This study provides Western European router shipment and revenue data for the full year of 2004 and compares it with that of 2003. Revenue and unit shipment market shares are provided for routers by country and vendor for 2004. The router market is analyzed for the following segments: high-end, midrange, low-end, SOHO and small SOHO.

"The Western European router market started to grow again in terms of revenues and shipments in 2004," said Peter Hulleman, senior research analyst, European Telecommunications and Networking team. "The main driver behind the growth is the a rapid uptake of broadband subscriptions by consumers and businesses (especially small to medium enterprise) as many service providers bundle small SOHO and SOHO routers with their broadband services."