Datamonitor's Global Communications Equipment industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the communications equipment industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

Why you should buy this report

* Spot future trends and developments

* Inform your business decisions

* Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

This global communication industry covers communication equipment and products, including LANs, WANs, routers, telephones, switchboards and exchanges. The market value is based on end-user spending on telecommunication equipment except in the case of networking equipment where manufacturers selling price (MSP) is used. Any currency conversions have been calculated using 2006 annual average exchange rates.
For the purpose of this report the Americas comprises Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 12
5.1 Summary 12
5.2 Buyer Power 13
5.3 Supplier Power 14
5.4 New Entrants 15
5.5 Substitutes 16
5.6 Rivalry 17
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 18
6.1 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. 18
6.2 Cisco Systems, Inc. 20
6.3 LM Ericsson Telephone Company 24
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 27
7.1 Market Value Forecast 27
CHAPTER 8 Appendix 28
8.1 Methodology 28
8.2 Industry Associations 29
8.3 Related Datamonitor Research 29

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global Communications Equipment Market Value: $ billion, 2002-2006 9
Table 2: Global Communications Equipment Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2006 10
Table 3: Global Communications Equipment Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2006 11
Table 4: Key Facts: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. 18
Table 5: Key Financials: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. 19
Table 6: Key Facts: Cisco Systems, Inc. 20
Table 7: Key Financials: Cisco Systems, Inc. 23
Table 8: Key Facts: LM Ericsson Telephone Company 24
Table 9: Key Financials: LM Ericsson Telephone Company 26
Table 10: Global Communications Equipment Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2006- 2011 27

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