According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, the worldwide Campus Ethernet switch market's revenue declined in 4Q 2020, following a short recovery in the prior quarter.
According to the analyst for the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT markets, this year-over-year revenue decline was broad-based across all regions, except China -- which continued to grow for the third consecutive quarter.
"Government stimulus around the world, which propelled market recovery in 3Q 2020, continued in the fourth quarter of 2020," said Sameh Boujelbene, senior director at Dell'Oro Group. "However, 4Q 2020 did not benefit from pent-up demand from large enterprises as much as the prior quarter did. On a more positive note, we started to see some sign of recovery in the mid-market," Boujelbene added.
Dell'Oro's 4Q 2020 Ethernet Switch – Campus Report also noted that despite the market decline, verticals that performed well during the quarter included those for the government and public sector, as well as for the lower education, financial sector, and manufacturing segments.
Meanwhile, the report found that Industrial Ethernet switches were in high demand exiting the year. Also, 2.5/5.0 Gbps port shipments were reportedly up more than 60 percent in 2020, as the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of higher speeds and new technologies.
According to Dell'Oro major vendors with revenue share gain for the quarter, as well as for the year icnluded H3C, HPE, and Huawei.
The Dell'Oro Group's Ethernet Switch – Campus Quarterly Report offers a detailed view of Ethernet switches built and optimized for deployment outside the data center, to connect users and things to local area networks (LANs).
The report contains in-depth market and vendor-level information on manufacturers' revenue, ports shipped and average selling prices for categories including both Modular and Fixed, and Fixed Managed and Unmanaged Ethernet switches (100, 1000 Mbps, 2.5, 5, 10, 25, 40, 50, 100, 200, and 400 Gbps), and for Power-over-Ethernet models, with regional breakouts.
Learn more at www.delloro.com.