Market Segment Profile: Carrier Ethernet

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Publication Date	September 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	32
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00960

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Summary

The carrier Ethernet application segment addresses a wide set of carrier needs that require capabilities available on products that fall within traditional switching and routing, wired and wireline access, and optical networking technology segments. Carrier Ethernet spending is growing solidly and will continue to do so through 2014, driven by the growth in bandwidth requirements in the metro that comes with triple-play and 3G/4G wireless builds, the rollout of E-Line and E-LAN Ethernet services, and the associated need for both highly scalable and low latency solutions. In this report, Ovum investigates network trends, applications, and competition in the carrier Ethernet application segment.

Content

Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Key messages
Carrier Ethernet is not a product segment
Ethernet becomes the new ""network currency""
Equipment to support carrier Ethernet applications will expand significantly through 2014
Implications of carrier Ethernet's rise
Market segment description
Carrier Ethernet capabilities cross many segment boundaries
Market segment analysis
Major market developments
Video, broadband data, and wireless applications drive carrier Ethernet market from $7.7 billion in 2008 to $27.8 billion in 2014
Opportunities to exploit
Market threats to guard against
Competitor analysis
Carrier Ethernet capabilities available across multiple product segments
Competitor ratings
Full-service vendors that can build solutions comprising multiple products have an edge
Full description of market segment
Carrier Ethernet cuts across many product segments
Common metrics (table stakes)
Technology metrics vendors use to pursue differentiation
Market drivers and inhibitors
Demand for carrier Ethernet driven by mobile backhaul, business Ethernet, and triple-play applications
Inhibitors
Competitive threats and opportunities
Threats
Opportunities
Market trends
Market is transitioning to IP/optical
Technology innovation
Market events
Select product announcements
Technology breakthroughs
Partnerships and acquisitions
Miscellaneous
Select public wins and losses
Operators upgrading infrastructure to support Ethernet services
List of Tables
- Table 1: Carrier Ethernet product listing
- Table 2: Additional carrier Ethernet vendors by product segment
- Table 3: Competitor ratings
- Table 4: Select deployments over the last three quarters (4Q08-2Q09)
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Products included in Ovum's carrier Ethernet market segmentation
- Figure 2: Carrier Ethernet forecast by technology, 2006??