ATM WAN: Equipment Continues to Drive ATM Revenues In Q3 1998 - Industry Trend or Event

EDGE, On & About AT&T, Nov 30, 1998

Cahners In-Stat Group reported that the total ATM equipment market in Q3 1998 totaled $690 million, a 3% sequential decline over Q2 1998.

The ATM WAN equipment market represented over 68% of the total ATM sales in Q3, while ATM LAN switches represented 30 percent of sales. The ATM NIC market remained flat, representing only 2% of total ATM sales.

"The primary drivers for ATM in the WAN are the demand for Frame Relay, and service providers strategically positioning their network infrastructures to be competitive in emerging broadband services," explained Jeremy Duke, director for Cahners In-Stat Group's Networking Services.

"This lucrative and highly competitive market is being battled for by four powerhouses, Cisco, Newbridge, Ascend and Nortel with respective Q3 98 sales market shares of 24.8 percent, 20.6 percent, 18.2 percent and 15.8 percent."

Although the wide scale deployment of Ethernet switching in enterprise networks continues to drive the ATM LAN switch market, sales and port shipments were down in Q3. ATM LAN switch sales declined by 10% sequentially, while ports declined by 5% in Q3 over Q2. Fore Systems maintained the number one ranking in the ATM LAN market with over 33% market share, followed by Cisco, Nortel Networks and IBM with respective shares of 28%, 11% and 10%.

Q3 1998 ATM Market Analysis, Report No. CQ9804M4, includes detailed market shares and a rolling three-quarter forecast of the ATM Equipment Market. The report is priced at $2,995, which includes analyst inquiry privileges on topics covered in this report.

FMI: Linda Morganstern at 408/345-4449 (FAX: 408/345-4400, email: lmorganstern@cahners.com).

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