All Reports

SIP Trunking: Market Strategies & Competitive Analysis

Vol. 9, No. 10, November 2009

This report examines the SIP trunking market, exploring the benefits and challenges of SIP trunking and providing a comparative analysis of solutions. The report also provides a competitive analysis of nine top vendors in the industry and examines the leading vendors' market strategies, including targeted verticals and market drivers.

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Shrinking Margins Bring Big Changes to the CDN Market

Vol. 9, No. 9, September 2009

This report examines how the entry of telcos into the retail CDN space has affected the market. It addresses how CDNs are changing their infrastructure and business models, struggling to differentiate their offers, and attempting to capture more customer value. Finally, it profiles 11 leading players in the CDN market.

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Telecom Managed Services: The Rise of the Hollow Operator

Vol. 9, No. 8, August 2009

This report analyzes the telecom managed services sector. It maps the functions that network operators are turning over to third parties and analyzes the range of companies offering telecom managed services to telecom network operators. It investigates future prospects for the market, and profiles 18 leading telecom managed services providers.

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Home Gateways: Door Opens for SPs to Realize Value-Adds

Vol. 9, No. 7, August 2009

This report provides an in-depth look at the home gateway market and a comparative analysis of solutions, including: setup, installation, and GUI; security; and support/upgrade. It also examines market drivers, challenges, and future trends to expect. The report also provides a competitive analysis of nine leading vendors of home gateways.

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Can VDSL2 Turn Copper Into Stimulus Package Gold?

Vol. 9, No. 6, July 2009

This report examines the VDSL2 market, including the most significant factors telcos must consider when choosing to deploy VDSL2 and whether the fiscal and broadband stimulus measures will make a difference in the market. The report also profiles 15 major vendors of VDSL2 equipment, comparing their portfolios and competitive positioning.

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IPTV & Digital Video QoE: Test & Measurement Update

Vol. 9, No. 5, May 2009

This report looks at the technical challenges in measuring a user's digital video QoE, comparing alternative technologies and summarizing standardization work. It identifies and compares the differences between vendors, including those with T&M, service assurance, TV, and telecom heritages, and profiles 17 leading players in this fragmented and complex market.

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The Netbook Effect: Remaking Broadband Price Structures

Vol. 9, No. 4, May 2009

This report identifies key issues that will affect the market for laptops and netbooks with embedded cellular modems through 2010, analyzing barriers to and drivers for adoption. The report also examines the competitive environment, including pricing pressure on modem vendors and how embedded PCs will affect the wired broadband market.

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After the Freeze: A Five-Year Telecom Capex Forecast

Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2009

This report examines the impact of the economic downturn on telecom investment around the world, offering forecasts for global capex between 2008 and 2013. It investigates the likely trends in different geographical regions and identifies national and technological markets that are likely to see growth in 2009 and beyond.

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Cloud Computing: The Fog Begins to Lift

Vol. 9, No. 2, February 2009

This report explores and analyzes the cloud computing sector, reviewing the needs of various types of user of cloud computing services and highlighting the drivers for and barriers to the adoption of such services. The report also profiles and analyzes 15 leading providers of cloud-enabling technologies and services.

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Ethernet Over Copper: A Growing but Uncertain Market

Vol. 9, No. 1, January 2009

This report explores the evolution of the EoC market. It examines how EoC technology is evolving, and how vendors are stepping up to the challenge of delivering Ethernet services. The report also profiles 18 leading vendors and their products in the EoC market, comparing their varying technologies, platforms, and approaches.

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Deep Packet Inspection: 2009 Market Forecast

Vol. 8, No. 11, December 2008

This report examines the evolution of DPI products and the market positioning of leading vendors. It reviews services and applications enabled by DPI, and provides forecasts for the value of the market. It also explores the emerging relationship between DPI and deep packet capture, and profiles 22 leading vendors.

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GPON: Still Waiting for Lift-Off

Vol. 8, No. 10, November 2008

This report analyzes the GPON equipment sector, including a revised five-year global market forecast based on current worldwide economic conditions, and provides an overview of recent developments in the GPON market, indicating likely major areas of opportunity. The report profiles and analyzes the GPON portfolios of 15 leading vendors.

