Market Information
The worldwide multiservice switches market is dominated by Lucent, Alcatel,
Nortel and Cisco, with their marketshares varying quarter to quarter between
20-30 percent each.
In India, however there are two major players in this segment—Alcatel
and Tellabs. The other two major dominant players seem to be not focusing on
this segment in India. India has been traditionally an incumbent operator market
as far as this segment is concerned. However, with private telcos also set to
implement data services, all four major vendors are likely to pursue the
opportunities.
The metro Ethernet market is a fairly new market worldwide,
with players like Force 10, Extreme and Fore Networks being strong contenders to
overall switch giants Cisco, Enterasys, 3Com and Nortel. In India, companies
from other non-US markets are also in the news for Ethernet products. Atree
Networks from Taiwan had sold some switches to BSES Telecom which is operating
an metro Ethernet service. And, Atricia an Israeli company was recently rumored
to be near striking a metro Ethernet deal with Reliance Infocomm.
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| Sanjay
Badri, vice
president, Finolex Cables Ltd |
| Umrao
Khivsara, CFO,
Aksh Optifiber |
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