DALLAS, USA: ZTE USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ZTE Corp. and leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions announced that its C77 handset is now available through i-wireless, a national wireless service provider sold exclusively at over 2,200 retail locations within the Kroger family of stores.
The C77 marks the first ZTE handset i-wireless has introduced to its customer base.
As with all its products, ZTE both designs and manufactures its handsets in-house. The C77 joins ZTE’s portfolio of high quality, full-featured handsets available to the US market.
A stylish and affordable option, the C77 is a sleek candy bar phone available in black with a silver band and a two-inch display for vivid pictures. For those who want to stay connected, the C77 features a WAP browser and raised keypad that lends itself to easy texting capability and surfing the web.
“The launch of the C77 with i-wireless highlights the continued demonstration of ZTE’s commitment to bring to market high quality handsets at affordable prices,” said a ZTE spokesperson. “We are very pleased to announce this partnership with i-wireless as it marks yet another milestone for ZTE’s handset growth strategy and expansion of offerings to the US market.”
“Our customers want a handset with all the latest features for a great user experience at an affordable price,” said Don Daniels, Vice President of Marketing, i-wireless LLC. “ZTE delivers on our customer needs with the C77. We are excited to launch our first ZTE handset and look forward to working together to deliver the high-quality, affordable handsets together.”
ZTE USA offers a full portfolio of end-to-end wireless handset and networking solutions in the U.S. The company's handsets have won numerous design awards, and its flexible product design and manufacturing cycle enables ZTE USA to quickly deliver affordable products to customers.
i-wireless will launch the ZTE C77 with an introductory price of $29.99 that includes a free month of service.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Optical transport equipment market grew 11 percent in Q2-09
REDWOOD CITY, USA: According to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecom industries, the worldwide optical market grew 11 percent quarter-over-quarter (Q/Q) in the second quarter this year.
The Asia Pacific region contributed most of this sequential growth and was the largest region contributing nearly 40 percent of the worldwide revenues in the quarter.
“An 11 percent growth following a near historic sequential decline in the first quarter of the year gives me confidence that the worst may be over for the optical equipment market,” said Jimmy Yu, Director of Optical Transport research at Dell’Oro Group.
“My only reservation is that, although each region experienced slight growth, the growth was predominantly driven by Asia Pacific which grew nearly 25 percent sequentially. Additionally, I estimate that it was revenue from China that contributed almost all of this region’s growth, so a good deal of the optical market’s recovery is dependent on China’s continued strength as the other regions recover,” Yu added.
Huawei and ZTE benefited from the optical sales growth in China, increasing their worldwide market shares.
The Asia Pacific region contributed most of this sequential growth and was the largest region contributing nearly 40 percent of the worldwide revenues in the quarter.
“An 11 percent growth following a near historic sequential decline in the first quarter of the year gives me confidence that the worst may be over for the optical equipment market,” said Jimmy Yu, Director of Optical Transport research at Dell’Oro Group.
“My only reservation is that, although each region experienced slight growth, the growth was predominantly driven by Asia Pacific which grew nearly 25 percent sequentially. Additionally, I estimate that it was revenue from China that contributed almost all of this region’s growth, so a good deal of the optical market’s recovery is dependent on China’s continued strength as the other regions recover,” Yu added.
Huawei and ZTE benefited from the optical sales growth in China, increasing their worldwide market shares.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
North American DSL and CMTS shipments recover
UK: Ovum today announced its preliminary quarterly results for global 2Q09 DSL and CMTS port shipments.
“Continuing demand for downstream capacity contributed to strong growth in downstream CMTS port shipments in North America. We estimate that for the first time ever, more than half of ports shipped were downstream ports,” said Ovum Analyst Kamalini Ganguly. “Arris topped the CMTS market in volume for the first time.
2Q09 highlights
* DSLAM shipments’ increase versus 1Q09 = 10 percent
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 2Q08 = 19 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 1Q09 = 6 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 2Q08 = 39 percent
Alcatel-Lucent, which shipped 5.8 million DSL ports in 2Q09, remained in first place in the DSL market on a rolling 4Q volume basis with 32 percent share, followed by Huawei (28 percent), ZTE (16 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (5 percent), Ericsson (5 percent), and UTStarcom (3 percent).
All the regions saw double-digit sequential growth in DSL shipments, with the exception of South and Central America. In the CMTS market, Cisco dropped to 50 percent rolling 4Q market share in terms of ports shipped, followed by Arris whose share jumped to 35 percent and Motorola whose share grew to 13 percent. Downstream ports contributed to more than 50 percent of CMTS ports shipped for the first time.
“Continuing demand for downstream capacity contributed to strong growth in downstream CMTS port shipments in North America. We estimate that for the first time ever, more than half of ports shipped were downstream ports,” said Ovum Analyst Kamalini Ganguly. “Arris topped the CMTS market in volume for the first time.
2Q09 highlights
* DSLAM shipments’ increase versus 1Q09 = 10 percent
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 2Q08 = 19 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 1Q09 = 6 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 2Q08 = 39 percent
Alcatel-Lucent, which shipped 5.8 million DSL ports in 2Q09, remained in first place in the DSL market on a rolling 4Q volume basis with 32 percent share, followed by Huawei (28 percent), ZTE (16 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (5 percent), Ericsson (5 percent), and UTStarcom (3 percent).
All the regions saw double-digit sequential growth in DSL shipments, with the exception of South and Central America. In the CMTS market, Cisco dropped to 50 percent rolling 4Q market share in terms of ports shipped, followed by Arris whose share jumped to 35 percent and Motorola whose share grew to 13 percent. Downstream ports contributed to more than 50 percent of CMTS ports shipped for the first time.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Spending in China propels Huawei to near tie with Alcatel-Lucent
UK: Ovum today announced its preliminary 2Q09 results for global optical equipment networking vendors. The global optical networking (ON) market, led by strength in Asia-Pacific markets, was $3.9 billion, up 11 percent sequentially, but down 9 percent compared with 2Q08.
