Alcatel-Lucent #1 vendor in EMEA region

29 May 2009

PARIS: Alcatel-Lucent on Thursday, 28 May 2009 announced that, according to data from Infonetics, it is now the #1 vendor in the IP edge router market in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region with almost 31% market share.

During Q1 2009, Alcatel-Lucent increased its market share in the worldwide IP edge router segment, strengthening its #2 position globally with 20% share.

According to Alcatel-Lucent, there was strong demand for the 3rd generation IP/MPLS service routers with more than 270 customers in 100+ countries selecting the portfolio to respond to market demands including consumer IPTV and Internet access, Ethernet and IP VPNs for Enterprises, and wireless core and backhaul evolution.

“In this economic climate, carriers are focusing their capital expenditures on strategic transformation of their networks in order to deliver new services and applications,” said Basil Alwan, president of Alcatel-Lucent's IP activities. “Alcatel-Lucent is well-positioned to take advantage of this, and our market share gains reflect the alignment of our portfolio with the strategic priorities of our customers.”

In a separate announcement made earlier this week, Alcatel-Lucent revealed it has successfully deployed an IP/MPLS backbone transit network for Orange Business Services in France.