Metro Ethernet Sector Analysis Report


January 1, 2009
SKU: BHEQ2069040
License type:
Table of Contents Related Reports
Executive Summary
Table of Contents
Tables and Figures
List of Tables
List of Figures
Section 1: The Metro Ethernet Sector
1.1.1 End User Demand and Market Evolution
1.1.2 Ethernet over Copper (EoC) and Ethernet’s Future
1.2 Sector Definition
1.2.1 Nature of Metro Ethernet Carriers
1.3 Metro Ethernet’s Place In the Broader Communications Market
1.3.1 Transport/Wholesale
1.4 Defining Metro Ethernet Services
1.4.1 Use of Ethernet over Various Access Media
1.4.2 Range of Ethernet Product Offerings
1.4.2.1 Access Services
1.4.2.2 Point- to-Point Links
1.4.2.3 Enterprise Networking and ATM/Frame Relay Replacement
1.4.2.4 Carrier Level Services
Section 2: Analysis of Trends and Drivers Shaping the Sector
2.1 Key Metro Ethernet Market Trends
2.1.1 Commoditization
2.1.2 Ethernet over SONET (EoS) vs. Native Ethernet
2.1.3 Lack of Available Fiber
2.1.4 Early Days for Ethernet over Copper (EoC)
2.1.5 Ethernet over Fixed Wireless
2.1.6 Organizational Shifts within Enterprise End-User Structures
2.1.7 Technological Evolution and Convergence
2.2 Emerging Metro Ethernet Service Strategies
2.2.1 End Users' Networking Requirements
2.2.2 Customer Verticals
2.2.2.1 Content Providers
2.2.2.2 Education Entities
2.2.2.3 Financial Services
2.2.2.4 Law Firms
2.2.2.5 Medical Community
2.3 Pushing the Market Forward - Critical Market Drivers
2.3.1 Cost/Price
2.3.2 Growing Data Traffic
2.3.2.1 Basic traffic
2.3.2.2 Advanced corporate traffic
2.3.2.3 Regulation and Bandwidth Requirements
2.3.2.4 Mobile traffic
2.3.2.5 Data Centers/Cloud Computing/Software as a Service (SaaS)
2.3.2.6 Web 2.0
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
4.1.1 AT&T
4.1.2 Cogent
4.1.3 Level 3
4.1.4 Optimum Lightpath
4.1.5 Qwest
4.1.6 Reliance Globalcom
4.1.7 tw telecom
4.1.8 Verizon Business
4.2 Other Metro Ethernet Carriers to Watch
4.2.1 AboveNet
4.2.2 Bright House Networks
4.2.3 Cox Business Services
4.2.4 Charter Communications
4.2.5 RCN Metro
Section 5: Insights and Future Outlook
5.1 State of the Sector
5.2 Future Outlook
5.2.1 Near-Term Sector Evolution
5.2.2 Future Trends and Issues
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)
 
Research assistance
We can help you find what you need. Call us or write us:
US: 800.298.5699
Int'l: +1.240.747.3093
Need help in your search?
 
Related Markets

MANs Reports
 
 

Share this report


Other tasks

 
 
Join Alert Me now!
Receive bi-weekly email alerts on new market research

Sign up today!