What are the biggest business opportunities in America Carrier Ethernet market ? Which carriers and equipment vendors are in the best position to capture market share in this important telecom industry sector in America ? Who are the most aggressive emerging service providers in America, and how do vendor's solutions mesh with their service deployment plans ? How is America Carrier Ethernet equipment market evolving, and how can take advantage that evolution ? How does service provider establish the partnership with equipment suppliers and device vendors ? How does Ethernet product portfolio match up to America network operators ? What role is played in the access, edge, metro, core and backhaul networks in America ? Where are systems vendors headed with their Carrier Ethernet switch/router product development plans, and how does your portfolio match up with those plans ? How understand the opportunities, challenges, architectures, solutions and realistic timelines of the Carrier Ethernet market ? How fast will the America Carrier Ethernet market continue to grow, and how sustainable is that growth ?
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Chapter 1: Summary and Overview
1.1 Introduction: Carrier Ethernet in America
1.2 Key Findings
1.2.1 Carriers, network operators and service providers
1.2.2 Network systems, device, semiconductor and management software vendors
1.2.3 America market
Chapter 2: Background and Evolution
2.1 Ethernet history
2.2 Carrier Ethernet Evolution
2.2.1 Key drivers
2.2.1.1 Industry drives
2.2.1.2 Technology drives
2.2.1.3 Market drives
2.2.1.4 MEF (The Metro Ethernet Forum)
2.2.1.4.1 Overview
2.2.1.4.1.1 Mission and objectives
2.2.1.4.1.1 Priorities and Scope
2.2.1.4.2 History and Milestones
2.2.1.4.2.1 Concept, definition, and framework
2.2.1.4.2.2 Product and service certification
2.2.1.4.2.3 Carrier Ethernet acquires industry approbation
2.2.1.4.2.4 Impel Carrier Ethernet to realize Global Interconnect
2.2.1.4.2 Development plan
2.2.2 Status and challenges
2.2.2.1 Carrier Ethernet development status
2.2.2.1.1 Technology status
2.2.2.1.2 Service and application status
2.2.2.1.3 Market status
2.2.2.2 Challenges
2.2.2.2.1 Competing technologies
2.2.2.2.2 Standards
2.2.2.2.3 Interworking
2.2.2.2.4 Complex Scalability
2.2.2.2.5 Service Complexity
2.2.2.2.6 Customer Perception
2.2.2.2.7 Entry Price
2.2.2.2.8 Investment in legacy technology
2.2.3 The future of Carrier Ethernet
Chapter 3: Technology and Standard
3.1 Technology
3.1.1 Carrier Ethernet definition
3.1.2 Attributes
3.1.2.1 Standardized Services
3.1.2.2 Scalability
3.1.2.3 Service Management
3.1.2.4 Reliability
3.1.2.5 Quality of Service
3.1.3 Technological classification
3.1.2.1 Ethernet+
3.1.2.1 Ethernet+ MPLS Lite
3.1.4 Key Technology Developments
3.1.4.1 T-MPLS
3.1.4.1.1 Summary
3.1.4.1.2 Technical features
3.1.4.1.3 Carrier deployment
3.1.4.1.4 Major Vendors
3.1.4.2 PBT
3.1.4.2.1 Summary
3.1.4.2.2 Technical features
3.1.4.2.3 Carrier deployment
3.1.4.2.4 Major Vendors
3.1.4.3 PVT
3.1.4.3.1 Summary
3.1.4.3.2 Technical features
3.1.4.3.3 Carrier deployment
3.1.4.3.4 Major Vendors
3.1.4.4 Others
3.1.5 Carrier Ethernet Testing
3.1.5.1 Scalability testing
3.1.5.2 Reliability testing
3.1.5.3 QoS testing
3.1.5.4 Operation support testing
3.1.5.5 Service management testing
3.1.6 Carrier Ethernet technologies trend
3.1.5.1 Better extensibility , Higher reliability, More strict with SLA
3.1.5.2 Global Interconnect
3.1.5.3 Convergence services
3.1.5.4 Mobile Backhaul
3.1.5.5 MEF main promotion works
3.1.5.5.1 Set down NNI criterion
3.1.5.5.2 Set down ELMI criterion
3.1.5.5.3 Set down OAM standard
3.2 Standard
3.2.1 Overview
3.2.2 Standards body
3.2.2.1 ITU-T
3.2.2.1.1 Overview
3.2.2.1.2 Standards content
3.2.2.1.3 Future plan
3.2.2.2 IEEE
3.2.2.2.1 Overview
3.2.2.2.2 Standards content
3.2.2.2.3 Future plan
3.2.2.3 IETF
3.2.2.3.1 Overview
3.2.2.3.2 Standards content
3.2.2.3.3 Future plan
3.2.2.4 MEF
3.2.2.4.1 Overview
3.2.2.4.2 Standards content
3.2.2.4.3 Future plan
3.2.2.5 OIF
3.2.2.5.1 Overview
3.2.2.5.2 Standards content
3.2.2.5.3 Future plan
3.2.2.6 TMF
3.2.2.6.1 Overview
3.2.2.6.2 Standards content
3.2.2.6.3 Future plan
Chapter 4: Service and Carrier
4.1 Ethernet Service Definitions
4.1.1 Ethernet Line(E-Line) Service
4.1.1.1 Ethernet Private Line (EPL)
