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News Release from: Agere Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 February 2004
Report reveals top spot in traffic
management
Market researcher In-Stat/MDR of Scottsdale, Arizona has ranked Agere number one worldwide in the sale of merchant traffic management (MTM) chips.
Market researcher In-Stat/MDR of Scottsdale, Arizona has ranked Agere number one worldwide in the sale of merchant traffic management (MTM) chips "Agere is clearly the market leader in the merchant traffic management market", said Eric Mantion, Senior Analyst at In-Stat/MDR
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Mantion's report notes that over a hundred million dollars of MTMs were delivered last year.
"The mathematics and mechanisms behind good traffic management are so complex that I've found that few semiconductor companies are able to deliver high-volume traffic management silicon", said Mantion.
"Agere was the first, and as the numbers show, the company continues to be the best when it comes to traffic management".
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By 2007, the MTM market is forecast to climb to well over half a billion dollars, according to In-Stat/MDR's research.
Between 2002 and 2007, the market is forecast to grow at a 42% compound annual growth rate.
The report examines the market for traffic management chips, including asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) chips, which have been the backbone of converged communications for over a decade.
Agere has delivered standard products for ATM networking since the early 1990s.
"Multiservice networks must have robust traffic management to deliver affordable broadband services", said Sohail A Khan, Executive Vice President of Agere Systems' Infrastructure Systems Group.
"Traffic management is the key to quality of service, and, of course, QoS is the key to revenue generation for our equipment provider customers, and their customers, the service providers".
Agere's traffic management chips are used in a wide range of wired and wireless communications equipment - from DSLAMs to routers to wireless base stations.
Traffic management functionality is critical for the delivery of voice, data, and video to homes and businesses over wireless, DSL and cable modem networks.
"We have unmatched experience and breadth of capabilities in solutions for communications infrastructure", added Khan.
"With our market leadership, broad product portfolio and strong customer relationships, we are well-positioned for growth as the infrastructure market rebounds".
Agere's customers for traffic management chips include Calix, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, LG Electronics, Laurel Networks, Lucent Technologies, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Siemens, UTStarcom and many other major system vendors.
The report is titled "Traffic managers: the unsung heroes of merchant silicon".
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