Metro Ethernet Sector Analysis Report

Metro Ethernet, having moved from dawn to midmorning in the past half decade, is now approaching high noon. To be sure service providers are seeing the market move in their direction, as bandwidth-hungry applications push demand ever upwards. But even as per-bit prices have steadily been pushed down, providers are finding that cheap use of commoditized hardware cuts both ways. Established carriers continue to balance market pressures against cannibalization of legacy services, while aggressive competitors risk obliterating margins if price wars precipitate an irrational race to the bottom. Telecom decision-makers - especially those guiding technology vendors and service providers - will have to understand these trends if they hope to succeed in this expanding service arena. They also need to be apprised of the sector's strategic direction as well as critical drivers affecting the technology's future.

NPRG's Metro Ethernet Sector Analysis Report examines the broad range of Ethernet providers, which now includes almost every major player in the telecommunications industry. Ethernet services are central to all telecom service providers' long-term technology roadmaps. As real-time applications - beyond voice - proliferate, and data floods carrier networks, Ethernet's scalability and traffic management advantages make it a service telecom professionals cannot neglect to follow closely. This report provides the data, information and analysis decision-makers require, as they plan subsequent strategic maneuvers within the sector.

You should purchase this report if you:

• Need to understand the sector from a strategic perspective
• Are identifying and evaluating M&A and investment opportunities
• Need critical insights for your communications services decision making
• Want to benchmark your company's progress against the sector's
• Are analyzing market advances by Metro Ethernet carriers

Critical Information Included:

• The State of the Metro Ethernet Sector
• Forecasts, Projections and Outlook
• Key Market Drivers and Strategic Trends
• Discussions of Carriers' Current Strategies
• Critical Data and Analysis on this Dynamic Sector