Pandemic Spurs Broadband Bump
|“The numbers would be even higher if the supply chains were in order and there weren’t shortages with materials needed for fiber buildout,” says Jeff Heynen, vice president of broadband access and home networking for Dell’Oro. “These shortages were due in part to factory shutdowns in China because of the coronavirus. Once a factory shuts down, it takes time to ramp production back up, and this further contributed to the supply chain challenges to meet demand in 2020.”
ADTRAN streamlines rural broadband delivery with new remote fiber access solution
|Tens of billions of dollars in funding in the form of RDOF, Rural Reconnect and private equity funds have been made available to expand rural gigabit coverage. A comprehensive portfolio of broadband solutions is critical in helping any service provider achieve international broadband goals, regardless of network architecture, OSS/IT framework or choice of PON technology,” said Jeff Heynen, Vice President at Dell’Oro Group.
U.S. campaign against Huawei appears to be working, as Chinese tech giant loses sales outside its home market
|Including China, Huawei’s share of the global market for telecommunications equipment grew to 31 percent last year, placing it far ahead of Nokia, Ericsson and others, according to research firm Dell’Oro Group. But excluding China, Huawei’s share of the global market for wireless network equipment fell by about 2 percentage points last year, as rivals gained ground, Stefan Pongratz, a Dell’Oro analyst, said in an interview.
The Ban on Huawei Helped Revive Ericsson, but Landed CEO in a Tough Spot
|Cisco, Huawei Dominate Down Enterprise Network Market, Dell’Oro Says
|Huawei managed to increase its share of revenues by 1 percentage point, hitting 10% at the end of 2020. Dell’Oro Group analyst Sameh Boujelbene noted in the report that the differing directions between the two vendors was due to Cisco’s “high exposure to hardware-based products and low exposure to China, which outgrew the market during the pandemic.”
