The report includes the following:
- Profiles of 15 carriers
- Verdict
- Summary (strategy and recent activities)
- Geographic reach
- Portfolio
- Management (revenues and reputation)

- Compares them in terms of:
- Coverage
- Stability
- Focus
- Growth

Who should buy the report?

- Operators selling telecoms services to corporate customers in Western Europe
- Companies investing or supplying the above

Key benefits:
- Source of key information on 15 carriers
- Independent market analysis and comparisons
- Gives customers time to concentrate on analysing implications and to
formulate action plans

Key conclusions:
- Alternative carriers have so far taken about 10% of the Western European
business telecoms market - the opportunity is huge and continues to grow
- Competition is becoming more severes as many alternative suppliers offer
similar portfolios in similar locations and share the same strategic goals
- Winners will be differentiated by showing a clear strategy (market and
financial), customer focus and excellence in execution.