Lucent Technologies Leads in Voice Over Internet Protocol and Remote Access Segments

Strategic Insights -

Lucent Technologies, a leader in public and private networks, communications systems, and software, solidified its position in the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and remote access segments of the service provider data networking market in 1999. According to reports from Cahners In-Stat, Dell'Oro Group, and Synergy Research Group, Lucent garnered significant market shares in VoIP concentrator revenue, port shipments, and remote access concentrator revenue. With its market-leading MAX and MAX TNT solutions, Lucent demonstrated its commitment to this market and its intentions to build on its lead.

Key Takeaways:

  • Lucent Technologies led in the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) segment in 1999, with 46.6% and 48.7% market shares in worldwide VoIP concentrator revenue and port shipments, respectively.
  • Lucent continued to be the overall worldwide market leader in VoIP revenue and port shipments to service providers, with 35.6% and 41.5% market shares, respectively.
  • Lucent was the leading supplier to service providers in the high-end remote access concentrator market in 1999, with market shares ranging from 32.7% to 41.4% depending on the report.
  • Lucent's MultiVoice VoIP product line, based on the MAX TNT and MAX 6000 remote access concentrators, offers service providers standards-based VoIP gateways for toll-quality VoIP and fax-over-IP service.
  • The MultiVoice Access Manager is a standards-based H.323 gatekeeper platform for managing call set-up, authentication, and signaling between different VoIP gateways in a network.
  • Lucent's NavisAccess 5.0 network management software supports all of its industry-leading remote access and VoIP equipment and enables service providers to manage devices at a business level.

Statistics:

  • Lucent's market share in worldwide VoIP concentrator revenue was 46.6% in 1999 (Synergy Research Group).
  • Lucent's market share in worldwide VoIP port shipments was 48.7% in 1999 (Synergy Research Group).
  • Lucent's market share in VoIP revenue to service providers was 35.6% in 1999 (Synergy Research Group).
  • Lucent's market share in VoIP port shipments to service providers was 41.5% in 1999 (Synergy Research Group).
  • Lucent's market share in high-end remote access concentrator revenue was 41.4% in 1999 (Dell'Oro Group).
  • Lucent's market share in remote access concentrator port shipments was 32.7% in 1999 (Cahners In-Stat).

Sources:

  • Cahners In-Stat Group (www.cahnersinstat.com)
  • Dell'Oro Group (www.delloro.com)
  • Synergy Research Group, Inc. (www.synergyresearchgroup.com)
  • Lucent Technologies (www.lucent.com)