Burgeoning Copper-Based Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Market to Reach Nearly $630 Million by 2011

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide sales of copper-based carrier
Ethernet access platforms rose 75 percent year-over-year to $185 million in
the four-quarter period ending in 1Q08, according to the new Carrier Ethernet
Access Platform Quarterly Market Tracker service published by Heavy Reading
(www.heavyreading.com), the market research division of TechWeb's Light
Reading (www.lightreading.com). Copper-based CEAP platforms include Ethernet
over TDM access circuit and Ethernet over bonded copper pair (G.shdsl and MIMO
on DMT/VDSL2) solutions.

"Operators have installed more than $4.5 billion worth of carrier Ethernet
switch/router equipment in recent years for traffic aggregation and transport,
and they are now increasingly evaluating and deploying CEAP solutions to add
new customer end-points to leverage metro network investments," said Stan
Hubbard, senior analyst at Heavy Reading and author of the Carrier Ethernet
Access Platform Quarterly Market Tracker. "Growth in the Ethernet over TDM
access circuit and Ethernet over bonded copper pair equipment markets
primarily has been driven by efforts to extend Ethernet services to more
enterprise locations, but copper-based vendors also see emerging opportunities
to address cell site/WiMax and DSLAM backhaul applications."

Heavy Reading has identified 77 equipment manufacturers that sell nearly a
dozen major types of wireline equipment for Ethernet access, including the
three types of next-gen solutions the research firm tracks in the Carrier
Ethernet Access Platform Quarterly Market Tracker: Ethernet over TDM access
circuit, Ethernet over bonded copper pair, and Ethernet over fiber
switch/demarcation platforms. At least 15 companies sell copper-based CEAPs
directly and/or in partnership with system integration companies and network
equipment providers such as Ciena, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, and Tellabs.

Heavy Reading estimates RAD and ANDA led the Ethernet over TDM access
circuit market in 1Q08, with approximately 20 percent share each. Other
suppliers with more than 10 percent share include ADVA, Ceterus, and Overture.
Hatteras and Actelis led the field of players that supply Ethernet over bonded
copper pair platforms, with an estimated 38 percent and 29 percent share,
respectively, in 1Q08. Adtran has emerged on the scene in recent quarters and
captured a 20 percent share in 1Q08.

Heavy Reading's Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Quarterly Market Tracker
delivers quarter-by-quarter revenue and market-share breakouts for each
copper-based CEAP supplier and revenue projections through 2011. The quarterly
tracking service also analyzes each vendor's market strategy and identifies
and analyzes customer wins, providing granular insight into this emerging
market sector unavailable from other sources. It provides a comprehensive list
of more than 120 operators and other entities around the world that have
purchased CEAP platforms.

Heavy Reading's Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Quarterly Market Tracker
is being rolled out in phases to provide complete coverage across the CEAP
space, including Ethernet over fiber solutions in addition to the copper-based
platforms currently examined in detail in the report.

The tracker provides in-depth analysis of 11 vendors that are now
generating sales from CEAP products. These include: Actelis Networks, Adtran,
ADVA Optical Networking, Aktino, ANDA Networks, Ceterus Networks, Hatteras
Networks, MRV Communications, Overture Networks, RAD Communications, and Zhone
Technologies. Heavy Reading plans to add coverage of other vendors in coming
quarters.

The Carrier Ethernet Access Platform Quarterly Market Tracker is
distributed in a convenient, plug-and-play PowerPoint format. Quarterly
reports may be purchased individually, or as part of an annual subscription
service.