Cisco pips Huawei, Juniper in Ethernet switch market: IDC

NEW DELHI: US-based Cisco Systems leads the Ethernet switch market with 66.8% market share followed by Huawei (6.6%) and Juniper (5.7%), a new finding Monday said.

The Ethernet switch market witnessed a year-on-year growth of 12.3% and stood at $ 112.6 million in the Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) region, according to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC).
Chinese gear maker Huawei witnessed a significant year on year growth in market share from 1.8% to 6.6% in Q1 2016 due to uptake from telecom operators.
Citrix, Brocade, Array Networks and Alcatel-Lucent however showed a strong year-on-year growth in Q1 2016.
Router market, according to IDC, witnessed a growth of 25.4% year on year in Q1 2016 due to investments from service providers segment. A majority of the growth came from high-end segment due to increased spending from service providers.
Telecom, banking and education sectors witnessed significant year on year growth of 20 percent and contributed close to 60% of the overall market.
The firm has predicted that the LAN market is expected to grow in single digit in terms of compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for 2015–2020. Government initiatives like Digital India, Smart cities, financial inclusion and various other e-governance projects would drive demand for LAN market in near future.
It also said that WLAN market is set to grow in single digit in terms of compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for 2015-2020.
Demand from Wifi hotspots and uptake of gateway and routers in consumer segment is expected to drive growth in WLAN market in the near future, it further added.