Dell’Oro: Broadband access revenue declines 2% y/y in Q1-2019

Posted on by Alan Weissberger

In a new report published Monday June 10th, Dell-Oro Group said that global revenue for broadband access equipment declined 2 percent Y/Y in 1Q 2019, reaching $2.9 Billion. Increased shipments of XG-PON1, XGS-PON, NG-PON2 OLT ports, and DOCSIS 3.1, CPE offset CCAP (Converged Cable Access Platform) spending declined for the second straight quarter.

“The 10 Gbps FTTH deployments continue to build momentum,” said Jeff Heynen, Research Director, Broadband Access and Home Networking. “The next-gen fiber increases nearly offset the weakness in cable CCAP spending, as cable operators push off new capacity purchases while they determine how to move forward with distributed access architectures,” Heynen added.

Following are additional highlights from the 1Q 2019 Broadband Access Quarterly Report:

  • Total cable access concentrator revenue decreased 38 percent Y/Y to $275 M, driven by a strong slowdown in CCAP channel purchases in North America and EMEA.
  • Total DSL port shipments decreased 21 percent Y/Y, with ADSL ports down 71 percent and VDSL ports down 20 percent.
  • Total PON OLT port shipments increased 7 percent Y/Y, with XGS-PON ports up 337 percent.
  • Total SOHO WLAN units increased 13 percent Y/Y, driven by the driven by 19% Y/Y growth in broadband CPE with WLAN and 125% Y/Y growth in mesh router units.

According to Dell’Oro Group’s Q1 2019 Broadband Access Quarterly Report, total cable access concentrator revenue was down 38% year over year to $275 million, driven by the slowdown in CCAP channel purchases in North America and EMEA.

Reference:

http://www.delloro.com/news/broadband-access-equipment-revenue-dipped-2-9-b-1q-2019

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  1. U.S. Broadband CAPEX Increases:
    U.S. broadband provider capital investment increased by approximately $3 billion in 2018, continuing the positive momentum shift that began in 2017 when the FCC initially signaled its intention to restore a forward-looking regulatory framework for broadband. According to a preliminary analysis of 2018 company data, USTelecom estimates that U.S. broadband providers* invested approximately $75 billion in 2018, up from $72 billion the prior year.** These figures confirm that the growth trend identified in USTelecom’s February analysis of the top six broadband providers applies more broadly.***

    For the last nine years, USTelecom has reported aggregate industry annual capital spending dating back to 1996, after collecting, analyzing, and evaluating all relevant data and ensuring consistent comparisons over time. As detailed in previous research, by 2016, broadband providers’ annual capital investment had declined by several billion dollars from the recent peak in 2014. Annual broadband investment rebounded in 2017 and the data now confirms that the upward momentum continued in 2018 – at least for the providers analyzed here, who historically account for nearly 95 percent of aggregate capex. USTelecom will publish final 2018 numbers once it can account for non-reporting companies.

    The decline in capital investment starting in 2015 and the recovery that started in 2017 suggest the likelihood of a negative regulatory impact from the 2015 utility classification of broadband providers and, conversely, a positive impact from a return to a more forward-looking policy environment in 2017. Therefore, these capital investment data warrant further economic analysis. Of course, many factors affect company investment decisions, such as macroeconomic conditions, technological developments, capital costs, taxes, competitive upgrade cycles, and regulation. A key question when formulating broadband policy is the long-term impact of differing regulatory regimes on aggregate investment, holding these and any other relevant factors constant.

    USTelecom’s top line broadband capex data strongly suggest that the current pro-investment, pro-innovation, and pro-consumer policy environment is working. Broadband providers are putting an increasing amount of capital to work, upgrading networks, rolling out fiber and 5G wireless, and narrowing the digital divide. Consumers are enjoying faster broadband as well as new applications and online content. To maintain this momentum and bring the benefits of our connected future to all Americans, we must maintain a forward-looking policy framework.

    * The figures in this preliminary analysis exclude independent competitive providers. USTelecom excludes independent competitive providers because we have not finalized data for non-reporting private companies. Final data are subject to revision. To ensure like comparisons from one period to the next, the data exclude independent competitive carriers for all years.

    ** Figures exclude Sprint’s capitalized wireless handsets. They also exclude estimates for AT&T’s satellite and International capex as well as Warner Media capex. The 2017 figure includes historical revisions from company reports of +$0.54 billion, consisting of: +$0.3 billion for AT&T FirstNet; +$0.2 billion for cable; and +$.04 billion for Sprint.

    *** These new figures differ from the February analysis because they include more providers and include adjustments to the reported data to ensure consistency with the historical series, such as excluding international, satellite, and content capex.

    https://www.ustelecom.org/preliminary-data-show-continued-upward-momentum-for-broadband-investment/

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