4.1.1.2 Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL)
4.1.2 Ethernet LAN(E-LAN) Service
4.1.2.1 Ethernet Private LAN (EPLAN)
4.1.2.2 Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVPLAN)
4.1.3 Ethernet Tree Service
4.1.3.1 Ethernet Private Tree (EP-Tree)
4.1.3.2 Ethernet Virtual Private Tree (EVP-Tree)
4.2 Ethernet Service Categories
4.2.1 EVC Service Attributes
4.2.2 UNI Service Attributes
4.2.3 EVC and UNI Bandwidth Profiles Service Attributes
4.3 Ethernet Service Categories
4.3.1 Classified by market
4.3.1.1 Business market services
4.3.1.1.1 Major market sectors
4.3.1.1.1.1 Health Care
4.3.1.1.1.2 Finance
4.3.1.1.1.3 Education
4.3.1.1.1.4 Government
4.3.1.1.1.5 Media
4.3.1.1.1.6 Others
4.3.1.1.2 Principal applications
4.3.1.1.2.1 Site-to-site Access
4.3.1.1.2.2 Server Consolidation
4.3.1.1.2.3 Disaster recovery
4.3.1.1.2.4 Internet Access
4.3.1.1.2.5 Converged network applications
4.3.1.1.2.6 Others
4.3.1.1.3 Benefits
4.3.1.1.3.1 Scalability, reliability and control
4.3.1.1.3.2 Performance
4.3.1.1.3.3 Cost reduction
4.3.1.1.3.4 Enables data center and server consolidation
4.3.1.1.3.5 Enables new applications
4.3.1.1.3.6 Predictability, risk reduction
4.3.1.2 Individual and family market services
4.3.1.2.1 Broadband lines
4.3.1.2.2 Triple play
4.3.2 Classified by carrier
4.3.2.1 Mobile carriers
4.3.2.1.1 Mobile backhaul network evolution
4.3.2.1.2 Carrier Ethernet for Mobile Operators
4.3.2.1.3 Carrier Ethernet backhaul technology selection
4.3.2.1.4 Carrier Ethernet backhaul deployed
4.3.2.1.5 Converged services of Carrier Ethernet backhaul
4.3.2.2 Fixed line carriers
4.3.2.2.1 Triple Play and residential services
4.3.2.2.2.1 Fixed-mobile convergence services
4.3.2.2.3 Other services
4.4 Ethernet Service Application
4.4.1 EPL
4.4.2 EVPL
4.4.3 EP-LAN
4.4.4 EVP-LAN
4.4.5 EP-Tree
4.4.6 EVP-Tree
4.5 Service Providers
4.5.1 Carrier Ethernet Service Providers in America
4.5.1.1 AboveNet
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.2 AT&T
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.3 Bell
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.4 Broadwing
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.5 Cablevision Systems
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.6 Cogent Communications
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.7 FiberNet
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.8 Global Crossing Holdings
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.9 Level 3
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.10 Looking Glass Networks
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.11 Masergy Communications
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.12 MCI
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.13 OnFiber
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.14 PPL
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.15 Qwest
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.16 RCN
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.17 SBC Communications
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.18 Sprint
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.19 TelCove
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.20 Time Warner Telecom
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.21 Verizon
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.22 WilTel
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.23 XO
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.1.24 Yipes
>Development strategies
>Revenue momentum and service pricing trends
>Issues to consider for Carriers network construction
>The opportunity of future plans bringing to equipment manufactures
4.5.2 Global Carrier Ethernet Service Providers and Cable/MSO's
>Alpheu >Ancotel
>BrightHouse
>Cable&Wireless >Charter >CincinnatiBel
>Comcast >COX >China Telecom
>Embarq >Eurofiber
>Globe
>KDDI >KPN
>Neos >NTT
>OptimumLightpath >Orange >Optus
>PipeNetworks >PT >PCCW
>Rogers >Reliance
>StarHub >SuddenLink
>SingTel >Symphony
>Telecom Italia >TeliaSonera
>Telus >TW Telecom
>TM >TATA Communications >Telstra
>Uecomm
Chapter 5: Equipment and Vendor
5.1 Equipment Market Drivers
5.1.1 Operators Drivers
5.1.2 Enterprises Drivers
5.1.3 Services Drivers
5.2 Equipment Taxonomy
5.2.1 Carrier Ethernet switch/router
5.2.2 Multi-service edge(MSE ) platform
