Frost Radar™: Carrier Ethernet Services in North America, 2025 Updated Research Available
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20-Mar-2025
North America
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This analysis benchmarks seven leading providers of carrier Ethernet services in North America.
The market is in a mature stage of the product life cycle. Negative Ethernet revenue growth rates are primarily due to price compression, market maturity, and increased usage of multiple underlay technologies with SD-WAN. Service providers interviewed for this analysis quoted 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps as the most commonly demanded configurations, with demand increasing for 100 Gbps.
Network service providers differentiate their offerings through additional services, including Ethernet on demand, optional security solutions, value-added services via a self-service portal, and investments in upgradation and expansion of their network footprint to reach more customers and turn up services quickly.
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