2006 to $8.83 billion. "IP video and peer-to-peer applications are becoming increasingly popular," says Ray Mota, PhD, Chief Research Officer at Synergy Research Group. "Service providers must continue investing in routers and switches with higher speed ports to manage the fast growing voice and data traffic."

However, paced by slower economic growth, Q4 enterprise router revenue decreased one percent sequentially to $901 million, and no change from 2006 to 2007. All major router categories (low-end, mid-range, and high-end) were flat or posted losses in Q4.

The enterprise and service provider router and switch market segmentation is based on Synergy’s domain expertise, and numbers derived from a proven methodology that reconciles vendor-reported shipments (bottoms-up measurement) with publicly reported revenue results (top-down measurement) to provide the utmost accuracy. A detailed definition of the market is available in the full report

Router/Switch

The Synergy Research Router/Switch Research Service provides market analysis, market share, and forecast reports for Enterprise and Service Provider Routers and Carrier Ethernet

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	Market Coverage
	Carrier Ethernet Ethernet-Services Edge Routers Service Provider Core Routers Service Provider Edge Routers BRAS Services Edge Routers Multi-Service Edge Routers	Enterprise Routers Mid-Range Enterprise Routers High-End Enterprise Routers Access Routers Low-End Enterprise Routers Branch Office Routers Voice/Security Overlay

	Companies Tracked
	3Com Alcatel-Lucent Force10 Avici	Cisco Enterasys Extreme Foundry	Juniper Nortel Redback Riverstone	Siemens Tellabs Thompson

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