Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kn5nl5/dsl_chips_market) has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "DSL Chips: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2018" to their offering.

The study is designed to give a comprehensive overview of the DSL CHIP equipment market segment. Research represents a selection from the mountains of data available of the most relevant and cogent market materials, with selections made by the most senior analysts. Commentary on every aspect of the market from independent analysts creates an independent perspective in the evaluation of the market. In this manner the study presents a comprehensive overview of what is going on in this market, assisting managers with designing market strategies likely to succeed.

Worldwide DSL chip markets continue to achieve significant growth in spite of the dire predictions of market demise. According to Susan Eustis, lead author of the study, "Deutsche Telekom, British Telecom, AT&T, Bell Canada, Century/Qwest and many other carriers have made clear they will use DSL, not fiber, for the majority of lines because it's cheaper. Increasingly, that's DSL from a neighborhood DSLAM (FTTN) with short loops that will soon be capable of 100 megabits through bonding and vectoring. There is plenty of copper wire in the telecommunications networks that can be used to provide broadband connectivity from fiber in the neighborhood, DSLAM connectivity to copper wires running into the home."

The rapid advance of end to end optical broadband networks continues to threaten to make xDSL obsolete, but copper will never go away, fiber is too expensive to use it to replace all the copper and the copper works in many cases and does not need to be replaced. xDSL markets will be strong for some long time to come as copper remains a transport line.

Copper is everywhere in the telecommunications network. It is still the primary wireless backbone transport means, meaning it continues to be vital as new wireless systems continue to expand their markets. It predominates in the local loop, creating demand for systems that are able to support high speed signal transport over copper wire.

Both smart phones and tablet devices depend on wire line backhaul, much of which is copper. As copper goes away, xDSL goes away, but this is certainly not happening within the forecast period. The development and growth of the broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) and communications processing markets is assured as carriers seek to leverage their investment in copper wire infrastructure. DSL is the way to do that with its support for high speed communications and video signal transport.

Vendors consider companies that have access to broadband or communications processing technology as potential competitors. Established competitors, suppliers of products based on new or emerging technologies, and customers who choose to develop their own technology.

Companies Mentioned

- Analog Devices

- Ikanos

- Broadcom

- Lantiq

- MediaTek

Ralink / Trendchip

- BroadLight

- Cavium

- Freescale Semiconductor

- Infineon Technologies

- IXYS Integrated Circuits / Clare

- Market Participants

- Marvell

- PMC-Sierra

- Pulse

- Shantou New Tideshine Electron

- Shenzhen Chaoyue Electronics

- Shenzhen Sky Foundation

- Shenzhen Tianxiaowei Electronics

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Source: Wintergreen Research, Inc