CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its recently published Router and Switch Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which explores service providers' perceptions of edge router and carrier Ethernet switch (CES) manufacturers and their criteria for choosing vendors.
ANALYST NOTE
“The top four vendors in global edge router and carrier Ethernet switch market share—Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, and Huawei—are likewise viewed as the leading manufacturers of edge routers and CES by service providers participating in Infonetics’ just-published router/switch survey,” notes Michael Howard, Infonetics Research’s co-founder and principal analyst for carrier networks. “There’s a big gap between these four and their competitors, and it just gets harder for any manufacturer who’s not already on top of the heap.”
CARRIER ROUTER AND SWITCH SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Cisco, the long-term edge router/CES revenue market share leader, is also seen as the #1 edge router/CES manufacturer by operator respondents
- Carriers are looking for the best investment: Survey respondents ranked price-to-performance ratio the #1 criterion when selecting an edge router/CES vendor, followed by product reliability
- Surprisingly, financial stability was rated the least important selection criterion on average
- When it comes to service provider familiarity with edge router/CES manufacturers, Tellabs and Brocade scored relatively high given their market share
ABOUT THE SURVEY
For its latest router/switch vendor leadership survey, Infonetics interviewed network equipment purchase-decision makers at 20 incumbent, independent wireless, competitive, and cable operators from EMEA, Asia Pacific, and North America. Together, the operators represent 36% of global telecom capex. The survey covers service providers’ familiarity with router and carrier Ethernet switch (CES) manufacturers, vendors installed and under evaluation, selection criteria, and their rankings of vendors’ technology innovation, product reliability, management software, security, pricing, price-to-performance ratio, service and support, product roadmap, and financial stability. To buy the survey, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.
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- Latest Infonetics Carrier Routing, Switching, Ethernet research brief: http://bit.ly/19CAl6A
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RECENT AND UPCOMING RESEARCH
Download Infonetics’ 2014 market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at http://www.infonetics.com/login.
- Infonetics’ 2014 Market Research Lineup
- Telecom & Datacom Market Drivers (Dec. 17)
- Service Provider Routers and Switches Market Share & Forecasts (mid-Feb.)
- Total Enterprise and Service Provider Routers Pivot: Market Share & Forecasts (Mar. 12)
- Total Enterprise and Carrier Ethernet Switches Pivot: Market Share & Forecasts (Mar. 13)
- Ethernet Access Devices (EADs) Market Share & Forecasts (Mar. 26)
- Carrier Ethernet Equipment Market Size & Forecasts (May 12)
- Analyst Note: DT Expects to Be a "Software Defined Operator" with TeraStream Project
- Analyst Note: SDN Will Not Cause a Drop in Capex. . .Yet
- Analyst Note: 10G vRouter Primed for NFV
INFONETICS WEBINARS
Visit https://www.infonetics.com/infonetics-events to register for upcoming webinars, view recent webinars on demand, or learn about sponsoring a webinar.
- Multi-Vendor Service Provisioning for NFV (View on demand)
- WebRTC: Compelling Service or Competitive Threat? (Jan. 28: Attend)
- Redefining Network Security Performance: The Speed You Really Need (Jan. 30: Attend)
- Cashing in on Carrier Wi-Fi (Feb. 11: Attend)
- Adding Value to the Network with Integrated Policy and Charging (Feb. 18: Attend)
- 100G in the Metro: When and Where It Will Be Economical (Feb. 19: Attend)
- SDN and NFV: The Nitty Gritty (Mar. 18: Learn more)
TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT:
N. America (West), Asia Pacific: Larry Howard, larry@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3335
N. America (East, Midwest), L. America: Scott Coyne, scott@infonetics.com, +1 408-583-3395
EMEA, India, Singapore: George Stojsavljevic, george@infonetics.com, +44 755-488-1623
Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp
ABOUT INFONETICS
Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics’ About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.