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Bandwidth Bottleneck: Service Providers Tackle IP Throttling

Vol. 8, No. 9, October 2008

This report examines applications in the bandwidth management market, including technology differences and marketing strategies. It also explores the future of bandwidth management, including challenges the market faces, vendor partnerships and acquisitions, and vendors' future investment strategies. Additionally, the report provides a comparative analysis of ten leading bandwidth management vendors.

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Telepresence: A Market Opportunity Reality Check

Vol. 8, No. 8, September 2008

This report examines applications in the telepresence market, along with partnerships, acquisitions, and future investment strategies that vendors are considering in this market. Additionally, this report provides a comparative analysis of 11 of the top vendors in the telepresence industry.

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Revenue Assurance: IT Giants Reshape the Market

Vol. 8, No. 7, September 2008

This report examines key changes in the revenue assurance (RA) market, focusing on the impact that major IT-centric vendors are having on the sector. The report analyzes RA products and services from 15 leading suppliers.

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Silicon Photonics: A Market Takes Shape

Vol. 8, No. 6, August 2008

This report analyzes the prospects of the silicon photonics market, examining the early products brought to market and considering where the technology might go. It also provides a comparative analysis of 12 companies and their silicon photonics product status and target markets.

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Managed IP VPN Services: SMB Market Opportunities

Vol. 8, No. 5, July 2008

This report analyzes market opportunities for U.S. network operators selling IP VPN managed services to SMBs and the specific issues managed services providers must address to build an SMB customer base. The report also profiles 10 emerging IP VPN managed services providers that specifically target the SMB sector.

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HD Internet Video: CDNs & P2P Players Square Off

Vol. 8, No. 4, June 2008

This report examines the challenges facing content owners and CDN and P2P providers in delivering HD video and TV content to consumers cost-effectively, while preserving video quality. It compares the technologies being deployed and evaluates the impact of the move toward Internet video delivery on IPTV vendors and ISPs.

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IP Test & Measurement: Positive Prospects for Growth

Vol. 8, No. 3, April 2008

This report examines the IP test and measurement market, providing an in-depth assessment of how the market is evolving and the primary challenges it faces. The report includes detailed analysis of the products from 19 leading vendors and evaluates their financial growth strategies for the next 12 to 18 months.

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Control Planes: Key to Winning the Carrier Ethernet Metro War

Vol. 8, No. 2, March 2008

This report compares the principal carrier Ethernet transport alternatives and explores the role of the control plane in carrier Ethernet infrastructure, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of multiple competing control-plane strategies. It also profiles three leading control-plane vendors and evaluates the positioning of 16 router and switch vendors.

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Next-Gen IPTV Set-Tops: Market Forecast & Analysis

Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2008

This report examines the IPTV set-top-box market in two key regions: North America and Europe. It reviews the state of the art and features Light Reading's first-ever market forecasts for the IPTV STB sector. The report also profiles and compares leading set-top vendors in North America and Europe.

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IP Service Assurance: Proof Positive for Telco Services

Vol. 7, No. 11, December 2007

This report provides an in-depth examination of why the IP service assurance market is gaining strength and how IP service assurance programs should be developed. It assesses market drivers and also provides a comparative analysis of some of the top companies in the IP service assurance industry.

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Deep Packet Inspection: Vendors Tap Into New Markets

Vol. 7, No. 10, November 2007

This report analyzes key trends in DPI technology developments and deployments, and reviews the drivers for this market. The report identifies key suppliers of DPI technology and investigates how their solutions vary. It also updates our forecasts for the DPI market – including, for the first time, expenditure by mobile operators.

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MPLS vs. PBT: The Empire Strikes Back

Vol. 7, No. 9, September 2007

This report explores leading equipment vendors' arguments for and against the use of MPLS, evaluating their views on how close to the access network MPLS should be deployed and providing a comparative review of four basic transport network approaches: MPLS at Layer 2, MPLS at Layer 3, PBB-TE, and T-MPLS.

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VDSL2 Deployments: Where the IPTV Action Is

Vol. 7, No. 8, August 2007

This report examines the VDSL2 market, analyzes expected market drivers, identifies the most likely scenarios for geographic expansion, and evaluates how VDSL2 stacks up against competing technologies. It also examines factors that must still be addressed by vendors and provides a comparative analysis of top companies in the VDSL2 arena.

