Abstract
This report takes an in-depth look at the emerging range of carrier Ethernet
services. It summarises the services being standardised in the Metro Ethernet
Forum and explains what they will offer to the customer in terms of
performance and quality guarantees. It also examines end users' reasons for
selecting Ethernet in preference to other services offered by the carriers.
The report recommends marketing priorities for service providers (incumbents,
global carriers, national data operators, LLUB operators, new-entrant Ethernet
carriers and systems integrators) currently developing their Ethernet service
portfolios.
This report forecasts retail spend on carrier Ethernet services to 2010,
resulting in over 3000 data points.
The data annex shows spend by a number of
categories, including:
- size of site: large (500+ employees), corporate small (0- 499 employees)
or SME (0- 499 employees)
- country/region: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK and Western
Europe
- architecture: point to point E-line, multi-point to multi-point E-LAN
- quality level: best effort, uncontended and with QoS guarantees
- service type: private circuit, IP VPN access, L2 VPN access and Internet
access.
Developing a Successful Carrier Ethernet Service Portfolio answers your key questions:
- How big is the market for carrier Ethernet services?
- Which market segments are most important?
- What types of carrier Ethernet services are a priority for service
portfolios?
- Should the portfolio include Ethernet services with guaranteed QoS?
- What are competitors likely to do with carrier Ethernet?
- When are the relevant standards and equipment going to be ready?
- How quickly is this market going to take off?
Who should read this report
- Incumbent operators
- National data operators
- Global data operators
- Pan-European data operators
- Systems integrators
- Virtual network operators
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