Juniper, Cisco, Huawei and Nokia lead Ethernet router market

The leading router and carrier Ethernet switch (CES) manufacturers continue to be Juniper Cisco, Huawei and Nokia, according the latest service provider survey from IHS Markit.

Heidi Adams

For providing next-generation routing technologies, Cisco topped the ranking for 100GE, followed by Juniper and Nokia.

“Juniper, Cisco, Huawei and Nokia form the top tier of service provider router and CES manufacturers,” said Heidi Adams, senior research director, IHS Markit. “All four companies are clearly separated from smaller industry players, mirroring the top four in terms of worldwide market share.”

The four companies were also seen as important for introducing next-generation routing technologies, including 100GE, vRouter and IP data centre interconnect (DCI).

Michael Howard, executive director, research and analysis, carrier networks, IHS Markit, writes:

“All four companies met operators’ expectations in the carriers’ top vendor selection criteria, which are product reliability, price-to-performance ratio, service and support, technology innovation, and security.”

The IHS Markit router and switch vendor survey sheds light on how global service providers select router and CES manufacturers, whose equipment they have installed and will evaluate for future purchase.

The 20 operators responding to the survey represent 33% of worldwide telecom capital expenditures.