broadbandtrends publishes DSL Port Forecast (2007-2012)

broadbandtrends recently publishes its latest DSL port market outlook report: "Network Upgrades and Higher Speeds Steer DSLAM Market"

Major Report Highlights include the following:

§   Aggressive network upgrade activity combined with continued broadband subscriber growth  will keep DSL port shipments strong through 2008

§   EMEA will lead DSL port shipments throughout the forecast period

§   DSL ports shipped for Ethernet based platforms will outpace those from ATM platforms in 2007

§   VDSL port shipments will steadily increase from 14 percent in 2006 to 50 percent by 2012

§   RT-based  DSL platforms will constitute as much as 43 percent of total port deployments by 2010, up from 29 percent in 2006

The transition to next-generation Ethernet-based access platforms, combined with new DSL technologies (such as ADSL2+ and VDSL2), bonding and advanced compression techniques, is driving operators in all regions to make continuing  investments in their DSL infrastructure, while evaluating the possibility of  fiber all the way to the home for the future. 

Operators in all regions continue to leverage their copper plant to offer their consumers an increasing variety of multi-media enhanced broadband services.  As such, global DSL port shipments are expected to remain robust over the next three years (as shown in Figure 1).  During 2007, Global DSL shipments from Ethernet-based platforms are forecasted to exceed ATM-based port shipments.  In addition, due to aggressive Fiber-to-the-Node deployments in a number of countries, VDSL shipments will find wide scale deployment in markets outside of Asia Pacific resulting in the acceleration of Remote Terminal (RT) deployments throughout the forecast period. 

Global DSL Port Shipments

Source: broadbandtrends.com

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