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Ethernet Over Copper: A Golden Opportunity

Vol. 7, No. 7, July 2007

This report analyzes the state of the Ethernet-over-copper sector, comparing and evaluating the different technology strategies underlying Ethernet-over-copper solutions and predicting which are likely to emerge as the leaders. The report also profiles 15 leading equipment manufacturers and provides a competitive analysis of their Ethernet-over-copper products and strategies.

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Identity Management: Telcos vs. Web 2.0 Titans

Vol. 7, No. 6, June 2007

This report explains how identity management and federation have evolved during the past several years and describes the concept of an identity provider. It discusses the business case for deploying IdM technology. Finally, it profiles 11 vendors hoping to sell IdM solutions, including federation software, to network operators.

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GPON Market Forecast: The Horizon Beyond Verizon

Vol. 7, No. 5, May 2007

This report explores and analyzes the emerging GPON sector, including a five-year global market forecast for GPON equipment. It provides an overview of the PON taxonomy and includes a competitive analysis of GPON initiatives from 12 different suppliers. Individual vendors are profiled and their GPON products and strategies evaluated.

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China's Telecom Market: Winning the Game of Duopoly

Vol. 7, No. 4, April 2007

This report evaluates the competitive positioning of China's "Big Four" telecom operators: China Mobile, China Telecom, China Netcom, and China Unicom. It examines the current imbalance in the Chinese telecom market and analyzes the scenarios that may unfold as restructuring plans are put into effect by China's national government.

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DSL Video Bandwidth Crunch: MPEG-4 AVC, IPTV, & HDTV

Vol. 7, No. 3, March 2007

This report examines the role of video compression technology – particularly the MPEG-4 AVC standard – in delivering high-quality video in an IPTV network. It examines the tools this standard offers technology vendors and assesses its role in enabling DSL providers to compete with cable and satellite operators in the video market.

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Managed Security Services: The SMB Boom

Vol. 7, No. 2, February 2007

This report examines MSSP strategies for selling to SMB customers. It examines the security threats and regulatory issues that SMBs face and looks at how the MSSP landscape has changed due to recent mergers and acquisitions. The report also includes profiles of 12 leading MSSPs, comparing their service offerings.

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PBT & the Future of Carrier Ethernet Services

Vol. 7, No. 1, January 2007

Provider backbone transport (PBT) is testing established thinking about delivering point-to-point services within the metro network. This report reviews what PBT is, where it came from, and what it has the potential to become. It considers competing PBT solutions and profiles ten major Ethernet vendors, focusing on their PBT positioning.

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Huawei & ZTE: Global Market Challenges

Vol. 6, No. 10, December 2006

This report analyzes the competitive positioning of China's two leading telecom equipment manufacturers: Huawei and ZTE. It examines the economic factors affecting their expansion into international markets and evaluates how that expansion affects profitability. Finally, the report explores how changes in China's economic policy will affect the companies' business models.

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IPTV Middleware Market Dynamics

Vol. 6, No. 9, November 2006

This report explains what IPTV middleware is and how it works. It analyzes the leading IPTV middleware suppliers, and examines IPTV middleware newcomers that are emerging to challenge incumbents for market share. Finally, it considers the future of middleware and examines how vendors are moving toward a more open architecture.

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IPTV & Content Delivery Networks: Who’s Doing What

Vol. 6, No. 8, October 2006

This report evaluates the IPTV content delivery infrastructure market – focusing on the systems and equipment that run on top of the telecom network, rather than the network itself. It identifies the 21 technology suppliers that are capturing initial contracts for IPTV content delivery and analyzes their market positioning in depth.

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Deep Packet Inspection: Taming the P2P Traffic Beast

Vol. 6, No. 7, August 2006

The report provides an overview of P2P’s effect on data networks and details how DPI can be deployed to minimize those effects. It presents the market positioning of DPI vendors, a comparison of product features, and also projects market size for the DPI sector through 2010.

