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Market Research Report

Carrier Ethernet Services 2007 - 2012

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Table of Contents

Chapter I

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • 1.1 Carrier Ethernet
  • 1.2 If Ethernet Gains, Legacy Losses
  • 1.3 Forecast of Carrier Ethernet Services

Chapter II

BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION

  • 2.1 The Emergence of the Carrier Ethernet
    • 2.1.1 Ethernet Spreads Out of the LAN
      • 2.1.1.1 Data over Voice
      • 2.1.1.2 Native LAN: Forgotten but Not Gone
      • 2.1.1.3 GigE without the Gig
    • 2.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Grows While General Market Declines
    • 2.1.3 Definitions
      • 2.1.3.1 Ethernet' s Components Defined
      • 2.1.3.2 Wholesale Forecast Definitions
    • 2.1.4 Five Key Attributes
      • 2.1.4.1 Service Standardization
      • 2.1.4.2 Scalability
      • 2.1.4.3 Service Management
      • 2.1.4.4 Reliability
      • 2.1.4.5 Quality of Service (QoS)
    • 2.1.5 Metro Ethernet Forum: Aid to Collaboration
    • 2.1.6 Ethernet Services: Conceptual/Technical Building Blocks
      • 2.1.6.1 User Network Interface (UNI)
      • 2.1.6.2 Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC)
      • 2.1.6.3 Service Parameters
      • 2.1.6.4 Performance Quality Parameters
    • 2.1.7 Pricing
    • 2.1.8 Types of Service: E-line and E-LAN
      • 2.1.8.1 E-line
      • 2.1.8.2 E-LAN
      • 2.1.8.3 Other Typologies: Dedicated vs. Switched
    • 2.1.9 Examples of Major Carrier Ethernet Applications
      • 2.1.9.1 LAN Extensions
      • 2.1.9.2 Layer 2 Virtual Private Network
      • 2.1.9.3 Dedicated Internet Access
  • 2.2 The Data Networking Context
    • 2.2.1 Packet Data Networking
      • 2.2.1.1 Internet Protocol (IP)
      • 2.2.1.2 Packet and Virtual Networks
    • 2.2.2 Ethernet and SONET
    • 2.2.3 Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)
  • 2.3 Ethernet' s Pros and Cons: The Case For and Against Carrier Ethernet
    • 2.3.1 Business Ethernet Drivers
      • 2.3.1.1 Video: The Next Killer Application
    • 2.3.2 Advantages of Carrier Ethernet
      • 2.3.2.1 Reduced Cost
      • 2.3.2.2 Ease of Use and Adoption
      • 2.3.2.3 Scalability
    • 2.3.3 Service Adoption Inhibitors
      • 2.3.3.1 Inertia and Investment Requirements
      • 2.3.3.2 Fiber Connectivity and Service Availability Constraints
      • 2.3.3.3 Interoperability as a Barrier
      • 2.3.3.4 Doubts Regarding Ethernet
  • 2.4 Changing Industry Structure
    • 2.4.1 Industry Consolidation: The Market Context
      • 2.4.1.1 Consolidation: The Enterprise Perspective
      • 2.4.1.2 Provider Strategies: Incumbent vs. Challenger
      • 2.4.1.3 The Regulatory Context: The FCC UNE-P Ruling and Small Players

Chapter III

TRENDS, APPLICATIONS & MARKETS

  • 3.1 Working Together: Interoperability, Merger, and Collaboration
    • 3.1.1 Interoperability: The Current Problematic State
    • 3.1.2 Interoperability: The Road Ahead
    • 3.1.3 The Road Ahead: Consolidation
    • 3.1.4 The Road Ahead: Collaboration
      • 3.1.4.1 Partnership Issues: Pros & Cons
    • 3.1.5 Service Interworking
    • 3.1.6 Challenger Diversification & Consolidation
  • 3.2 Widened Service Availability on Fiber and Copper
    • 3.2.1 The Emergence of Copper
    • 3.2.2 Ethernet as Future Network Foundation
  • 3.3 Service Pricing Stabilizes
    • 3.3.1 Ethernet`s Reason: Cost or Transformation?
    • 3.3.2 Data Price Stabilization: Case Study
    • 3.3.3 Costs beyond Service Pricing: The Real Deal
  • 3.4 Broadening of Applications and End Users
  • 3.5 Product Substitution: Ethernet Gains, Legacy Losses, Gradually
  • 3.6 The Competitive Outlook
    • 3.6.1 The Growth of Cross-Industry Players
  • 3.7 Ethernet`s Growing Readiness
    • 3.7.1 Quality of Service (QoS) Issues
  • 3.8 Retail Customer Perspective: Beyond Hype
  • 3.9 Switched, Any-to-Any Services Will Lead Ethernet Market
    • 3.9.1 VPLS: New Face of E-LAN Emerging
    • 3.9.2 Layer 3 vs. Layer 2 VPNs: New Clash of Civilizations?
  • 3.10 Carrier Ethernet Expanding Rapidly Into the Long Haul
  • 3.11 E-line Will Continue Strong, Steady Growth
  • 3.12 Wholesale Ethernet to Start Slower, Grow Faster
  • 3.13 Bandwidth Trends
    • 3.13.1 Bandwidth Rates Rising Inexorably
    • 3.13.2 More Low-End Customers Build Low-End Ethernet
  • 3.14 The International Outlook

