10G PON deployments strong in 1Q19 despite overall broadband equipment market dip: Dell’Oro
Deployments of 10G PON technology grew strongly in the first quarter of 2019, bucking an overall decline in sales of broadband access network gear, according to Dell’Oro Group. Revenues for the quarter came in at $2.9 billion, a 2% year-on-year slippage, the market research firm notes in its newly released “Broadband Access 1Q 2019 Quarterly Report.”
Shipments of XG-PON1, XGS-PON, and NG-PON2 optical line terminal (OLT) ports, as well as 10-Gbps capable DOCSIS 3.1 CPE, showed increases over the year-ago quarter, says Dell’Oro. XGS-PON port shipments jumped by 337%. Overall PON OLT port shipments expanded 7% year over year.
“The 10 Gbps FTTH deployments continue to build momentum,” said Jeff Heynen, Research Director, Broadband Access and Home Networking. “The next-gen fiber increases nearly offset the weakness in cable CCAP spending, as cable operators push off new capacity purchases while they determine how to move forward with distributed access architectures.”
Along these lines, cable access concentrator revenue declined 38% versus 1Q18 to $275 million, thanks to a significant dip in CCAP channel purchases in North America and EMEA. xDSL equipment also were a comparatively tough sell during the first three months of this year, Dell’Oro states in the report. Total DSL port shipments declined 21% year-on-year, with ADSL ports dropping 71% and VDSL ports down 20%.
Dell’Oro’s “Broadband Access 1Q 2019 Quarterly Report” provides an overview of the broadband access equipment market with tables covering manufacturers’ revenue, average selling prices, and port/unit shipments for cable, DSL, and PON equipment. Equipment covered includes converged cable access platforms (CCAPs) and distributed access architectures (DAA); DSL access multiplexers (DSLAMs) by technology including ADSL/ADSL2+, G.SHDSL, VDSL, and Gfast; and PON OLTs. The report also addresses cable, DSL, and PON CPE and SOHO WLAN access points and wireless routers.
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Stephen Hardy | Editorial Director and Associate Publisher, Lightwave
Stephen Hardy is editorial director and associate publisher of Lightwave and Broadband Technology Report, part of the Lighting & Technology Group at Endeavor Business Media. Stephen is responsible for establishing and executing editorial strategy across the both brands’ websites, email newsletters, events, and other information products. He has covered the fiber-optics space for more than 20 years, and communications and technology for more than 35 years. During his tenure, Lightwave has received awards from Folio: and the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) for editorial excellence. Prior to joining Lightwave in 1997, Stephen worked for Telecommunications magazine and the Journal of Electronic Defense.
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