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The SIP Market: Trends, Opportunities, & Threats

Vol. 6, No. 6, July 2006

This report analyzes the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) market, reviews what SIP is and how it works, and looks at drivers for adoption and obstacles that could hinder market growth. It identifies SIP technology leaders, reviews services being introduced, and details learning points for companies entering the SIP market.

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The End of Net Neutrality: An Economic Analysis

Vol. 6, No. 5, May 2006

This report evaluates the potential impact of abandoning network-neutrality policies. It analyzes how operators might charge for preferential content delivery and how much revenue they might generate; considers reactions by competitors, content providers, and access customers; and draws conclusions about the commercial appeal of such a strategy.

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IP Network Line Cards: Next-Gen Challenges

Vol. 6, No. 4, April 2006

This report analyzes the relationship between network requirements and IP network line card design. It examines the market forces changing network card design, including implications for system, subsystem, and card-level semiconductor vendors. It also analyzes what is occurring to network cards in the access and aggregation and metro edge/core network segments.

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IPTV Test and Measurement: Who’s Doing What

Vol. 6, No. 3, March 2006

As telecom operators add video services to existing voice and data offerings, they face new challenges for ensuring quality of service and quality of experience. This report examines 18 key vendors of test and measurement solutions for IPTV operators that include pre-deployment lab test, post-deployment diagnostics, 24/7 monitoring, and umbrella monitoring systems.

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IMS: What Carriers Really Think

Vol. 6, No. 2, February 2006

To learn more about service provider attitudes toward IMS and gauge when (or if) the IMS spending spree will begin, we conducted a worldwide survey of network operators, drawing responses from more than 90 professional at more than 60 different network operators. This report presents and analyzes the results.

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Online Gaming: Invasion of the MMORPGs

Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2006

Online gaming has undergone tremendous growth over the last few years – especially the crucial and very profitable "massively multiplayer online role-playing game," or MMORPG. This report provides an overview of the online gaming market, including analysis of the opportunities and challenges it presents for telecom service providers.

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2006 Muni Broadband Outlook

Vol. 5, No. 12, December 2005

This report delivers a timely assessment of 22 key U.S. markets in various stages of municipal broadband network deployment, focusing on broadband wireless access. It includes up-to-the-minute information on technology choices, business models, and timetables, as well as the latest RFP data and contact information for key officials, where available.

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IPTV: Where the Money Is

Vol. 5, No. 11, November 2005

Now bursting into the mainstream, IPTV looks set to grow impressively over the next five years. This report examines the implications across the spectrum of industry players: the media companies providing the content; the telecom operators providing the service; and the vendors providing the "plumbing." Who stands to win big?

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VOIP Testing: A Competitive Market Emerges

Vol. 5, No. 10, October 2005

This report delivers an in-depth analysis of the VOIP testing sector, focusing on the specialist companies now looking to redefine the market. It includes a taxonomy of VOIP test and monitoring products and categorizes offerings from 22 different vendors, ranging from the biggest industry players to startup VOIP test specialists.

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Ethernet in the First Mile: Who's Doing What

Vol. 5, No. 9, September 2005

This report provides an overview of Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) and similar technologies. It provides a taxonomy of the EFM space, cataloguing the players and examining their tactics, before taking a wider view to consider the general state of this market and its development potential for the future.

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Europe’s Incumbent Vendors: A Global Competitive Analysis

Vol. 5, No. 8, August 2005

Europe’s Big Five equipment vendors (Alcatel, Ericsson, Marconi, Nokia, and Siemens) continue to grapple with the transformation of their once-insulated home markets, even as they execute strategic forays into other markets around the world. This report examines the comparative strengths and weakness of these suppliers across the entire telecom equipment spectrum.

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VOIP Gateways: Surviving the Softswitch Revolution

Vol. 5, No. 7, July 2005

A distributed model is emerging in today's voice networks, in which functions once owned by monolithic "softswitches" are spread across several different units: VOIP gateways, media servers, SBCs, and application servers. This report focuses on gateways – devices long ago written off as remnants of VOIP's dark ages, but now experiencing a resurgence.

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Special Report: Telecom's Technology Hot Spots

Vol. 5, No. 6, June 2005

In this all-new report, Heavy Reading analysts pinpoint the companies expected to assume leading roles in the critical telecom sectors that will attract spending from network operators and their suppliers in the coming months, including: carrier-class Ethernet; IPTV and next-gen video; IMS and fixed-mobile convergence; and multiservice edge technologies.

