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Dell'Oro Group Releases 4Q98 Report; Shared Hub and LAN Switch Market Grew 4% in 4Q98; Layer 2 & 3 Switched 100 Mbps Ethernet Drives Growth BW - 08:03 a.m. Feb 22, 1999 Eastern PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999--Total sales of Shared Hubs and LAN Switches grew 4% ($112 million), to $2.7 billion in 4Q98, according to the Dell'Oro Group's 4Q98 report, published last week. Port shipments grew 8% (2 million ports), to 31.4 million. Market growth during the quarter came from Layer 2 fixed configuration 100 Mbps Ethernet Switch sales which increased 27%, which follows two quarters of consecutive 40% quarter-over-quarter growth. Layer 3 modular configuration 100 Mbps Ethernet Switch sales increased by over 100%. 3Com showed strong growth in Layer 2 fixed configuration and Layer 3 modular configuration Ethernet solutions during 4Q98. Nortel gained share relative to the overall market. Market Leaders -- Shared Hubs & LAN Switches Quarterly Total Market 4Q98 Growth MFG Revenue ($M) $2,729.1 + 4.3% Vendor Rank Growth Cisco 1 + 1.5%3Com 2 + 18.1% Nortel/Bay Networks 3 + 9.0% Cabletron 4 - 13.7% FORE Systems 5 + 0.1% Xylan 6 + 6.2% IBM 7 +19.1% Allied Telesyn 8 + 10.6% Lucent 9 + 25.0% Hewlett Packard 10 + 5.0% The Dell'Oro Group's Shared Hub and LAN Switch report provides in-depth data and analysis of the Shared Hub and LAN Switch markets. The report contains hundreds of tables of data on the performance of nearly 25 manufacturers. The Dell'Oro Group is a research and consulting firm specializing in business planning and strategic competitive analysis in the networking industry. Copyright 1999, Business Wire o~~~ O