According to a research report by Infonetics, a consulting organization, the global cable broadband equipment market revenue in 2004 increased by 57% over the previous year, reaching 667 million US dollars.

The consulting agency pointed out that in 2004, the global wired cable broadband users increased by 22% to 41 million, and this market will continue to grow by 2008. North America is still the world's largest wired cable broadband market. In 2004, its number of users reached 22.4 million, an increase of 26% over the previous year, and it accounted for 55% of the global market. The Asia-Pacific region is in second place, with a global market share of 25%.

In the global wired cable broadband equipment market in 2004, Cisco's revenue and equipment port share exceeded 50%, and it was in an absolute monopoly position; Motorola ranked second in market share.