“This marks the third consecutive quarter that the ON market has shrunk compared with the year-ago quarter, but given the global economic conditions we were not surprised,” remarked Ron Kline, Ovum’s Research Director, Optical Networking.
“Spending in Asia-Pacific remained surprisingly strong, driven by 3G network builds in China. The level of spending we’re seeing in China has disproportionally benefitted Huawei and ZTE, adding over a share point each to their market positions, and has brought Huawei to the verge of market leadership, an event we think very likely for 3Q09.”
Top 10 ON vendor share
Of the top 10 vendors, only Huawei and ZTE posted both sequential and year-over-year revenue gains, reflecting the surge in spending in their home market.
Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson posted sequential revenue gains but were still off 22 percent and 18 percent from the year-ago period, while Ciena, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, and Tellabs all declined sequentially and year over year. Huawei and ZTE grew revenues by 21 percent and 62 percent, respectively, over 2Q08 due to 3G mobile-related aggregation spending in China.
“Alcatel-Lucent held on to the market lead with 20.7 percent annualized share, but Huawei picked up 1.4 percentage points to come within just 0.2 points of the market leader at 20.5 percent share,” said Kline.
“Given the continued strength of spending in China where Huawei is strong, favorable exchange rates, light exposure to North America, and access to capital, it’s only a matter of time before we have a new market leader.”
“This marks the third consecutive quarter that the ON market has shrunk compared with the year-ago quarter, but given the global economic conditions we were not surprised,” remarked Ron Kline, Ovum’s Research Director, Optical Networking.
“Spending in Asia-Pacific remained surprisingly strong, driven by 3G network builds in China. The level of spending we’re seeing in China has disproportionally benefitted Huawei and ZTE, adding over a share point each to their market positions, and has brought Huawei to the verge of market leadership, an event we think very likely for 3Q09.”
Top 10 ON vendor share
Of the top 10 vendors, only Huawei and ZTE posted both sequential and year-over-year revenue gains, reflecting the surge in spending in their home market.
Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson posted sequential revenue gains but were still off 22 percent and 18 percent from the year-ago period, while Ciena, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, and Tellabs all declined sequentially and year over year. Huawei and ZTE grew revenues by 21 percent and 62 percent, respectively, over 2Q08 due to 3G mobile-related aggregation spending in China.
“Alcatel-Lucent held on to the market lead with 20.7 percent annualized share, but Huawei picked up 1.4 percentage points to come within just 0.2 points of the market leader at 20.5 percent share,” said Kline.
“Given the continued strength of spending in China where Huawei is strong, favorable exchange rates, light exposure to North America, and access to capital, it’s only a matter of time before we have a new market leader.”
Friday, August 7, 2009
Seasonality and weak economies lower mobile phone demand in Q1’09
AUSTIN, USA: While mobile phone display shipments in developed nations such as the US, Europe and Japan slipped in Q1’09 due to seasonality and the weak economy, this segment is expected to improve through 2009 due to relatively strong demand for smart phones, video capabilities and the growing China mobile phone market.
According to the DisplaySearch Q2’09 Quarterly Mobile Phone Shipment and Forecast Report, total mobile phone display shipments fell 11 percent Q/Q and 19 percent Y/Y in Q1’09 to 263 million units, but are forecast to increase to 306 million units in Q2’09 and 360 million units in Q3’09, respectively.
“Growth in mobile phone display shipments will be driven by demand from major mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, as well as Chinese brands including Huawei, ZTE as well as Tianyu and white box manufacturers,” noted Hiroshi Hayase, DisplaySearch’s Director of Small/Medium Display Research. “In addition, the availability of low cost mobile phones in these regions will also contribute to the anticipated growth for this segment.”
More than 20 percent of mobile phone displays were shipped to Chinese brands and white box manufacturers, who are mainly in China. White boxes are un-branded mobile phones designed to be similar to popular designs by top-tier brands such as Nokia, Samsung and Apple.
Produced in China-based manufacturing facilities, these ‘knock-offs’ are sold at significantly lower price points. The total amount of mobile phone displays shipped for the China market is expected to exceed display shipment amount for Samsung Telecom. As a result, the demand for mobile phone displays will increase.
The number of mobile phone shipments reached 276.1 million in Q1’09. Nokia retained its top position with 31.7 percent share, up slightly from 31.2 percent in Q1’09. The #2 and #3 brands were Samsung and LG. Motorola continued a long-term share decline.
Emerging China mobile phone brands including Huawei, ZTE and Tianyu increased their share of mobile phone displays purchased by 1.5-2 percent, increasing their mobile phone rankings.
Table 1: Q1’09 Mobile Phone Brand Market Share
Source: DisplaySearch Q2’09 Quarterly Mobile Phone Shipment and Forecast Report
Other key findings from DisplaySearch’s latest mobile phone display research include the following:
* MSTN LCD for mobile phones dropped to 12.9 million in Q1’09 from 22.1 million in Q4’08, primarily due to the adoption of white box commodity models and eroding TFT LCD prices in emerging markets. For example, Nokia’s entry-level 1200 model uses MSTN. Passive matrix LCDs (MSTN, CSTN and STN) are expected to drop from 448 million in 2008 to 369 million in 2009.
* Although total mobile phone display shipments are expected to drop from 2008 to 2009, the growing demand for video capabilities in mobile phones has boosted the outlook for TFT-LCD and OLED displays for this segment, and is expected to increase from 955 million units shipped in 2008, to 1.03 billion units in 2009.
* Nokia increased its purchase of nHD displays (360 × 640) to 4.0 million in Q1’09 from 1.1 million in Q4’08. nHD displays enable digital TV and video on mobile phones.
* Samsung Mobile Display (SMD), which manufactures small/medium LCDs and OLEDs, began production and led in both shipments and revenues for mobile phone FPD shipments—overtaking Sharp in revenues and Wintek in shipments.
