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Going Global
Carrier Ethernet Views
By Annie Lindstrom
Carrier
Ethernet News
09/23/10
Culturally, Europe is different from the U.S.,
there’s no question about it. The food is different, the clothing
and hairstyles are different and so are the historic landmarks.
Carrier Ethernet does not buck the trend, according to Erin Dunne,
director of research services, Vertical Systems Group.
With the exception of the U.K., most countries have an incumbent and
a few other common carriers (OCCs). Therefore, Europe is a very
different type of market than one finds in the U.S. where businesses
have hundreds of Carrier Ethernet service providers from which to
choose.
“You have to look as Europe on a country by
country basis” each with its own regulatory group and rules, she
explains.
Because they have the highest business center
densities and are Europe’s most populous countries, France, Germany
and the U.K. are the top markets for Carrier Ethernet providers.
Businesses in these countries also have more multinational
requirements for Carrier Ethernet links spanning across Europe or
outside of Europe to the U.S., Asia or elsewhere. However, migration
to Ethernet can be a harder sell in less populated European
countries and places where DSL penetration is high and many
companies already have a high-speed port that is competitively
priced, she adds.
When it comes to similarities, European and U.S. Carrier Ethernet
customers share the same high demand for 10 Mbps ports up through 1
Gbps ports. Service providers also work with the same vertical
markets – healthcare, education, financial services and government.
And while EMEA as a whole equals the U.S. in terms of Carrier
Ethernet revenue, Europe accounts for the bulk of that revenue, says
Dunne.
As a result of all of the above, the world’s global service
providers have their eyes on Europe. According to Vertical Systems’
Mid-2010 Global Provider Ethernet Leaderboard, the carriers holding
4% or more of their business Ethernet ports outside of their home
regions by the end of the first half of 2010 were: Orange (France),
Colt (U.K.), Verizon (U.S.), AT&T (U.S.), NTT (Japan) and Tata
Communications (India) (see chart). The report also notes that
Verizon had the largest port share gain among all six carriers for
the first half of 2010.
Complete article at
http://www.carrierethernetnews.com/articles/114751/
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