Business Network Services - U.S.
Competitive carriers have consolidated, with many major players now held privately or by a key investor. The rising threat to incumbents now are cable providers, collectively aiming to take over billions of dollars in domestic business services. (8/22/2008)
ATM
Despite the higher growth rates for MPLS-based services, ATM still plays an important role in large enterprise networks due to its multiple QoS classes backed up with real-time SLAs, as well as transparent service interworking with frame relay. (10/3/2008)
Broadband: DSL & Cable
Broadband access is a critical communications component for home office workers and small businesses. While DSL and cable modem services are used mostly by residential users with the lure of cheap rates, small business can also reap the benefits. (7/1/2008)
Business Voice
The way that businesses communicate is changing as traditional voice services give way to VoIP, wireless, email and presence. Small businesses as well as large enterprises have a range of options to meet their communications requirements. (9/19/2008)
Ethernet Services
Carrier Ethernet services continue to grow at a fast pace, with some major carriers reporting growth rates of 50% to 100% per year. In particular, the use of Ethernet over copper has continued to spread among ILECs and competitive carriers alike. (6/2/2008)
Frame Relay
Frame relay ranks as one of the most successful data services ever developed, and the massive installed base of ports and PVCs mean it will be around for years to come, even as most enterprise customers are switching to MPLS and VPLS VPN services. (10/3/2008)
IP-VPN
IP VPNs continue to dominate the business networking field. Meanwhile, VPLS and Layer 2 IP-powered bandwidth services are spreading in carrier availability, with AT&T and Qwest gearing up to release new capabilities in the field. (7/28/2008)
Managed WAN Services
Managed WAN services are about more than just the carrier network and CPE. They are about providing the customer with a holistic way of off-loading complex networks to save headcount costs while improving uptimes. (10/7/2008)
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Optical Transport Services
Reconfigurable add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) and mesh topologies figure prominently among optical transport service providers, but competitors still find it easier to drive down costs than to get clients hooked on the value of dynamic transport. (5/28/2008)
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