Forecast: Enterprise Ethernet services, Asia-Pacific

Publication Date	June 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	24
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00909

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Summary

AP's Ethernet market continues modest growth in Japan on a large base: revenues of $5.1B in 2008 will reach $7.5B by 2014. A few other developed markets have high penetration rates but bandwidth growth and new verticals will push these markets as well.

Content

Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Ethernet services will swim up against the downstream telecom current in 2009
Forecast summary
AP enterprise Ethernet service market projected to reach $11.8 billion in 2014
Results for 2008
AP (excluding Japan) achieved solid 23% growth in CY08
Japan
AP (excluding Japan)
Long-range market forecast drivers and barriers
Ethernet driven by enterprise demand, applications, and technology substitution
Enterprise demand
Applications
Competitiveness
Technology enablers
Potential inhibitors: economic doldrums, consolidation
Ethernet services segmentation forecasts
Segment highlights include EFM, T1/E1 replacement, the GigE community, EVPL and VPLS segments
Regional forecasts
Japan leads the way
Carrier snapshots
Verizon Business
Reliance Communications
SingTel
Spectrum of carrier strategies
Both full-line and niche/point strategies are working
Service mix
Access
Geographic scope
Carrier-grade demarcation
Fiber rollout
Portals
Interconnect approach
Technology platforms
Market scenarios and early warning signs
Depth and length of the macroeconomic correction is key to forecast direction
List of Tables
- Table 1: Market phases in enterprise Ethernet adoption: global view
- Table 2: AP Ethernet services forecast by country ($ millions)
- Table 3: SingTel's domestic and international Ethernet service platforms
- Table 4: Ovum synopsis of carrier strategies for Ethernet service offerings
List of Figures
- Figure 1: AP enterprise Ethernet services market forecast ($ millions)
- Figure 2: Hitachi Cable's Ethernet switch product portfolio
- Figure 3: Ethernet service volume forecast by service capacity
- Figure 4: Ethernet service revenue forecast by service capacity
- Figure 5: AP Ethernet service volume forecast by service type
- Figure 6: AP Ethernet service volume forecast by architecture type
- Figure 7: IP-VPN and WAN Ethernet service contract growth in Japan
- Figure 8: Verizon on challenges faced by Ethernet in the enterprise
- Figure 9: Verizon Business's carrier-grade Ethernet access platform
- Figure 10: Global Ethernet: partnerships fill in the gaps