| The future is looking better for competitive carriers. Today, competitive carriers are
stronger than ever, with most of the stronger competitors remaining, while a handful of
troubled service providers continue to hobble along. Growth opportunities abound amid the challenges. New transport technologies such as Metro Ethernet offer competitive carriers the chance to compete on level footing. Less expensive switching technologies—softswitches—have reduced the barrier to competitive entry. And the acquisition of the two largest competitive carriers—AT&T and MCI—by RBOCs has
offered an opportunity for the rest of the field to offer non-RBOC alternatives to the new AT&T and Verizon, both inside and outside the incumbents’ service areas.
If size is an important factor in viability, the competitive carriers are increasingly capable
of facing off against new and existing challengers. The acquisitions in 2006 have swelled
the number of billion dollar competitive carriers to six. We expect the newly merged PAETEC-US LEC to join this list, as the two carriers’ combined 2006 revenue falls just below.
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- Chapter 1: Executive Summary
- Chapter 2: The Competitive Carrier Industry 2007: The Current Situation and Market Drivers
- Chapter 3: Market Forecasts: Competitive Carrier Growth & Development
- Chapter 4: The Status of the Competitive Carrier Industry: Network Parameters & Revenue Figures
- Chapter 5: Markets Served by Competitive Carriers: CLEC Networks (By City & State)
- Chapter 6: Company Profiles
- AT&T Inc.
- BayRing Communications
- Birch Telecom
- Broadview Networks
- Broadwing Communications
- Buckeye TeleSystems
- Cavalier Telephone Corp.
- Cbeyond Inc.
- CenturyTel, Inc.
- Cinergy Communications
- Cox Communications, Inc.
- Deltacom
- Eschelon Telecom, Inc.
- Everest Connections Corp.
- FDN Communications
- General Communication, Inc. (GCI)
- Global Crossing Ltd.
- Global NAPs
- Globalcom
- Grande Communications
- GVCwinstar
- Integra Telecom
- Jaguar Communications, Inc.
- Knology, Inc.
- Level 3 Communications, Inc.
- LOGIX Communications Enterprises, Inc.
- McLeodUSA, Inc.
- NTS Communications, Inc. NuVox Communications
- One Communications
- Optimum Lightpath
- Orlando Telephone Company
- Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
- PAETEC Communications, Inc.
- Qwest Communications International, Inc.
- RCN Corporation
- Rio Communications
- RNK Communications
- Sigecom
- StratusWave Communications
- TDS Metrocom, Inc.
- TelePacific Communications
- TelNet Worldwide
- Time Warner Telecom, Inc.
- US LEC Corp.
- Verizon Business
- Verizon Enhanced Communities
- XO Communications
- Xspedius Corporation
- Chapter 7: Competitors Watch List
- Cleartel Communications
- ComSpanUSA
- Covad Communications
- DSL.net
- Earthlink
- Falcon Broadband
- First Communications
- Trinsic
- WISPNET
- Chapter 8: Where Are They Now?
- Choice One Communications
- Conversent Communications, Inc.
- CTC Communications Group
- ICG Communications, Inc.
- ITC^DeltaCom
- MCI
- Mpower Communications Corp.
- New Edge Networks
- SBC Telecom
- TelCove
- Chapter 9: Competitive Carrier Vendor List
- Chapter 10: Fixed Wireless Carrier Summary
- Chapter 11: VoIP Carrier Summary
- Chapter 12: Cable Broadband & Telephony Carrier Summary
- Chapter 13: Metro Ethernet Carrier Summary
- Chapter 14: Glossary of Terms
- LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHS
- TABLE 1 Billion Dollar Competitive Carriers in 2006 Chapter
- TABLE 2 2006 Competitive Carrier Mergers and Acquisitions Chapter
- TABLE 3 Revenue Growth for a Select Group of Public Competitive Communications Companies (3Q05 to 3Q06) Chapter
- TABLE 4 Companies Covered in this Report Chapter
- TABLE 5 Snapshot of Traditionally Voice-Focused Competitive Carriers Covered in This Report (2006) Chapter
- TABLE 6 Snapshot of All Facilities-Based Competitive Carriers (2006) Chapter
- TABLE 7 Year-End Competitive Carrier Revenues by Service Category (2006) Chapter
- TABLE 8 Competitive Carrier Industry Revenue Forecast by Service Category (2005-2010) Chapter
- TABLE 9 Competitive Carrier Industry Revenue Growth Rate Forecast by Service Category (2006-2010) Chapter
- TABLE 10 Forecast of Competitive Carrier Revenue Distribution by Service Category (2004-2009) Chapter
- TABLE 11 Size of Competitive Networks Route Miles (2006) Chapter
- TABLE 12 Network Growth Route Miles (2005-2006) Chapter
- TABLE 13 Voice Switches (2006) Chapter
- TABLE 14 Voice Switch Growth (2005-2006) Chapter
- TABLE 15 Data Switches (2006) Chapter
- TABLE 16 Data Switch Growth (2005-2006) Chapter
- TABLE 17 Access Lines (2006) Chapter
- TABLE 18 Access Line Growth (2005-2006) Chapter
- TABLE 19 Company Revenue (2006) Chapter
- TABLE 20 Company Revenue Growth (2005-2006) Chapter
- CHART 1 Facilities-Based Competitive Carrier Revenue Forecasts Chapter 1
- CHART 2 Facilities-Based Competitive Carrier Capital Expenditures (2005-2007) Chapter 2
- CHART 3 Facilities-Based Competitive Carrier Fiber Route Miles (1998-2006) Chapter 2
- CHART 4 Facilities-Based Competitive Carrier Access Line Growth (1996-2006) Chapter 2
- CHART 5 Facilities-Based Competitive Carrier Revenues and Forecasts (2004-2010) Chapter 2
- CHART 6 Revenue Growth over Four Quarters for Select Group of Public Competitive Carriers (3Q05 to 3Q06) Chapter 2
- CHART 7 S, G&A as Percentage of Revenue for Select Group of Public Competitive Carriers (3Q05 to 3Q06) Chapter 2
- CHART 8 Internet Subscribers in the United States, 2000-2006 Chapter 2
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