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North American Carrier Ethernet Services MarketsProduct Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: Frost & Sullivan Published: November 2007 Product Code: R1-6198 Description This Frost & Sullivan research service titled North American Carrier Ethernet Services Market provides an analysis of the key market drivers, restraints, and trends that are influencing the carrier Ethernet services market. The study also presents market share analysis and competitive analysis of the market. The study also offers a market size estimate and market forecast for carrier Ethernet services until 2011. Market forecasts for retail Ethernet ports and a brief info on pricing trends for the same is also included in the research. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: wholesale and retail.
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Multipoint Connectivity Offering Drives Growth in the North American Carrier Ethernet Services Market With the introduction of virtual private LAN service (VPLS) by major service providers such as AT&T, Time Warner Telecom, and Yipes, customers now have a fully meshed multipoint connectivity. This provides a strong impetus to the E-LAN services market. The demand for such connectivity is expected to continue driving market expenditure in the years to come. The demand for E-LAN services is largely attributed to the demand from key verticals such as financial institutions, healthcare, education and government. "Furthermore, market trends indicate that the technology has evolved from being limited to intra-city/metro area networks to intercity services," notes the analyst of this research service. "Service providers with a national footprint can make the most of this opportunity." In fact, a few service providers are already targeting Ethernet services for global WAN connectivity. They are gearing up to cater to this growing demand by signing network-to-network interface (NNI) agreements to expand their market presence. MEF 14 Certification to Intensify Adoption of Ethernet Services for Mission-Critical Applications The North American carrier Ethernet services market is entering the growth phase of its product life cycle, owing immensely to the standardization of services by the metro Ethernet forum (MEF). The simplicity of implementing the services as well as the clarity in pricing has led to the growing demand for Ethernet services by the bandwidth-hungry customers across business verticals. The MEF 14 certification not only endorses adherence to functional specifications but also the actual service delivery and performance of Ethernet services. "This is a revolutionary step toward driving adoption of the service across business verticals," remarks the analyst. "With most businesses adopting a converged network to run multiple bandwidth-intensive applications on the same backbone, consistent high-quality performance of the network, or simply put, reliability of the network is of utmost importance." With the MEF 14 certification addressing the same, adoption of Ethernet services to run mission-critical applications is expected to witness an upswing in the coming years. Service providers can now support applications such as LAN connectivity, PBX interconnection, VoIP, conferencing, disaster recovery, distributed computing and converged applications, e-commerce, help desk support, remote mirroring and fail-over, wireless backhaul and access as well as enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, supply chain, and so on), among others. Table of Contents
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