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    1. “ With so many operators moving to fiber as they upgrade building sites and mobile backhaul from TDM to Ethernet, fiber-based EADs will remain a much bigger market than copper EADs. ”
    2. “ Shipments of 100 Gigabit Ethernet for Internet-class routers have nearly tripled over the first nine months of the year and are on track to generate about $500 million in router sales for 2012. ”
    3. “ While certain resellers will claim there is still money to be made in Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), the overall market continues to decline. ”

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  1. Infonetics predicts $1.6B Ethernet access device market

    FierceTelecom (Dec 7 2012) Access , Mobile Backhaul

    1. Infonetics predicts $1.6B Ethernet access device market

      Brighter future for Ethernet access: Although the Ethernet access device market saw a 4 percent dip in the first half of 2012 compared to the first half of 2011, Infonetics Research forecasts that the market will top $1.6 billion by 2016. That's because Ethernet still has an important role to play in the TDM-to-IP transition, and particularly in the mobile backhaul segment. "With so many operators moving to fiber as they upgrade building sites and mobile backhaul from TDM to Ethernet, fiber-based EADs will remain a much bigger market than copper EADs," said Michael Howard, principal analyst for ...

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