Broadband CPE shipments up 14pc y-o-y in 2Q11

SCOTTSDALE, USA: In 2Q11, 39.8 million broadband CPE units shipped, a 5.6 per cent increase from the previous quarter and a 13.9 per cent increase from the same quarter last year, according to new In-Stat research.

Total revenues were $1.49 billion, a 3.1 per cent decrease from the previous quarter and down 1.4 per cent from the previous year, it adds.

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“In terms of overall unit shipment market share growth, TP-LINK continues to gain market share growing over 20 per cent while Netgear also gained that amount,” says Brad Shaffer, analyst, In-Stat. “Pace and Cisco Small Business also experienced market share gains from the previous quarter.”

Additional data includes:

SOHO (small office/home office) router unit shipments experienced a 15.7 per cent increase from the previous quarter and a 30.6 per cent increase from the same quarter last year.

Residential gateway revenues were $680.0 million in Q2’11.

Broadband router revenues were $465 million in Q2’11, nearly a four per cent increase over the previous quarter and almost an 11 per cent increase from the same quarter last year.

Shipments of data-only cable modems decreased 6.6 per cent from the previous quarter.