According to the DisplaySearch Q2’09 Quarterly Mobile Phone Shipment and Forecast Report, total mobile phone display shipments fell 11 percent Q/Q and 19 percent Y/Y in Q1’09 to 263 million units, but are forecast to increase to 306 million units in Q2’09 and 360 million units in Q3’09, respectively.
“Growth in mobile phone display shipments will be driven by demand from major mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, as well as Chinese brands including Huawei, ZTE as well as Tianyu and white box manufacturers,” noted Hiroshi Hayase, DisplaySearch’s Director of Small/Medium Display Research. “In addition, the availability of low cost mobile phones in these regions will also contribute to the anticipated growth for this segment.”
More than 20 percent of mobile phone displays were shipped to Chinese brands and white box manufacturers, who are mainly in China. White boxes are un-branded mobile phones designed to be similar to popular designs by top-tier brands such as Nokia, Samsung and Apple.
Produced in China-based manufacturing facilities, these ‘knock-offs’ are sold at significantly lower price points. The total amount of mobile phone displays shipped for the China market is expected to exceed display shipment amount for Samsung Telecom. As a result, the demand for mobile phone displays will increase.
The number of mobile phone shipments reached 276.1 million in Q1’09. Nokia retained its top position with 31.7 percent share, up slightly from 31.2 percent in Q1’09. The #2 and #3 brands were Samsung and LG. Motorola continued a long-term share decline.
Emerging China mobile phone brands including Huawei, ZTE and Tianyu increased their share of mobile phone displays purchased by 1.5-2 percent, increasing their mobile phone rankings.
Table 1: Q1’09 Mobile Phone Brand Market Share
Source: DisplaySearch Q2’09 Quarterly Mobile Phone Shipment and Forecast ReportOther key findings from DisplaySearch’s latest mobile phone display research include the following:
* MSTN LCD for mobile phones dropped to 12.9 million in Q1’09 from 22.1 million in Q4’08, primarily due to the adoption of white box commodity models and eroding TFT LCD prices in emerging markets. For example, Nokia’s entry-level 1200 model uses MSTN. Passive matrix LCDs (MSTN, CSTN and STN) are expected to drop from 448 million in 2008 to 369 million in 2009.
* Although total mobile phone display shipments are expected to drop from 2008 to 2009, the growing demand for video capabilities in mobile phones has boosted the outlook for TFT-LCD and OLED displays for this segment, and is expected to increase from 955 million units shipped in 2008, to 1.03 billion units in 2009.
* Nokia increased its purchase of nHD displays (360 × 640) to 4.0 million in Q1’09 from 1.1 million in Q4’08. nHD displays enable digital TV and video on mobile phones.
* Samsung Mobile Display (SMD), which manufactures small/medium LCDs and OLEDs, began production and led in both shipments and revenues for mobile phone FPD shipments—overtaking Sharp in revenues and Wintek in shipments.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Hopes of upturn in 2Q09 telecom financial deal flow despite unfriendly public markets
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: According to a new study from Ovum, the global analyst and consulting company, telecom sector financial deal activity in 2Q09 reflects a modest, but tangible, increase in confidence among the major players: carriers, vendors, their financial and legal advisors, and the investment institutions looking for reasons to pull their money off the sidelines.
Based on Ovum’s report, titled Financial Deals Industry Insight -– Telecommunications (2Q09 edition), public stock offerings remain nearly nonexistent even as market volatility lowers, and venture capital (VC) investments in telecom continue in similar volumes but at a much lower average deal size: from $13.0M per deal in 2Q08, the 2Q08 average was $9.8M.
However, the private placement market -– issuance of debt securities for fundraising –- has actually picked up nicely as public markets have fallen: 19 deals in 2Q09, in line with the quarterly average since 4Q07 –- but the total deal value increased again, nearly double 1Q09 to $18.0B, up from $3.6B in 2Q08.
One significant deal as of yet unclosed –- South Africa-based MTN’s pending merger with Indian carrier Bharti Airtel (partly funded by a separate private placement deal) –- does sway the average upwards, but there were three other closed deals above $1B in 2Q09: Qtel, Crown Castle, and Cricket/Leap.
Matt Walker, Ovum principal analyst and author of the report, noted that there is also promising news from the world of mergers and acquisitions: “We are starting to see more big, complex deals; these often entail long negotiation cycles and carry regulatory uncertainties. In late 2008 the financial market’s volatility killed interest in such transactions.”
For 1H09 overall, M&A deal count in telecom was 315, down significantly from the 391 deals announced or closed in 1H08. But total deal value for 2Q09 was roughly $35B, or twice the average seen in the previous three quarters.
Watching the announced but not yet closed deals will also help gauge market stability, especially MTN-Bharti, but also Verizon’s sales of select assets to (in separate deals) Frontier and AT&T; Greece’s sale of a 5 percent stake in OTE to DT; and Russia-based Rostelecom’s sale of a 40 percent stake in itself to two separate investment entities.
In addition, Walker noted that governments and deep-pocketed vendors are helping to close the gap as public markets remain tough. Governments are doing this by directly funding broadband infrastructure buildouts, licensing new wireless spectrum at favourable terms, subsidizing private sector R&D (e.g. at the European Investment Bank), and lending money in special cases, as when Export Development Canada offered NSN $300M for its initial bid on Nortel’s CDMA and LTE assets.
As for vendors, Cisco is one example: it is using its Cisco Capital unit to leverage its notoriously rich cash horde -- over $33B of cash and short-term investments on the balance sheet -- to offer financing to customers and channel partners. In 1H-FY09, it was responsible for $2.1B in lease and long-term loan arrangements.
In addition, Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei both have billions of dollars in either explicit or implicit credit lines with various Chinese banks: the China Development Bank, the Export-Import Bank, and the Bank of China.
