Fear
of the unknown remains but
Carrier Ethernet has
advantage of incumbency
Marginal negative impact
on demand (depends on how
fast Carrier Ethernet is
embraced)
(Service Provider)
Economics
Direct, +, Reinforcing Urgent need for improvement to
make services profi table
Huge potential to stimulate
demand for Carrier Ethernet
which in turn will improve
economics (due to scope and
scale)
Fiber Deployment Direct, +, Reinforcing Rapid deployment, offset in some
areas by wireless substitutes
Fairly signifi cant growth in
demand
(Service Provider)
Competition
Indirect, both ??’ and + Intensifying across the board
in the U.S. and worldwide
Fairly signifi cant growth in
demand
Standardization Direct, +, Reinforcing MEF and other bodies
accelerating development
of standards
Signifi cant growth in
demand
Regulation Direct, Unknown Expected to be low Largely unknown
TABLE 16.9 How Demand for Carrier Ethernet Will be Infl uenced in the Future
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for the entire set of wired/mobile applications; hence these applications will drive the
demand for Carrier Ethernet.
?– Voice/VoIP Even though VoIP has been already established as a viable alternative
to traditional voice delivery (over a TDM infrastructure), it is likely to make
even more significant inroads into the voice services market, which still accounts
for a very large portion of the telecom services market.
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