Abstract
-Understand the Carrier Ethernet marketplace, opportunities within it and evolution timescales driven by service provider requirements in one comprehensive strategic report.

Key Coverage
-Evaluate and quantify the opportunities and threats emerging with Carrier Ethernet
-Understand the key market drivers and the main strategy options
-Identify key players, potential partners and identify current and evolving competitive positions in the value chain
-Understand the Carrier Ethernet marketplace, opportunities within it and evolution timescales driven by service provider requirements
-Benefit from unbiased analysis and data free from industry hype and understand the drivers and inhibitors on Carrier Ethernet
-Utilise clear, reliable business intelligence to support recommendations to clients

Key issues addressed
-What are the key revenue opportunities in the Carrier Ethernet network market?
-How will Carrier Ethernet fit in the broader packet transport network market?
-What role is played in the access, edge, metro, core and backhaul networks?
-What are the indicative strategies and plans of leading carriers?
-What are the strategies, plans and solutions of significant vendors?
-How do the strategies and solutions of significant vendors compare?
-How will Carrier Ethernet evolve to a mainstream network infrastructure?
-Where do the biggest opportunities for technology vendors, system houses and operating carriers lie?
-Where are the best investment opportunities?

Companies Covered
-BT, NTL, Orange France Telecom Group, T-Com, Telenor, ADVA, Alcatel-Lucent, Atrica, Ciena, Cisco, ECI, Ericsson, Extreme, Gridpoint, InfoVista, Lightstorm, Meriton, Nokia Siemens, Nortel, Operax, Overture, Soapstone, Tellabs, TPACK, World-Wide Packets

Who should read this report
-Incumbent, alternate and mobile carriers, network operators and service providers
-Understand the opportunities, challenges, architectures, solutions and realistic timelines of the Carrier Ethernet network market
-Help evaluate the wider strategic impact in the context of NGN transformation
-Identify the strategies, business models, solution options and technologies to maximise flexibility and minimise costs
-Assess the technologies enabling Carrier Ethernet and the suppliers providing them
-Analyse partnership opportunities with equipment suppliers and device vendors
-Network systems, device, semiconductor and control/management software vendors
-Understand the Carrier Ethernet marketplace, opportunities within it and evolution timescales driven by service provider requirements
-Identify key players, potential partners and identify current and evolving competitive positions in the value chain
-Monitor the displacement between different network technologies
-Assess operator and service provider demand
-Understand competitors' positioning and product differentiation

-Consultants, analysts, regulators, investment houses and venture capitalists
-Benefit from unbiased analysis and data free from industry hype and understand the drivers and inhibitors on Carrier Ethernet
-Base future investments and business decisions on unbiased market study and primary data
-Ascertain the impact of Carrier Ethernet on the regulatory environment
-Utilise clear, reliable business intelligence to support recommendations to clients
-Provide clients with clear business intelligence, case studies and vendor profiles to support recommendations and investment.