Alcatel-Lucent jumps to #2 in IP router market

CALIFORNIA, USA: Alcatel-Lucent has been steadily taking IP router market share for the past three years, to the point that, even though they only play in the edge router segment, they are now #2 worldwide in the total IP edge and core router market, finds market research firm Infonetics Research.

Carrier Ethernet switch and IP router market grew 20.5 percent to $12.8 billion in 2010 over 2009, led by North America, adds the market research firm latest report.

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In 4Q10, sales of IP edge and core routers and carrier Ethernet switches are up 15.2 percent from the previous quarter, and up 23.4 percent from the year-ago quarter.

Michael Howard, co-founder and principal analyst, carrier and data center networks, Infonetics Research, said: "ALU had its best-ever quarter in IP edge routers, with revenue up 56 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2010, pushing them above Juniper, which also posted solid growth."

Meanwhile, multiservice ATM switches continued their inevitable decline, down 48 percent to $308 million in 2010.

Cisco increased its worldwide IP router and carrier Ethernet switch revenue 21.6 percent in 2010, pushing their 2010 market share to 42.5 percent.