Understand the Carrier Ethernet marketplace, opportunities within it and evolution timescales driven by service provider requirements in one comprehensive strategic report.

Key Coverage

• Evaluate and quantify the opportunities and threats emerging with Carrier Ethernet
• Understand the key market drivers and the main strategy options
• Identify key players, potential partners and identify current and evolving competitive positions in the value chain
• Understand the Carrier Ethernet marketplace, opportunities within it and evolution timescales driven by service provider requirements
• Benefit from unbiased analysis and data free from industry hype and understand the drivers and inhibitors on Carrier Ethernet
• Utilise clear, reliable business intelligence to support recommendations to clients

• A definitive perspective on the emerging Carrier Ethernet network market
• Detailed Carrier Ethernet evolution forecasts 2007-2012
• Quantify the potential revenues in different technology segments
• In-depth discussion of network evolution and solution integration trends
• Comprehensive vendor profiles
• Key case studies of indicative carriers
• Track the latest developments in market segmentation and vendor positioning

Forecasts

• Overview of global revenues
• Baseline view on network equipment market
• Segmentation by equipment type: OTN-WDM, NG-SDH/SONET, Ethernet, CESR, IP/MPLS
• Regional variance: drivers, differences (Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific)

• What are the key revenue opportunities in the Carrier Ethernet network market?
• How will Carrier Ethernet fit in the broader packet transport network market?
• What role is played in the access, edge, metro, core and backhaul networks?
• What are the indicative strategies and plans of leading carriers?
• What are the strategies, plans and solutions of significant vendors?
• How do the strategies and solutions of significant vendors compare?
• How will Carrier Ethernet evolve to a mainstream network infrastructure?
• Where do the biggest opportunities for technology vendors, system houses and operating carriers lie?
• Where are the best investment opportunities?