Walker said: “This subsidized financing helps these Chinese vendors’ carrier customers expand more easily and quickly, which also facilitates deal activity (e.g. cross-border M&As to grow wireless footprint).”
On net, Walker concluded that, while the outlook remains cloudy, steps taken in 2Q09 by vendors, governments, and private financiers to compensate for weakness in the macroeconomy and public equity markets bode well for the remainder of the year in telecom.
Based on Ovum’s report, titled Financial Deals Industry Insight -– Telecommunications (2Q09 edition), public stock offerings remain nearly nonexistent even as market volatility lowers, and venture capital (VC) investments in telecom continue in similar volumes but at a much lower average deal size: from $13.0M per deal in 2Q08, the 2Q08 average was $9.8M.
However, the private placement market -– issuance of debt securities for fundraising –- has actually picked up nicely as public markets have fallen: 19 deals in 2Q09, in line with the quarterly average since 4Q07 –- but the total deal value increased again, nearly double 1Q09 to $18.0B, up from $3.6B in 2Q08.
One significant deal as of yet unclosed –- South Africa-based MTN’s pending merger with Indian carrier Bharti Airtel (partly funded by a separate private placement deal) –- does sway the average upwards, but there were three other closed deals above $1B in 2Q09: Qtel, Crown Castle, and Cricket/Leap.
Matt Walker, Ovum principal analyst and author of the report, noted that there is also promising news from the world of mergers and acquisitions: “We are starting to see more big, complex deals; these often entail long negotiation cycles and carry regulatory uncertainties. In late 2008 the financial market’s volatility killed interest in such transactions.”
For 1H09 overall, M&A deal count in telecom was 315, down significantly from the 391 deals announced or closed in 1H08. But total deal value for 2Q09 was roughly $35B, or twice the average seen in the previous three quarters.
Watching the announced but not yet closed deals will also help gauge market stability, especially MTN-Bharti, but also Verizon’s sales of select assets to (in separate deals) Frontier and AT&T; Greece’s sale of a 5 percent stake in OTE to DT; and Russia-based Rostelecom’s sale of a 40 percent stake in itself to two separate investment entities.
In addition, Walker noted that governments and deep-pocketed vendors are helping to close the gap as public markets remain tough. Governments are doing this by directly funding broadband infrastructure buildouts, licensing new wireless spectrum at favourable terms, subsidizing private sector R&D (e.g. at the European Investment Bank), and lending money in special cases, as when Export Development Canada offered NSN $300M for its initial bid on Nortel’s CDMA and LTE assets.
As for vendors, Cisco is one example: it is using its Cisco Capital unit to leverage its notoriously rich cash horde -- over $33B of cash and short-term investments on the balance sheet -- to offer financing to customers and channel partners. In 1H-FY09, it was responsible for $2.1B in lease and long-term loan arrangements.
In addition, Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei both have billions of dollars in either explicit or implicit credit lines with various Chinese banks: the China Development Bank, the Export-Import Bank, and the Bank of China.
Walker said: “This subsidized financing helps these Chinese vendors’ carrier customers expand more easily and quickly, which also facilitates deal activity (e.g. cross-border M&As to grow wireless footprint).”
On net, Walker concluded that, while the outlook remains cloudy, steps taken in 2Q09 by vendors, governments, and private financiers to compensate for weakness in the macroeconomy and public equity markets bode well for the remainder of the year in telecom.
Monday, August 3, 2009
ZTE among 'Top 3' global LTE network infrastructure vendors
SHENZHEN, CHINA: ZTE Corp. has been named a 'Top 3' LTE Network Infrastructure Vendor by Gartner.
In its latest industry report, “Dataquest Insight: Scorecard for Vendors of Long Term Evolution Network Infrastructure,” Gartner uses an item-by-item rating method to comprehensively evaluate the performance of global LTE vendors.
Gartner divides market performance into seven criteria including: Product or Service, Market Understanding, Offering/Product Strategy, Geographic Strategy, Sales and Marketing Strategy, Market Responsiveness and Track Record.
In addition, the report also employs a 5-level rating for each criteria to review the major telecom equipment vendors, including Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE and among others. ZTE rated as a strong performer, was at the top of list in “Geographic Strategy” and has zero “Risk” rating.
According to Gartner, ZTE is a strong player in the LTE industry with a quality product portfolio and a growth strategy that is both prudent and sustainable.
ZTE is continually improving its marketing and business reach outside of China, while also strengthening its regional market presence, as Asia/Pacific offers good growth opportunities for mobile infrastructure vendors. In addition, its strong financial position has allowed it to maintain its R&D spending at 10 percent of revenue.
The report also forecasts that 70% of UMTS vendors will gradually upgrade to HSPA+ and LTE, and that most CDMA operators will choose LTE.
In its latest industry report, “Dataquest Insight: Scorecard for Vendors of Long Term Evolution Network Infrastructure,” Gartner uses an item-by-item rating method to comprehensively evaluate the performance of global LTE vendors.
Gartner divides market performance into seven criteria including: Product or Service, Market Understanding, Offering/Product Strategy, Geographic Strategy, Sales and Marketing Strategy, Market Responsiveness and Track Record.
In addition, the report also employs a 5-level rating for each criteria to review the major telecom equipment vendors, including Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE and among others. ZTE rated as a strong performer, was at the top of list in “Geographic Strategy” and has zero “Risk” rating.
According to Gartner, ZTE is a strong player in the LTE industry with a quality product portfolio and a growth strategy that is both prudent and sustainable.
ZTE is continually improving its marketing and business reach outside of China, while also strengthening its regional market presence, as Asia/Pacific offers good growth opportunities for mobile infrastructure vendors. In addition, its strong financial position has allowed it to maintain its R&D spending at 10 percent of revenue.
The report also forecasts that 70% of UMTS vendors will gradually upgrade to HSPA+ and LTE, and that most CDMA operators will choose LTE.
