This IDC study examines the Western European router market in 2007 compared to 2006 and analyzes the major segments and broad trends within that marketplace. Included in the review are figures for the Western European market size and the market share of the router vendors that are active in the market.

High-end, midrange, low-end, SOHO, and residential router unit shipments and revenue are broken out by vendor in 2007. In addition to the Western European revenue and shipment figures, this study breaks out market share by country. Countries included are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

"Vendors need to emphasize value-added features that can increase router price or add revenue when sold as add-on revenue. Such features/modules include various aspects of security, QoS, VoIP, and reliability," said Sylvia Wόnsche, research analyst, European Enterprise Networks, at IDC.