Gigabit Ethernet Test Equipment: Exponential Growth in Data/Video to Boost European Market, States Frost & Sullivan

Gigabit Ethernet Test Equipment: Exponential Growth in Data/Video to Boost European Market, States Frost & Sullivan PR Newswire LONDON, June 6, 2012 - Commoditisation of 1GbE prices threatens to stifle growth of market revenues, which are estimated to reach euro 154.3 million in 2015 LONDON, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The gigabit Ethernet (GbE) market is growing rapidly, driven by maturing technologies and business models, and increasing market awareness of both the availability of such services and their specific benefits. The hype around cloud technologies has also contributed to the growing demand for GbE. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.testandmeasurement.frost.com), European Gigabit Ethernet Test Equipment Market, finds that the market earned revenues of €108.3 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach €154.3 million in 2015. The research covers 1GbE, 10GbE and 40/100 GbE test equipment. "Bandwidth growth is expected to be pushed by the increasing mobile and Internet bandwidth usage—which includes traffic generated by videos, gaming, and peer-to-peer applications, triple-play applications, inter-data centre traffic, and traffic between data centres and enterprises," notes Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Prathima Bommakanti. "The evolution of access network to gigabit Ethernet is expected to drive the growth of 10Gb Ethernet in the metro network.