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China’s Big Three Vendors Take On the World

Vol. 5, No. 5, May 2005

China's top telecom equipment vendors – Huawei, UTStarcom, and ZTE – are now making aggressive moves into the international marketplace, posing a potentially huge challenge to incumbents. This report examines these vendors' product positioning, internationalization strategies, and financial performance, and evaluates the threat they pose to Western incumbents.

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Service Delivery Platforms: The Next Grand Design?

Vol. 5, No. 4, April 2005

This report defines SDPs and examines how they work, including a discussion of the critical elements that make up its architectural framework. It then identifies and analyzes the key goals of SDP and the challenges that vendors, operators, and standards groups face in achieving these goals.

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Micro MSPPs: Carrier Deployment Plans

Vol. 5, No. 3, March 2005

More than two dozen vendors have rolled out micro MSPPs as a low-cost option for extending services to more customers. This report examines carrier plans to use micro MSPPs, including results from an exclusive online survey covering carrier and vendor expectations for this burgeoning product sector.

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Residential VOIP Services Explosion

Vol. 5, No. 2, February 2005

VOIP residential services are poised to take off, with a wide array of service providers looking to enter this market. This has wide implications for service providers, consumers, and VOIP equipment vendors, all of which are examined in this new report.

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AdvancedTCA: Tomorrow’s Telecom Hardware

Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2005

Major telecom equipment suppliers are adopting the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture as their next-generation hardware platform, but the decision is as much economic as it is technical. This report analyzes key vendors involved in the ATCA systems market.

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2005 U.S. Wireline Capex Preview

Vol. 4, No. 12, December 2004

This report assesses the prospects for capex growth among wireline network operators, focusing on the RBOCs and the top three long-distance carriers. It also analyzes recent carrier-issued RFPs to shed light on which telecom sectors are likely to get the biggest slices of the capex pie next year – and which vendors are in the best position to win those contracts.

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FTTP Success: It's the Video

Vol. 4, No. 11, November 2004

With competitive pressures mounting to deliver video to complete the service triple play, 2005 is shaping up to be a watershed year that could set the course for carrier FTTP expansion plans for years to come. This report sorts out the prospects for deployments and services, with special emphasis on the video services sector.

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M&A: Consolidation Craze

Vol. 4, No. 10, October 2004

Innovative, focused startups are batting incumbent equipment vendors out of the park on next-gen product development and performance. This report pegs potential acquisition targets and valuations in the upcoming cycle of telecom equipment consolidation.

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Next-Gen DSL Deluge

Vol. 4, No. 9, September 2004

A wave of higher-speed DSL technologies is about to sweep through the telecom market – providing bigger bandwidth for a wide range of applications.

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Telecom Opportunities in the Elite EU8

Vol. 4, No. 8, August 2004

The newly minted Elite EU8 – the eight Eastern European countries recently admitted to the EU – have high prospects for telecom growth, as they move to upgrade their infrastructure to catch up with their Western counterparts.

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Next-Gen Sonet/SDH Chip Survey

Vol. 4, No. 7, July 2004

Multiservice edge equipment based on next-gen Sonet/SDH silicon radically improves carriers’ ability to offer packet services over legacy infrastructure. This survey compares 31 products, from the ten leading chip vendors in the market, against 17 individual criteria.

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Managed Security Services: The Safe Bet

Vol. 4, No. 6, June 2004

Managed security services are the hottest ticket to high-margin, recurring profit for telecom providers. In this report we examine the security services offered by ten major service providers and analyze the vendors best positioned to meet their requirements.

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VOIP: The Enterprise Options

Vol. 4, No. 5, May 2004

Increased IP PBX sales in 2003 gave enterprise VOIP its greatest validation to date, but what enterprise activity do we expect in the years to come? In this report we explore large business attitudes about VOIP and identify the products and services shaped to fit different concerns. Findings show that despite an increased number of services available and potential total cost of ownership savings, large corporations will take an incremental approach to converged services.

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Passive Optical Networks: 21st Century Access?

