In early 2011, Kevin Vachon, COO of the Metro Ethernet Forum, was in Mumbai. He spoke of the growing role of Ethernet in the enterprise. He was underscoring the point that industry players are slowly waking up to which is that demand for high bandwidth, low latency and low cost networks is driving the growth of Ethernet services.

There will be $ 213.8bn of new revenues up for grabs in high-potential telecoms segments between 2012 and 2015, according to a report from UK consultancy Ovum this week. Key growth areas are IPTV, which will generate $ 20bn in extra revenues between 2012 and 2015, Carrier Ethernet services ($ 18bn), consumer services such as digital music downloads and subscriptions ($ 11.5bn), and managed and hosed IP voice ($ 9.2bn).

Ovum's report says other key growth areas include managed and hosted IP voice – slated for $9.2 billion of new revenues between 2012 and 2015 – as well as enterprise Ethernet services ($18 billion) and consumer services like digital music downloads and ...and more »

The telecom industry’s call to action over the adoption of IPv6 is falling on deaf ears in the enterprise space, according to analyst research released on Wednesday. Analyst house Ovum has identified a ‘head in the sand’ attitude prevalent among corporations with regards to the deployment of IPv6, a new addressing standard essential to future growth of the internet.

The global optical networking (ON) market will reach revenues of $20 billion by 2016, as the sector pulls itself out of the economic downturn, predicts Ovum in a new forecast. However, the independent telecoms analyst warns that although the global market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% from 2010 to 2016, not all of the regions will see strong growth. However, the independent telecoms analyst warns that although the global market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% from 2010 to 2016, not all of ...

“China Telecom (News - Alert) is currently evaluating a carrier Ethernet transport solution for its next-generation network upgrade. Enterprise Ethernet is poised to add to the bandwidth requirements of the optical network core within China,” added Redpath.

In early 2011, Kevin Vachon, COO of the Metro Ethernet Forum, was in Mumbai. He spoke of the growing role of Ethernet in the enterprise. He was underscoring the point that industry players are slowly waking up to which is that demand for high bandwidth, low latency and low cost networks is driving the growth of Ethernet services.

There will be $ 213.8bn of new revenues up for grabs in high-potential telecoms segments between 2012 and 2015, according to a report from UK consultancy Ovum this week. Key growth areas are IPTV, which will generate $ 20bn in extra revenues between 2012 and 2015, Carrier Ethernet services ($ 18bn), consumer services such as digital music downloads and subscriptions ($ 11.5bn), and managed and hosed IP voice ($ 9.2bn).

Ovum's report says other key growth areas include managed and hosted IP voice – slated for $9.2 billion of new revenues between 2012 and 2015 – as well as enterprise Ethernet services ($18 billion) and consumer services like digital music downloads and ...and more »

The telecom industry’s call to action over the adoption of IPv6 is falling on deaf ears in the enterprise space, according to analyst research released on Wednesday. Analyst house Ovum has identified a ‘head in the sand’ attitude prevalent among corporations with regards to the deployment of IPv6, a new addressing standard essential to future growth of the internet.

The global optical networking (ON) market will reach revenues of $20 billion by 2016, as the sector pulls itself out of the economic downturn, predicts Ovum in a new forecast. However, the independent telecoms analyst warns that although the global market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% from 2010 to 2016, not all of the regions will see strong growth. However, the independent telecoms analyst warns that although the global market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% from 2010 to 2016, not all of ...

“China Telecom (News - Alert) is currently evaluating a carrier Ethernet transport solution for its next-generation network upgrade. Enterprise Ethernet is poised to add to the bandwidth requirements of the optical network core within China,” added Redpath.