Telcos boost wired network capacities

Global telecoms service providers snapped up more than $36bn of equipment to enhance wireline networks in 2007, according to recently published reports.

The Dell'Oro Group said that this spending has increased by more than 10 per cent over 2006 levels.

The analyst firm noted that sales to service providers for wireline infrastructure have not approached this level since 2000.

The largest increases in capital expenditure were on optical transport and routers, followed distantly by IP voice equipment (such as media gateways and soft switches) and carrier Ethernet switches.

Spending on broadband access and multi-service switching declined, the report found.

Cisco captured the bulk of spending on routers, while Alcatel-Lucent spent most on optical transport. Nokia Siemens and Nortel captured the majority of spending on IP voice equipment.

See also:

Telcos must look beyond fibre for network upgrades

Service orientation is key, according to experts  21 Feb 2008

Telecoms IT spending to soar

Operations support system investment to exceed $46bn in 2008  09 Jan 2008

ISPs eye P2P as big money spinner

Peer-to-peer expected to be $28bn industry over the next five years  24 Aug 2007

US lags behind in global VoIP race

Europe leading the way, reports In-Stat  09 Jul 2007

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