Friday, July 31, 2009
ZTE holds 25pc global CDMA network market share: Frost
NEW DELHI, INDIA: ZTE Corp. announced that it has been ranked as the second largest global CDMA network supplier with 25 percent market share by Frost & Sullivan.
In its recently published research report entitled “Global CDMA Network Market and Provider Competition Analysis”, Frost & Sullivan also anticipates that ZTE will become the number one provider in the worldwide CDMA network market by obtaining 29.3 percent global market share by 2010.
According to the report, which tracked up to 2Q09, Alcatel-Lucent and ZTE were the top two vendors leading the world’s CDMA network market with 30.1 percent and 25 percent accumulated market share by capacity, respectively. The two companies are considered top tier suppliers. Tier 2 and 3 CDMA vendors worldwide include those with less than 20 percent percent market share.
In the recent years, CDMA market has been growing fast in Asia and China’s CDMA equipment vendors are performing outstandingly in the industry. ZTE has demonstrated strong performance throughout the Asia Pacific region, especially in China and India where it has realized exceptional CDMA market share and is shaking up the leadership of the traditional CDMA equipment manufacturers.
China and India’s CDMA subscribers account for more than 30 percent of the world’s total CDMA user population. ZTE’s CDMA market share in India and China is 35 percent and 41.5 percent, respectively as of 1Q09.
For its excellent achievement in the CDMA market, ZTE’s next stage target is to realize market breakthrough in the US and other large-scale, high-end CDMA markets.
The Frost & Sullivan’s analyst cites ZTE’s technology advantage in EV-DO Rev.B as an opportunity to further expand CDMA and LTE dual-mode network construction opportunities, and to strengthen its supply of CDMA terminal equipment to the worldwide market.
ZTE has constructed a number of CDMA networks in the US market. In 2008, ZTE supported Aircell on an industry-first in-flight mobile broadband system to provide fast and accessible Air-To-Ground (ATG) Internet services to Aircell’s customers through its EV-DO Rev. A base stations stationed across the US.
To date, ZTE has been providing this high-speed in-flight mobile broadband access services to over 400 flights. This has helped ZTE earn the Annual Industry Innovation Achievement Award organized by the CDMA Development Group (CDG).
ZTE was ranked as the top 1 CDMA vendor for three consecutive years from 2006 to 2008 for its CDMA base stations global shipment volume. In 1H09, ZTE’s CDMA base station achieved a record high shipment volume of 75,000 and realized an accumulated global shipment of 200,000 CDMA base stations.
In its recently published research report entitled “Global CDMA Network Market and Provider Competition Analysis”, Frost & Sullivan also anticipates that ZTE will become the number one provider in the worldwide CDMA network market by obtaining 29.3 percent global market share by 2010.
According to the report, which tracked up to 2Q09, Alcatel-Lucent and ZTE were the top two vendors leading the world’s CDMA network market with 30.1 percent and 25 percent accumulated market share by capacity, respectively. The two companies are considered top tier suppliers. Tier 2 and 3 CDMA vendors worldwide include those with less than 20 percent percent market share.
In the recent years, CDMA market has been growing fast in Asia and China’s CDMA equipment vendors are performing outstandingly in the industry. ZTE has demonstrated strong performance throughout the Asia Pacific region, especially in China and India where it has realized exceptional CDMA market share and is shaking up the leadership of the traditional CDMA equipment manufacturers.
China and India’s CDMA subscribers account for more than 30 percent of the world’s total CDMA user population. ZTE’s CDMA market share in India and China is 35 percent and 41.5 percent, respectively as of 1Q09.
For its excellent achievement in the CDMA market, ZTE’s next stage target is to realize market breakthrough in the US and other large-scale, high-end CDMA markets.
The Frost & Sullivan’s analyst cites ZTE’s technology advantage in EV-DO Rev.B as an opportunity to further expand CDMA and LTE dual-mode network construction opportunities, and to strengthen its supply of CDMA terminal equipment to the worldwide market.
ZTE has constructed a number of CDMA networks in the US market. In 2008, ZTE supported Aircell on an industry-first in-flight mobile broadband system to provide fast and accessible Air-To-Ground (ATG) Internet services to Aircell’s customers through its EV-DO Rev. A base stations stationed across the US.
To date, ZTE has been providing this high-speed in-flight mobile broadband access services to over 400 flights. This has helped ZTE earn the Annual Industry Innovation Achievement Award organized by the CDMA Development Group (CDG).
ZTE was ranked as the top 1 CDMA vendor for three consecutive years from 2006 to 2008 for its CDMA base stations global shipment volume. In 1H09, ZTE’s CDMA base station achieved a record high shipment volume of 75,000 and realized an accumulated global shipment of 200,000 CDMA base stations.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
ZTE chooses Wintegra for mobile carrier network
AUSTIN, USA: Wintegra, a market leader in access processing semiconductors, announced that ZTE Corp. has selected Wintegra’s Multi-Service Access (MSA) software and hardware solution for its next generation Mobile Carrier Network equipment.
ZTE, recognized by IDC as the “Fastest Growing Telecom Equipment Provider in 2008,” is pursuing the burgeoning business opportunities in China as well as other regions with their new generation of carrier class telephony equipment.
Packet transport addresses the ever increasing demand for more and more bandwidth over evolving IP networks. A key function of packet transport is the ability to carry legacy TDM traffic over these new packet based networks such as Carrier Ethernet.
Carrier Ethernet has an important feature known as clock recovery that provides the necessary clocking and precise timing information that was inherent in TDM networks over this asynchronous packet based network.
Wintegra provides market leading support for high channel density clock recovery enabling providers like ZTE to support a cost effective mix of legacy as well as packet based networks simultaneously.
ZTE has licensed Wintegra’s key technologies and software development tools to capitalize on the available protocols and design assistance provided by Wintegra.
