Industry analyst firm Dell’Oro Group has reaffirmed Alcatel’s worldwide lead in the DSL market. Alcatel’s DSL market share for the second quarter of 2004 was 40.6 percent of the global amount of DSL lines shipped, close to three times that of the nearest competitor. According to Q2 2004 data from Dell’Oro Group, Alcatel now has a cumulative market share of 37.7 percent and a total of more than 49 million DSL lines shipped.
Last quarter, a change in growth patterns could be witnessed, in that regions that have traditionally shown regular shipment growth over the past years, such as APAC and to a lesser extent EMAI, experienced a dip, whereas the regions which have shown slower relative growth so far, such as North America and Latin America, saw a higher take-up.
“The North American market saw a quarter of strong growth, with DSL shipments growing by about 33 percent over the first quarter of 2004.