This report analyses current Industry pricing trends for Managed WAN Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) contracts for management, maintenance and lease/rental of CPE used in conjunction with a data-oriented wide area network.

Telsyte's retail Managed WAN CPE market/customer contract pricing database contains accurate and up-to-date pricing information for a variety of devices and for varying Service Level Agreements and Contract Lengths.

The prices measured in this benchmark document are market-based prices, all of which are currently valid. The vast majority of organizations contributing data to Telsyte's Managed WAN CPE pricing benchmark database are large to very large enterprise sector (corporate/government) customers representing managed WAN CPE services supplied by Carriers, Service Providers, Integrators and Vendors.

In order for any pricing data to be listed in this report, we require a minimum of 10 samples from multiple service providers.

In addition to our published reports, this living repository of Managed WAN CPE service pricing information allows us to compare client service pricing against the latest industry pricing in the database in the form of a customised benchmark.

In order to maintain the confidentiality of customer information, benchmark findings are expressed as:

Industry Low;
Industry Median;
Industry Average (arithmetic Mean of the sample values);
Industry Trim Mean (excluding the top and bottom 10% of industry samples); and
Industry High prices.
In this report we present Managed WAN CPE pricing data in the following manner:

Prices for WAN CPE Management and Monitoring;
Prices for WAN CPE Maintenance;
Prices for WAN CPE Lease/Rental;
A combination of either Management and Maintenance or a bundled service which encompasses Management, Maintenance and Lease/Rental services;
The WAN CPE devices are presented in Small, Medium, and Large device categories;
For management and maintenance Metro, Regional and Country service pricing is separately tracked;
Two Service Level Agreements (24x7 and 8x5) are represented; and
Pricing variations across different contract lengths (12 months, 24 months, 36 months) is provided.
In addition to providing current Industry pricing for Managed WAN CPE services, the report provides insight into the drivers behind the boom in Managed WAN CPE services, and why organizations would choose either a carrier, service provider, integrator or vendor to supply these services.