Broadband equipment market US$13.7b in 2006

Stan Beer
Monday, 12 December 2005 16:13

IT Industry - Strategy

Telecoms research group Ovum-RHK has published a new Broadband Access Equipment forecast predicting a market value of US$13.7 billion for 2006.

The forecast, which covers broadband access service demand, and DSL, cable modem, and fibre to the premises equipment demand, also predicts that the market will continue growing at 7% CAGR through 2010.
 
Highlights of Ovum-RHK's Broadband Access Equipment forecast:

- Total market = $ 13.7 billion in 2006, split between network equipment (53%) and customer premises equipment (47%)

- DSL maintains a leading share of network equipment (70% in 2006), with CMTS and FTTP splitting the remaining share (15% share each)

- Western Europe remains the largest regional market throughout the forecast period

- China-India overtakes Asia-Pacific as second largest regional market by 2010

"Ovum-RHK expects a robust market for broadband access equipment, driven by close to 20% annual growth in broadband subscribers through 2010, " said Ken Twist, vice president, Broadband Network Strategies at Ovum-RHK. "Applications such as IPTV, triple-play deployments, and higher bit-rate ISP services will continue to drive growth rates in subscribers of 20 percent and above in all the major markets."