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Please contact:
Jeffrey Geddes
Account Manager, Heavy Reading Insider Services
303-997-9135
or via email at:
geddes@
lightreading.com |
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| Ethernet Over Copper: A Growing but Uncertain Market |
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Telecom operators increasingly see the provision of Ethernet over copper (EoC) as a viable and attractive new revenue opportunity. Enterprise customers increasingly want Ethernet, but they do not all want to pay for fiber, so there is a demand-side pressure to introduce a workable solution, which EoC can fill. The market for equipment designed to enable the supply of Ethernet services over existing copper plants has grown strongly in the past 12 to 18 months.
Regardless of the growing interest, some still wonder how long EoC will be an important technology for supporting all the applications it currently serves – perhaps the long term is set in fiber. EoC is clearly designed as a transition technology to meet needs until fiber can be laid. The trouble is that economic and telecom events may make it redundant for certain uses earlier than vendors might hope. Continued rapid growth in bandwidth requirements for mobile services may mean EoC cannot deliver what is required, and in selected geographic regions there is a possibility of rapid deployment of fiber by public bodies aiming to stimulate local economic activity.
The fortunes of EoC are intrinsically linked to the fortunes of fiber. There are some substantial fiber deployments underway worldwide, but it is not expected to be dominant for a while. This means there will continue to be significant opportunities to use the existing copper plant to deliver Ethernet services at a macro level. However, it will be difficult for vendors to predict which cities/urban areas will see EoC deployments.
There will be many sites without fiber that need more capacity as bandwidth demands grow. However, it is uncertain how aggressive operators will be in moving to fiber. If they see mobile data growth continuing on its current trajectory, it may simply be impossible for wireless operators to support services in urban areas or high-traffic areas without putting in fiber. The wireless backhaul market for EoC, unlike the market for the provision of business Ethernet services, seems much more likely to be a short-term opportunity.
Ethernet Over Copper: A Growing but Uncertain Market looks at the evolution of the EoC market, assessing some of the big trends that are impacting prospects for EoC technology. The report looks at how the technology is evolving, and how vendors are stepping up to the challenge of delivering Ethernet services (as opposed to fat pipes). It compares the technologies leading EoC vendors have decided to offer, and how the platforms and approaches to the market vary. This report also profiles 18 leading vendors and their products in the EoC market.
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 Table of Contents (lri0109_toc.pdf) |
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| The phrase "Ethernet over copper" is used in various ways by different vendors and service providers, due to the several means of providing an Ethernet service using a copper line, and different vendors support different approaches. In this report, the term refers generically to the delivery of Ethernet over bonded legacy copper-based circuits (basically, DS1/T1/E1 lines) or over dry copper pairs. The various technologies' prima facie differentiator is the symmetric data speed that can be delivered over distance, as summarized in the following excerpt. |
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 Companies analyzed in this report include: Actelis Networks Inc.; Adtran Inc. (Nasdaq: ADTN); ADVA AG Optical Networking (Frankfurt: ADV); Aktino Inc.; Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU); Allied Telesis Inc., a subsidiary of ANDA Networks Inc.; ANDA Networks Inc.; Ceterus Networks Inc.; Hatteras Networks Inc.; MRV Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: MRVC); NexComm Systems Inc.; Occam Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: OCNW); Overture Networks Inc.; RAD Data Communications Inc.; Raisecom Technology Co. Ltd.; Telrad Networks Ltd.; Turin Networks Inc.; and Zhone Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ZHNE). |
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