“Wintegra has a compelling mix of hardware and software solutions for our next generation communication equipment,” said Yu Zhiyong, Chief Engineer of ZTE Mobile Carrier Network Product Dept. “We expect to work with them for other systems to broaden our carrier class solution portfolio.”
Wintegra has a strong presence in multi-service access and high channel density carrier class telephony. China is a prime geographic area for growth. “We’re really pleased to be working with ZTE on their new packet based solutions,” said Robert O’Dell, EVP of Marketing and Sales at Wintegra. “It is a testament to our technology to be used by a market leader like ZTE, and we’re looking forward to ongoing programs with them.”
Wintegra’s multi-service hardware and software solutions enable a fully channelized application running any protocol including PWE3 (Pseudo Wire End to End Emulation), MC/ML-PPP (Multi-Class Multi-Link PPP), IMA (Inverse Multiplexing over ATM), and MFR (Multilink Frame Relay).
These solutions also utilize Wintegra’s state-of-the-art clock recovery support providing accurate timing and synchronization critical for these new networks. Additionally, WinPath based designs are RAM-based, allowing for field upgrades of operational software with no truck rolls, a highly desired feature in this cost sensitive market.
ZTE, recognized by IDC as the “Fastest Growing Telecom Equipment Provider in 2008,” is pursuing the burgeoning business opportunities in China as well as other regions with their new generation of carrier class telephony equipment.
Packet transport addresses the ever increasing demand for more and more bandwidth over evolving IP networks. A key function of packet transport is the ability to carry legacy TDM traffic over these new packet based networks such as Carrier Ethernet.
Carrier Ethernet has an important feature known as clock recovery that provides the necessary clocking and precise timing information that was inherent in TDM networks over this asynchronous packet based network.
Wintegra provides market leading support for high channel density clock recovery enabling providers like ZTE to support a cost effective mix of legacy as well as packet based networks simultaneously.
ZTE has licensed Wintegra’s key technologies and software development tools to capitalize on the available protocols and design assistance provided by Wintegra.
“Wintegra has a compelling mix of hardware and software solutions for our next generation communication equipment,” said Yu Zhiyong, Chief Engineer of ZTE Mobile Carrier Network Product Dept. “We expect to work with them for other systems to broaden our carrier class solution portfolio.”
Wintegra has a strong presence in multi-service access and high channel density carrier class telephony. China is a prime geographic area for growth. “We’re really pleased to be working with ZTE on their new packet based solutions,” said Robert O’Dell, EVP of Marketing and Sales at Wintegra. “It is a testament to our technology to be used by a market leader like ZTE, and we’re looking forward to ongoing programs with them.”
Wintegra’s multi-service hardware and software solutions enable a fully channelized application running any protocol including PWE3 (Pseudo Wire End to End Emulation), MC/ML-PPP (Multi-Class Multi-Link PPP), IMA (Inverse Multiplexing over ATM), and MFR (Multilink Frame Relay).
These solutions also utilize Wintegra’s state-of-the-art clock recovery support providing accurate timing and synchronization critical for these new networks. Additionally, WinPath based designs are RAM-based, allowing for field upgrades of operational software with no truck rolls, a highly desired feature in this cost sensitive market.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
China's TD-SCDMA market ushers in large-scale community-based testing and test business
DUBLIN, IRELAND: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2008-2009 Annual Report on China's TD-SCDMA Terminal Market" report to its offering.
Vendors involved include : ZTE, Samsung, Lenovo, Spreadtrum, Leadcore, T3G Technology, Chongqing Chongyou Information Technology, etc.
From the perspective of the development of national strategies, developing TD-SCDMA industry is very important. In 2008, China's TD-SCDMA market ushers in a large-scale community-based testing and test business; meanwhile, operation reorganization is orderly carrying through, which indicates that China will formally enter 3G era.
As one of global 3G standards and China's own intellectual property rights, after experienced a series of queries, with governmental supports and the industry chain led by China Mobile, the industry is gradually mature, which includes operation, equipment, terminal, chip, testing and channels.
China Mobile has started up two round TD terminal tenders with 300,000 sets, TD-SCDMA mobile phone market development opportunities should not be underestimated.
In the face of changes and challenges of competition and market, release of 2008-2009 Annual Report on China's TD-SCDMA Terminal Market helps vendors, investors and industry insiders grasp more accurately laws governing the markets development and in combing the development track of application value.
Scientific, authoritative and objective TD-SCDMA terminal products' monitoring data: On the basis of in-depth research in leading vendors main product lines, it depicts the changes in the market from the angle of product structure, price structure, network development and channels, and clearly identifies operations' business hall's characteristics and channel strategies.
Vendors involved include : ZTE, Samsung, Lenovo, Spreadtrum, Leadcore, T3G Technology, Chongqing Chongyou Information Technology, etc.
From the perspective of the development of national strategies, developing TD-SCDMA industry is very important. In 2008, China's TD-SCDMA market ushers in a large-scale community-based testing and test business; meanwhile, operation reorganization is orderly carrying through, which indicates that China will formally enter 3G era.
As one of global 3G standards and China's own intellectual property rights, after experienced a series of queries, with governmental supports and the industry chain led by China Mobile, the industry is gradually mature, which includes operation, equipment, terminal, chip, testing and channels.
China Mobile has started up two round TD terminal tenders with 300,000 sets, TD-SCDMA mobile phone market development opportunities should not be underestimated.
In the face of changes and challenges of competition and market, release of 2008-2009 Annual Report on China's TD-SCDMA Terminal Market helps vendors, investors and industry insiders grasp more accurately laws governing the markets development and in combing the development track of application value.
Scientific, authoritative and objective TD-SCDMA terminal products' monitoring data: On the basis of in-depth research in leading vendors main product lines, it depicts the changes in the market from the angle of product structure, price structure, network development and channels, and clearly identifies operations' business hall's characteristics and channel strategies.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Huawei beats Alcatel-Lucent in 1Q09 to top optical networking market
UK: Ovum announced its preliminary 1Q09 results for global optical equipment networking vendors. The global optical networking (ON) market, led by strength in Asia-Pacific markets, was $3.6 billion, down 15 percent sequentially and down 8 percent compared with 1Q08.
