"While global spending on IP service provider routers generally declined in 2009, spending on high-speed 40G ports in IP routers increased by 125%. A similar trend is playing out in other routing and switching segments and in the optical networking hardware space. This is the clearest indication yet that service providers are turning to higher-speed options for their next-generation networks to handle the massive increase in traffic," says Michael Howard, principal analyst and co-founder of Infonetics Research.

Matthias Machowinski, Director of Enterprise Voice and Data Analyst at Infonetics Research and co-author of the report, adds: “10G port order revenue grew by 32% in 2009. Despite a significant decline in global investments in 2009—for example, Ethernet switch sales fell by 19%—investments in high-speed networking devices grew as enterprises continued to build their core network infrastructure to meet increasing traffic levels.” Key

takeaways in the 10G/40G/100G port market
: • Uptake of high-speed (10G, 40G, and the upcoming 100G) optical and Ethernet ports by enterprises and service providers continues unabated, even amidst the global economic downturn, driven by the steady increase in network traffic.
• Annual orders for 10G and 40G ports for enterprise and service providers increased by 38% in 2009.
• Worldwide revenue from 10G and 40G ports for enterprise and service provider equipment reached US$11 billion in 2009.
• The number of 40G ports sold to enterprise and service provider equipment doubled in 2009.
• Strong growth in the high-speed port market will continue, according to Infonetics forecasts, with orders for 10G, 40G, and 100G ports increasing tenfold from 2009 to 2014.

Report Synopsis:
The Infonetics "10G, 40G, 100G Report" provides global and regional market size, forecasts to 2014, and in-depth analysis for 10G (10G Ethernet, OC-192/STM64). The report covers 40G (40G Ethernet, OC-768/STM256) and 100G (100G Ethernet, 100G Optical) ports, revenue, and revenue per port for service providers and enterprise networking equipment.

Enterprise equipment included in the report consists of routers, Ethernet switches, and application controllers. Service provider equipment includes basic IP routers, end-user IP routers, Carrier Ethernet switches (CES), ATM multiservice switches, CMTS, PON OLTS, and WDM and SONET/SDH optical equipment.