Chapter IV

SERVICE PROVIDER PROFILES

  • 4.1 AT&T Corporation
    • 4.1.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.1.2 Services Offered
  • 4.2 BellSouth Corporation
    • 4.2.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.2.2 Services Offered
  • 4.3 Broadwing, Inc.
    • 4.3.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.3.2 Services Offered
  • 4.4 Cogent Communications
    • 4.4.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.4.2 Services Offered
  • 4.5 Global Crossing
    • 4.5.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.5.2 Services Offered
  • 4.6 Level 3 Communications, Inc.
    • 4.6.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.6.2 Services Offered
  • 4.7 Optimum Lightpath
    • 4.7.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.7.2 Services Offered
  • 4.8 Time Warner Telecom Inc.
    • 4.8.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.8.2 Services Offered
  • 4.9 Verizon Communications
    • 4.9.1 Network Architecture
    • 4.9.2 Services Offered
  • 4.10 Yipes Enterprise Services
    • 4.10.1 Services Offered

Chapter V

MARKET FORECASTS

  • 5.1 Methodology
  • 5.2 Definitions and Forecast Segmentation
    • 5.2.1 Definitions
    • 5.2.2 Segmentation
      • 5.2.2.1 Breakdown by Topology
      • 5.2.2.2 Breakdown by Regional Domain
      • 5.2.2.3 Wholesale vs. Retail
      • 5.2.2.4 Breakdown by Bandwidth Level
  • 5.3 Market Forecasts
    • 5.3.1 Total Market
    • 5.3.2 Market by Topology
    • 5.3.3 Market by Regional Domain
    • 5.3.4 Retail vs. Wholesale
    • 5.3.5 Bandwidth Levels

Appendix

GLOSSARY

Table of Figures

Chapter I

  • I-1 Total US Carrier Ethernet Revenues

Chapter II

  • II-1 User Network Interface (UNI)
  • II-2 Frame Loss
  • II-3 E-Line Point-to-Point Service Type
  • II-4 E-LAN Multipoint-to-Multipoint Service Type
  • II-5 LAN Extension Using E-LAN Services
  • II-6 Illustration of VLAN Tag Support
  • II-7 Dedicated Internet Access
  • II-8 Typical IP Network
  • II-9 Managed Packet Network, Virtual Private Line
  • II-10 Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) Technology
  • II-11 Data vs. Video Traffic, 2005-2010 (Tbit/s)
  • II-12 Three-Year Total Cost Savings for Ethernet Private Line

Chapter III

  • III-1 AT&T Data Transport Revenue Growth

Chapter IV

  • IV-1 Broadwing All-Optical Switched Network
  • IV-2 Level 3' s National Backbone (3)Link Intercity Wavelength Net

Chapter V

  • V-1 Total US Carrier Ethernet Revenues
  • V-2 US Carrier Ethernet Access Revenues
  • V-3 US Carrier Ethernet E-Line Revenues
  • V-4 US Carrier Ethernet E-LAN Revenues
  • V-5 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues by App/Topology
  • V-6 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Topology
  • V-7 US Carrier Metro Ethernet Revenues
  • V-8 US Carrier Wide-Area/Long-Haul Ethernet Revenues
  • V-9 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues by Geography/Region
  • V-10 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Region
  • V-11 US Carrier Ethernet Topology by Regional Market
  • V-12 US Retail Carrier Ethernet Revenues
  • V-13 US Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Revenues
  • V-14 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues by Retail/Wholesale
  • V-15 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Retail/Wholesale
  • V-16 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues >1Gbit/s
  • V-17 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues >100Mbit/s - 1Gbit/s
  • V-18 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues >10Mbit/s - 100Mbit/s
  • V-19 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues <=10Mbit/s
  • V-20 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues by Bandwidth Level
  • V-21 Percentage Revenues by Throughput Level
  • V-22 US Carrier Ethernet Total Port Estimates by Throughput

Table of Tables

Chapter I

  • I-1 Characteristics of Ethernet Service Varieties

Chapter II

  • II-1 Characteristics of Ethernet Service Varieties
  • II-2 Sample Monthly Pricing for In-Metro E-Line and E-LAN Svcs
  • II-3 Sample Monthly Pricing for Dedicated Internet Access
  • II-4 SONET and Ethernet Defined Transmission Rates
  • II-5 Average Price Range for E-Line and E-LAN Services
  • II-6 Major Ethernet Providers Deploying/Planning Eth over Copper
  • II-7 Sample QoS-Based Metro Ethernet SLA, EVPL
  • II-8 Continuing Industry Consolidation

Chapter III

  • III-1 Comparative Strengths of Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs

Chapter V

  • V-1 Total US Carrier Ethernet Revenues
  • V-2 US Carrier Ethernet Access Revenues
  • V-3 US Carrier Ethernet E-Line Revenues
  • V-4 US Carrier Ethernet E-LAN Revenues
  • V-5 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues by Appl/Topology
  • V-6 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Topology
  • V-7 US Carrier Metro Ethernet Revenues
  • V-8 US Carrier Wide-Area/Long-Haul Ethernet Revenues
  • V-9 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues by Geography/Region
  • V-10 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Region
  • V-11 US Carrier Ethernet Topology by Regional Market
  • V-12 US Retail Carrier Ethernet Revenues
  • V-13 US Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Revenues
  • V-14 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues by Retail/Wholesale
  • V-15 Percentage Ethernet Revenues by Retail/Wholesale
  • V-16 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues >1Gbit/s
  • V-17 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues >100Mbit/s - 1Gbit/s
  • V-18 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues >10Mbit/s - 100Mbit/s
  • V-19 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues <=10Mbit/s
  • V-20 US Carrier Ethernet Revenues by Bandwidth Level
  • V-21 Percentage Revenues by Throughput Level
  • V-22 US Carrier Ethernet Total Port Estimates by Throughput
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