5.2.3 Edge router
5.2.4 Others
5.3 Carrier Ethernet Platform Requirements
5.3.1 Emergence of Carrier Ethernet Platforms
5.3.2 Carrier Ethernet Features and Standards
5.3.3 Carrier Ethernet Requirements for Enterprise and Residential Services
5.4 Equipment vendors
5.4.1 Equipment vendor and test lab profiles
5.4.1.1 Actelis
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.1 Adtran
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.1 ADVA
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.2 Alcatel-Lucent
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.3 ANDA
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.4 Brocade
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.5 Ciena
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.6 Cisco
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.6 Corrigent
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.7 ECI
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.8 Ericsson
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.9 Extreme
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.10 Fujitsu
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.11.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.11 Gridpoint
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.12 Juniper
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.13 Nokia Siemens
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.14 Nortel
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.15 Overture
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.16 Soapstone
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.17 Tellabs
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.1.18 TPACK
5.4.1.1.1 overview
5.4.1.1.2 Carrier Ethernet Strategy and Solutions
5.4.1.1.3 Carrier Ethernet Products
5.4.1.1.4 Customer Activity
5.4.2 Global Equipment vendor, software & test company, Lab snapshots
>Accedian >Agilent>Aktino >Albis
>Alloptic >Arris>Aurora >Axerra
>Bay >BridgeWave >Broadcom >BTI
>CableLabs >Calix >CanogaPerkins >Ceragon
>CTS
>D-link >DowsLake >DragonWare
>Eante >EthosNetworks >EXPO
>Fibrolan >FHN
>HarrisStratex >Hatteras >Huawei
>IMC >Intracom >Iometrix >IPInfusion
>Ixia >Iol
>JDSU
>Matisse >Maxim >Motorola>MRV
>Maipu
>Nakina >NEC >Net-O2
>Occam >OST >OneAccess
>PCT >Positron
>Qosera
>RAD >Resolute >Raisecom
>SafeNet >SC >SM >SMC
>Spirent >Sunrise >Sycamore >Symmetricom
>Tejas >TelcoSystems >Telcordia >Telrad >TMC
>Transition >Transmode >TranSwitch >Turin
>UTStarcom
>Vitesse
>Wipro
>Zarlink >Zhone >ZTE >ZyXEL
Chapter 6: Market and Investment
6.1 Market
6.1.1 America Carrier Ethernet market
6.1.1.1 Market status analysis
6.1.1.1.1 Service market
6.1.1.1.1 Business market
6.1.1.1.2 Individual and family market
6.1.1.1.2 Equipment market
6.1.1.1.1 Switch/router market
6.1.1.1.2 Other equipment market
6.1.1.2 Influencing Factors of the America Carrier Ethernet market
6.1.1.2.1 Service market
6.1.1.1.1 Carriers transition strategy
6.1.1.1.2 Business market requirement
6.1.1.1.3 Customer experience
6.1.1.1.3 Network construction cost
6.1.1.1.2 Operating revenue
6.1.1.2.2 Equipment market
6.1.1.1.1 Carriers technology choice
6.1.1.1.2 Service requirement
6.1.1.1.1 Purchase price
6.1.1.1.2 Product function
6.1.1.1.2 Marketing channel
6.1.1.3 America Carrier Ethernet market trends and forecasts 2009-2012
6.1.2 Global Market
6.1.2.1 Service market
6.1.2.2 Equipment market
6.1.2.3 Global Carrier Ethernet market trends and forecasts 2009-2012
6.2 Investment Opportunity
6.1.1 Service market investment opportunities
6.1.2 Equipment market investment opportunities
6.1.3 America Carrier Ethernet investment opportunity forecasts 2009-2012
Chapter 7: Recommendation and Conclusion
7.1 Recommendations
7.1.1 For Carriers, network operators and service providers
7.1.1.1 Technology Choices
7.1.1.2 Network construction costs
7.1.1.3 Services and applications
7.1.1.4 Customer requirement and business income
7.1.2 For Network systems, device, semiconductor and management software vendors
7.1.2.1 Market cultivation
7.1.2.2 Serving for carriers
7.1.2.3 Competition and cooperation
7.1.2.4 Industry chain
7.2 Conclusion: America Carrier Ethernet market 2009-2012
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2. 23 professionals from equipment vendors
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