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29-Aug-2019
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Strategic Forecasting
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The 2018 US wholesale Carrier Ethernet services market revenues exceeded $5.15 billion. Key factors sustaining market growth include:
--Continued demand from wireline carriers—traditional interexchange carriers (IXCs), competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), and international carriers seeking to expand their network footprint
--Business market demand for Ethernet access to connect to DIA and MPLS, and now increasingly for SD-WAN connectivity, which, in turn, is driving wholesale market demand
--Enterprise market demand for Ethernet to connect to cloud, which, in turn, is driving wholesale market demand, as service providers look to expand their footprint
--Demand for mobile network operators (MNOs) for macrocell upgrades to support traffic growth on their LTE network, and 5G rollouts
Frost & Sullivan defines wholesale services as services sold by service providers to other carriers, system integrators and resellers. This study updates the analysis presented in Frost & Sullivan's 2017 study U.S. Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Services Market Update (BCS 11-2).
This study presents an in-depth analysis of the key trends impacting the wholesale carrier Ethernet services market, and includes market revenue forecasts and market share analysis. The analysis is segmented by:
--Transport length (metro versus long haul)
--Service type (dedicated or port-based versus switched or VLAN-aware)
Executive Summary
Executive Summary—Market Engineering Measurements
Market Definitions & Research Scope
Market Definitions & Research Scope
Key Market Trends
Key Market Trends (continued)
Key Market Trends (continued)
Forecast Assumptions
Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Services Market—Total Revenue Forecast, U.S., 2017-2023
Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Services Market—Revenue Breakdown by Transport Length, U.S., 2017-2023
Total Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Services Market—Revenue Breakdown by Dedicated vs. Switched, U.S., 2017–2023
Total Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Services Market—Revenue Breakdown by Bandwidth Speed, U.S., 2017–2023
Competitive Analysis—Total Market Shares by Revenue, U.S., 2018
U.S. Market Share Comparison, 2016 & 2018
Metro Segment—Total Revenue Forecast, U.S., 2017–2023
Metro Segment—Revenue Breakdown by Dedicated vs. Switched, U.S., 2017–2023
Metro Segment—Dedicated Ethernet Revenue Forecast, U.S., 2017–2023
Metro Segment—Switched Ethernet Revenue Forecast, U.S., 2017–2023
Metro Segment—Market Shares by Revenue, U.S., 2018
Metro Market Share Comparison, 2016 & 2018
Long Haul Segment—Total Revenue Forecast, U.S., 2017–2023
Long Haul Segment—Revenue Breakdown by Dedicated vs. Switched, U.S., 2017–2023
Long Haul Segment—Dedicated Ethernet Revenue Forecast, U.S., 2017–2023
Long Haul Segment—Switched Ethernet Revenue Forecast, U.S., 2017–2023
Long Haul Segment—Market Shares by Revenues, U.S., 2018
Long Haul Market Share Comparison, U.S., 2016 & 2018
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