Posted on Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Report: Carrier Ethernet Market Thriving in Recession, to Hit $32 Billion in 2013
TMC Net
A Campbell, California-based market research firm this week is predicting that the need to handle rapidly growing traffic, including video-based communications, the carrier Ethernet market will reach $32 billion globally in 2013. According to Michael Howard, a principal analyst at the firm, this recession favors carrier Ethernet technologies and products because they’re a less expensive alternative to legacy equipment. Howard said that carrier Ethernet is one of the key technologies globally integral to IP next gen network transformation projects pushing the move from TDM to packet based networks.
