Market Segment Profile: Carrier Ethernet

Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Key messages
Carrier Ethernet is not a product segment
Ethernet becomes the new "network currency"
Equipment to support carrier Ethernet applications will expand significantly through 2014
Implications of carrier Ethernet’s rise
Market segment description
Carrier Ethernet capabilities cross many segment boundaries
Market segment analysis
Major market developments
Video, broadband data, and wireless applications drive carrier Ethernet market from $7.7 billion in 2008 to $27.8 billion in 2014
Opportunities to exploit
Market threats to guard against
Competitor analysis
Carrier Ethernet capabilities available across multiple product segments
Competitor ratings
Full-service vendors that can build solutions comprising multiple products have an edge
Full description of market segment
Carrier Ethernet cuts across many product segments
Common metrics (table stakes)
Technology metrics vendors use to pursue differentiation
Market drivers and inhibitors
Demand for carrier Ethernet driven by mobile backhaul, business Ethernet, and triple-play applications
Inhibitors
Competitive threats and opportunities
Threats
Opportunities
Market trends
Market is transitioning to IP/optical
Technology innovation
Market events
Select product announcements
Technology breakthroughs
Partnerships and acquisitions
Miscellaneous
Select public wins and losses
Operators upgrading infrastructure to support Ethernet services




List of Tables
Table 1: Carrier Ethernet product listing
Table 2: Additional carrier Ethernet vendors by product segment
Table 3: Competitor ratings
Table 4: Select deployments over the last three quarters (4Q08-2Q09)






List of Figures
Figure 1: Products included in Ovum’s carrier Ethernet market segmentation
Figure 2: Carrier Ethernet forecast by technology, 2006–2014
Figure 3: Carrier Ethernet spending by region, 2006–2014
Figure 4: Vendor global carrier Ethernet positioning
Figure 5: Competitive market segments