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North American Metro Ethernet Services MarketsProduct Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: Frost & Sullivan Published: August 2006 Product Code: R1-5126 Description This study covers the North American market for metro Ethernet services through the period from 2004 to 2012. The report includes segmentation by retail (sales to enterprises) versus wholesale (sales to service providers) revenues, and percentage breakouts of revenues by customer type and vertical market. The report covers the metro Ethernet services market only. It does not include revenues from inter-city (long haul) Ethernet services.
Research Overview This Frost & Sullivan research service titled North American Metro Ethernet Services Markets provides an analysis of the market drivers, restraints and challenges that this market is facing. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following applications: market size, shares and forecasts for the total Metro Ethernet Services market, retail services market segment, wholesale services market segment, plus analysis of customer market segmentation. Market Sectors Frost & Sullivan’s expert analysts thoroughly examine the following sectors in this research:
The following technologies are covered in this research:
The adoption of Ethernet, combined with IP backbones and the widespread availability of optical fiber and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology, is transforming the metro market. Ethernet’s ability to provide granularity, its ongoing progression with carrier Ethernet standards developments, and the lower capex and opex required to deliver Ethernet services versus TDM continue to drive adoption of this technology. Consequently, the demand for metro Ethernet services in North American service provider markets is surging. Yet, although growth rates for metro Ethernet are high, market revenues compared to those for legacy services such as SONET and Frame Relay, are still significantly lower. Many users of legacy services have no desire to migrate until they find they need to purchase more bandwidth and at that time, Ethernet’s low cost is one of the major reasons to switch. Thus, Ethernet’s growth depends largely on cannibalization of such legacy services, which has hampered its market reach in the US market, in particular. With the majority of large ILECs and other service providers still obtaining a steady stream of revenues from legacy services, cannibalization of legacy services revenues has been an issue of concern, and a situation that has been hard to avoid. Yet service providers of all sizes continue to introduce their customers to Ethernet as they feel it is not only the technology of the converged network architecture, but if they do not offer such services, their legacy customers will go to another provider. Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1. Executive Summary 2. Research Scope 3. Definitions 2. Total Market Analysis 1. Industry Challenges 2. Total Market Demand Analysis and Forecasts 3. Market Engineering Measurements 4. Market Drivers 5. Market Restraints 3. Wholesale and Retail Market Analysis 1. Wholesale Market Demand Analysis and Forecasts 2. Retail Market Demand Analysis and Forecasts 4. Market Trends 1. Competitive Environment 2. Marketing Strategies 5. Competitive Landscape 1. Industry Participants and Selected Provider Profiles 2. AT&T 3. Bell Canada 4. BellSouth 5. Cogent Communications 6. Global Crossing 7. Level 3 Communications 8. MTS Allstream 9. OnFiber Communications 10. Optimum Lightpath 11. Qwest 12. Telus 13. Time Warner Telecom 14. Verizon 15. Yipes Enterprise Services 6. Conclusions 1. Market Outlook 2. Strategic Recommendations |
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