"This marks the second time in two quarters that the ON market has shrunk compared with the year-ago quarter, but given the global financial meltdown the situation could have been much worse." remarks Ovum’s Vice President, Optical Networking, Dana Cooperson.
"Spending in Asia-Pacific was surprisingly strong. We did not see the seasonal decline we normally expect in China, for example, as the race to build 3G mobile networks and support them with transport capacity obliterated any seasonality or macroeconomic downturn factors. Huawei, posting a remarkable $790 million in revenue to lead the market for the quarter, benefited from China’s 3G race, along with teledensity growth in India, a strong and stable currency, and comparatively little exposure to the cool North American market, while Alcatel-Lucent suffered from much of the opposite," Cooperson added.
Top 10 optical networking vendor share
Of the top 10 vendors, none posted both sequential and year-over-year revenue gains, reflecting slowing spending in much of the world. Vendors who beat both the sequential and year-over-year average market declines of 15 percent and 8 percent, respectively, include Ericsson, Huawei, and NEC.
Those three vendors, plus ZTE, were the only top ten vendors that did not post revenue declines compared with 1Q08. Huawei and ZTE grew revenues by more than 40 percent and 20 percent, respectively, over 1Q08 in part due to 3G mobile-related spending in China.
"Alcatel-Lucent held on to the market lead with 21.7 percent annualized share, but Huawei picked up 1.8 percentage points to come within 3 points of the market leader at 19.1 percent share. Given the continued strength of spending in markets where Huawei is strong, its light exposure to weaker markets, and the firm’s seemingly bottomless availability of financing, this looks like a huge year for the Chinese giant.” said Cooperson.
"This marks the second time in two quarters that the ON market has shrunk compared with the year-ago quarter, but given the global financial meltdown the situation could have been much worse." remarks Ovum’s Vice President, Optical Networking, Dana Cooperson.
"Spending in Asia-Pacific was surprisingly strong. We did not see the seasonal decline we normally expect in China, for example, as the race to build 3G mobile networks and support them with transport capacity obliterated any seasonality or macroeconomic downturn factors. Huawei, posting a remarkable $790 million in revenue to lead the market for the quarter, benefited from China’s 3G race, along with teledensity growth in India, a strong and stable currency, and comparatively little exposure to the cool North American market, while Alcatel-Lucent suffered from much of the opposite," Cooperson added.
Top 10 optical networking vendor share
Of the top 10 vendors, none posted both sequential and year-over-year revenue gains, reflecting slowing spending in much of the world. Vendors who beat both the sequential and year-over-year average market declines of 15 percent and 8 percent, respectively, include Ericsson, Huawei, and NEC.
Those three vendors, plus ZTE, were the only top ten vendors that did not post revenue declines compared with 1Q08. Huawei and ZTE grew revenues by more than 40 percent and 20 percent, respectively, over 1Q08 in part due to 3G mobile-related spending in China.
"Alcatel-Lucent held on to the market lead with 21.7 percent annualized share, but Huawei picked up 1.8 percentage points to come within 3 points of the market leader at 19.1 percent share. Given the continued strength of spending in markets where Huawei is strong, its light exposure to weaker markets, and the firm’s seemingly bottomless availability of financing, this looks like a huge year for the Chinese giant.” said Cooperson.
Huawei takes top spot in DSL shipments, says Ovum
UK: Ovum announced its preliminary quarterly results for global 1Q09 DSL and CMTS port shipments.
"The buoyant domestic market in China has lifted Huawei to first place in quarterly DSL volume shipments for the first time ever," said Ovum Analyst Kamalini Ganguly.
"Huawei also substantially increased its shipments to the EMEA region in 1Q09. Having successfully expanded its presence in several international markets in a few short years, Huawei has exploited its market share fully, both inside and outside China. We commend Huawei on this remarkable achievement," Ganguly said.
1Q09 highlights
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 4Q08 = 10 percent
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 1Q08 = 11 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 4Q08 = 6 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 1Q08 = 10 percent
Alcatel-Lucent, shipping 25.7 million DSL ports for the 2Q08–1Q09 period, remained in first place in the DSL market on a rolling 4Q volume basis (32 percent), followed by Huawei (29 percent), ZTE (15 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (5 percent), Ericsson (4 percent), and UT Starcom (3 percent).
In the CMTS market, North American shipments dropped to less than half of all shipments for the second time in the last six years, while all other markets grew in the single or double digits on a sequential basis. Cisco dropped to 59 percent, rolling 4Q market share in terms of ports shipped, followed by Arris (30 percent) and Motorola (10 percent).
"The buoyant domestic market in China has lifted Huawei to first place in quarterly DSL volume shipments for the first time ever," said Ovum Analyst Kamalini Ganguly.
"Huawei also substantially increased its shipments to the EMEA region in 1Q09. Having successfully expanded its presence in several international markets in a few short years, Huawei has exploited its market share fully, both inside and outside China. We commend Huawei on this remarkable achievement," Ganguly said.
1Q09 highlights
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 4Q08 = 10 percent
* DSLAM shipments’ decline versus 1Q08 = 11 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 4Q08 = 6 percent
* CMTS shipments’ decline versus 1Q08 = 10 percent
Alcatel-Lucent, shipping 25.7 million DSL ports for the 2Q08–1Q09 period, remained in first place in the DSL market on a rolling 4Q volume basis (32 percent), followed by Huawei (29 percent), ZTE (15 percent), Nokia Siemens Networks (5 percent), Ericsson (4 percent), and UT Starcom (3 percent).
In the CMTS market, North American shipments dropped to less than half of all shipments for the second time in the last six years, while all other markets grew in the single or double digits on a sequential basis. Cisco dropped to 59 percent, rolling 4Q market share in terms of ports shipped, followed by Arris (30 percent) and Motorola (10 percent).
