Transparent LAN services are growing because they will become the mainstay of
large corporate Ethernet services as the target of migration from legacy multisite services.
TLAN services come in many shapes and sizes and include services known as
E-LAN, Ethernet Private LAN (EPLAN), and Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVPLAN).
EPL is growing more quickly than Internet services, as many corporations that do
not choose TLANs decide to replace their current private lines with EPL. Thus, EPL
will be used by many organizations as a migration path to higher bandwidth from
today??™s private line services.
Asia Pacific accounted for 43 percent of overall Ethernet service revenue in 2005,
EMEA was next at 42 percent, North America at 21 percent, and CALA at 4 percent.
By the close of 2009, Asia Pacific will drop just slightly to 42 percent, with most of the
share growth in North America (26 percent). EMEA will drop slightly to 29 percent,
and CALA will hold steady at 4 percent.
Asia Pacific is the largest market, and the EMEA market is strong, whereas the
North American market was just gathering steam in 2006, as shown in Figure 3.1.
Carrier Plans for Ethernet
Infonetics Research regularly interviews service providers of all types around the world
for detailed studies of their plans and strategies.
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