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Cable broadband mkt set for double-digit recovery in 2013

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BANGALORE, INDIA: For the full year 2012, CMTS and edge QAM revenue decreased 15 per cent, to $1.39 billion. Declining ASPs and channel shipments edged the global CMTS and edge QAM market down for the third consecutive quarter in 4Q12, as revenue fell one per cent sequentially, to $284 million, finds Infonetics Research.

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"Though 2012 was a down year for cable broadband, the stage is set for a strong 2013," notes Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband access and pay TV at Infonetics Research. "Cable operators worldwide have a number of bandwidth-hungry applications on tap that will drive CMTS and edge QAM channel growth throughout the year, including DOCSIS 3.0, multiscreen services via the deployment of new video gateways, and carrier WiFi services."

North America bucked the global trend, notching a seven per cent increase in CMTS and edge QAM revenue in 4Q12 from 3Q12. Cisco held onto its perennial #1 CMTS revenue market share position in 4Q12, though #2 ARRIS, the leader in channel shipments, grew its share by six percentage points.

Heynen adds: "We're expecting CMTS and edge QAM revenue to grow more than 20% in 2013."

In the edge QAM segment, Cisco edged out Harmonic to claim the top spot for the first time ever in 4Q12; even so, Harmonic closed out 2012 as the edge QAM leader.

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