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Metro Ethernet Sector Analysis Report

New Paradigm Resources Group
January 1, 2009
SKU: BHEQ2069040

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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

Executive Summary: Table of Contents; Tables and Figures; List of Tables; List of Figures
Section 1: The Metro Ethernet Sector: 1.2 Sector Definition; 1.3 Metro Ethernet’s Place In the Broader Communications Market; 1.4 Defining Metro Ethernet Services
Section 2: Analysis of Trends and Drivers Shaping the Sector: 2.1 Key Metro Ethernet Market Trends; 2.2 Emerging Metro Ethernet Service Strategies; 2.3 Pushing the Market Forward - Critical Market Drivers
Section 3: Sector Sizing and Forecasts: 3.1 Forecast Methodology; 3.2 Quantitative Analysis
Section 4: Key Metro Ethernet Carriers and Others to Watch: 4.1 Key Ethernet Carriers; 4.2 Other Metro Ethernet Carriers to Watch
Section 5: Insights and Future Outlook: 5.1 State of the Sector; 5.2 Future Outlook
List of Tables: Table 1.1: Metro Ethernet Carriers by Carrier Segment; Table 1.2: Metro Ethernet Offerings, Applications and Displaced Services; Table 2.1: Comparing Prices - Metro Ethernet vs. Other Internet Access Services; Table 2.2: Level 3’s Ethernet Portfolio and Strategic Acquisitions; Table 2.3: Strategic Approaches to Metro Ethernet by Service Provider Category; Table 2.4: Financial Services Vertical Bandwidth Intensive Applications; Table 2.5: Prevalent Ethernet Applications by Bandwidth; Table 2.6: Record Retention Requirements; Table 2.7: Companies offering SaaS or Cloud Computing Services; Table 3.1: Metro Ethernet Revenue by Carrier (2007-2008); Table 3.2: Retail Metro Ethernet Service Revenue by Carrier (2007-2008); Table 3.3: Wholesale Metro Ethernet Revenue by Carrier (2007-2008); Table 3.4: Metro Ethernet Service Revenue Breakdown by Carrier Category (2008)
List of Figures: Figure 1.1: US Ethernet Service Revenue (2001-2013); Figure 1.2: Defining the Sector - Where Metro Ether Fits; Figure 2.1: Percentage of Commercial Buildings Served by Access Medium (2008); Figure 2.2: Traditional and Emerging Paradigms of Enterprise Technology; Management and Converged Ethernet Service Delivery; Figure 2.3: Telecom Wireline Revenue by Traffice Type (2003-2011); Figure 2.4: Service Portfolio Converged Over Metro Ethernet; Figure 2.5: Managing Multiple Traffic Types on a Single Metro Ethernet UNI; Figure 2.6: Level 3’s Deepening Footprint (2001-2008); Figure 2.7: Network Topologies and Point-to-Point Links Required; Figure 2.8: Business-Class Internet Access Pricing Per Bit; Figure 2.9: The Metro Access Bottleneck; Figure 2.10: Characteristic Elements of Web 2.0; Figure 3.1: US Ethernet Service Revenue (2001-2013); Figure 3.2: Ethernet Service Revenue by Service Type (2008); Figure 3.3: Ethernet Service Revenue Breakdown - Wholesale vs. Retail (2008); Figure 3.4: Metro Ethernet Revenue Breakdown by Carrier Segment (2008)

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