Monday, July 7, 2008
Memories of ITU Telecom Asia
My love affair with telecom began way back in the late 1980s, when C-DoT was just getting in prominence, and there were some talks about introducing mobile phones in the country. Telecom has come a long way since.
Not many large telecom shows were held at that time, and I certainly did not get a chance to attend a real 'telecom' show till I managed to participate at the ITU's Telecom Asia in Hong Kong, only in 2000. Since then, it's been fun attending the ITU Telecom shows, be it Hong Kong or Geneva. Of course, there was CommunicAsia in neighboring Singapore, but it was always my desire to be part of an ITU show.
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This year's ITU Telecom Asia will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, a really great place to visit. Here's a picture with my colleagues from Global Sources -- Alfred Cheng, John Ng and Maggie Luo -- during ITU Telecom 2006, (on my birthday, actually) at Hong Kong's sprawling AsiaWorld Expo -- the last ITU Asia show that I had the privilege of attending that chilly December.
I will always remember my first ITU show simply for the WAP (wireless access protocol) phenomena. WAP was just coming into its own during those days, and had to take a lot of flak. There used to be headlines those days, reading, "WAP IS CRAP!" Well, how wrong this turned out to be!
It was also the first show, if I remember correctly, which highlighted mobile Internet for the first time. Satellite communications was still in vogue back in those days. Well, optical networking was also quite strong, with DWDM making the rounds. I remember interviewing Corning during the show!
The Hong Kong ITU show in 2000 was the first time I had a glimpse of Huawei and ZTE close-up, although I did visit the Huawei factory in the middle of 2000, and for the first time saw what 3G base stations looked like. In fact, W-CDMA was just starting to come up. NTT DoCoMo was the hotshot back in late 2000. Its FOMA (freedom of mobile 'multimedia' access) service was just starting to roll in. Of course, those were also the days of the i-mode phones!
The Japanese have been the pioneers in mobile phones and mobile Internet, followed closely by Korea. I believe, the same year, DoCoMo had started trials with SK Telecom in Korea for W-CDMA, for the upcoming World Cup Soccer in Korea and Japan in 2002. Another delight at ITU Telecom Asia 2000 were the range of 3G phones on display, mostly by Japanese companies. Oh yes, broadband was the 'rage'.
The last ITU Telecom Asia in 2006 was vastly different. Alcatel-Lucent had a huge booth! CBoss was gaining ground as a leading billing solutions provider. Not to speak of the exquisite range of mobile phones from Japanese, Korean and Chinese vendors.
Huawei and ZTE had become really huge by the end of 2006, and had started to play a significantly major role in global telecom.
It was my pleasure to discuss the latest DECT standard with Infineon during ITU Telecom Asia 2006, I believe, it was CAT-iq (Cordless Advanced Technology - Internet and Quality). There were several GPS devices as well as booths with mobile payment solutions.
Yes, telecom has come along a very long way! This year's theme -- "New Generation, New Values," aptly sets the theme for ITU Telecom Asia. Let's see what this edition has in store!
Not many large telecom shows were held at that time, and I certainly did not get a chance to attend a real 'telecom' show till I managed to participate at the ITU's Telecom Asia in Hong Kong, only in 2000. Since then, it's been fun attending the ITU Telecom shows, be it Hong Kong or Geneva. Of course, there was CommunicAsia in neighboring Singapore, but it was always my desire to be part of an ITU show.
.jpg)
This year's ITU Telecom Asia will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, a really great place to visit. Here's a picture with my colleagues from Global Sources -- Alfred Cheng, John Ng and Maggie Luo -- during ITU Telecom 2006, (on my birthday, actually) at Hong Kong's sprawling AsiaWorld Expo -- the last ITU Asia show that I had the privilege of attending that chilly December.I will always remember my first ITU show simply for the WAP (wireless access protocol) phenomena. WAP was just coming into its own during those days, and had to take a lot of flak. There used to be headlines those days, reading, "WAP IS CRAP!" Well, how wrong this turned out to be!
It was also the first show, if I remember correctly, which highlighted mobile Internet for the first time. Satellite communications was still in vogue back in those days. Well, optical networking was also quite strong, with DWDM making the rounds. I remember interviewing Corning during the show!
The Hong Kong ITU show in 2000 was the first time I had a glimpse of Huawei and ZTE close-up, although I did visit the Huawei factory in the middle of 2000, and for the first time saw what 3G base stations looked like. In fact, W-CDMA was just starting to come up. NTT DoCoMo was the hotshot back in late 2000. Its FOMA (freedom of mobile 'multimedia' access) service was just starting to roll in. Of course, those were also the days of the i-mode phones!
The Japanese have been the pioneers in mobile phones and mobile Internet, followed closely by Korea. I believe, the same year, DoCoMo had started trials with SK Telecom in Korea for W-CDMA, for the upcoming World Cup Soccer in Korea and Japan in 2002. Another delight at ITU Telecom Asia 2000 were the range of 3G phones on display, mostly by Japanese companies. Oh yes, broadband was the 'rage'.
The last ITU Telecom Asia in 2006 was vastly different. Alcatel-Lucent had a huge booth! CBoss was gaining ground as a leading billing solutions provider. Not to speak of the exquisite range of mobile phones from Japanese, Korean and Chinese vendors.
Huawei and ZTE had become really huge by the end of 2006, and had started to play a significantly major role in global telecom.
It was my pleasure to discuss the latest DECT standard with Infineon during ITU Telecom Asia 2006, I believe, it was CAT-iq (Cordless Advanced Technology - Internet and Quality). There were several GPS devices as well as booths with mobile payment solutions.
Yes, telecom has come along a very long way! This year's theme -- "New Generation, New Values," aptly sets the theme for ITU Telecom Asia. Let's see what this edition has in store!
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