Vol. 4, No. 4, April 2004

In 2003, the RBOCs put passive optical networking (PON) on the map, but released scant details about their plans. In this report, we assess RBOC activity so far and look beyond the headlines at the companies deploying fiber to the premises (FTTP) and PON. We explore the key return on investment (ROI) and standardization concerns and discuss the decision-making process that goes into choosing a PON. The report finds that although the short-term market for PON is limited, its long-term prospects are bright.

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Telecom Recovery Leaders and Laggards

Vol. 4, No. 3, March 2004

With all the talk of a telecom recovery, are you wondering which vendors will be the quickest out of the blocks? Our latest report will put you out of your misery, as we assess which vendors have the right blend of product performance, market traction, and financial stability to ride any upturn in the market. But the future can't be bright for everyone: We also earmark those blighted by poor management, product inertia, and financial underperformance.

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Session Controllers Report

Vol. 4, No. 2, February 2004

With VOIP services poised for takeoff, a new class of equipment has emerged to facilitate the transmission of high-quality packet-based voice across multiple networks: the session controller. Handing off traffic at the junction between IP networks, these devices ensure call quality and enable traffic to bypass the NATs and firewalls that form roadblocks at the network edge. This report examines the major players in this sector, comparing their products, strategies, and probability of long-term success.

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Fed Watch: 2004 Regulatory Outlook

Vol. 4, No. 1, January 2004

The regulation of telecom services affects everyone - from investors and equipment suppliers to service providers, end users, and state legislators. This report examines the U.S. regulatory landscape in 2004 and anticipates the outcome of crucial decisions on Internet telephony/VOIP, the Triennial Review Order, wireless, universal service, and more. It presents a detailed analysis of all five FCC commissioners' positions on these key issues, based on interviews with each commissioner or members of their senior staff.

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Capital Spending Outlook

Vol. 3, No. 12, December 2003

Wondering who's got the cash? We've got something that may help: details about the spending plans of the six largest service providers in North America. This report "follows the money" to the top of the food chain, presenting a detailed picture of how much money is being spent in 2003, how much will likely be spent in 2004, and what technology that cash will likely be spent on.

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FTTP Reality Check

Vol. 3, No. 11, November 2003

The fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) market is in the very early stages of a long-term growth curve that's likely to start slowly and build over many years. The report takes a detailed look at the technology, finances, and architectures of major FTTP initiatives – cutting through the hype to tell you what's real and what's just noise in this important emerging market.

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International IP VPNs: Goodbye Hype, Hello Reality

Vol. 1, No. 4, November 2003

The tide is turning in the global telecom services market, washing up a flood of orders for IP virtual private networks. Why this wave of support for IP VPNs? And which service providers stand to gain from this sea change? This report answers those questions through profiles of the nine leading players in this market – identifying the carriers with the network, expertise, and stability to cash in on this developing opportunity.

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Inventory Systems: Hidden Assets

Vol. 1, No. 3, October 2003

Resource management systems, otherwise known as inventory OSSs, have become burgeoning sector of the telecom software industry, ever since it became apparent that they could actually save operators money – everyone's top priority these days. This report looks at the software vendors at the heart of the resource management sector, identifies the market leaders, finds out from carriers why these systems are now "vital" to their strategies, and identifies eight key reasons why operators are investing in state-of-the-art inventory systems.

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Bandwidth Price Revolution

Vol. 3, No. 10, October 2003

Big backbone builds during the boom have left us with a glut of capacity here in the bust. The resultant supply-and-demand imbalance sent prices plummeting, and carriers consequently plummeted into bankruptcy. But don't despair! As the industry restructures, the easy availability of cheap bandwidth is setting the stage for a leap forward in applications and services designed to exploit these big, empty pipes. How will this shape the market of the future? There's only one way to find out...

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The SIP Revolution: Winners and Losers

Vol. 1, No. 2, September 2003

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is shaking up the telecom world: By enabling users to set up personal communications (including voice calls) across data network connections - circumventing traditional telephony systems - it's got telcos scratching their heads over how to tap the potential for new services and ensure their own survival. This report lays out the implications of this disruptive new technology, identifies the barriers to its uptake, and assesses the companies already involved in early-stage SIP services.

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DSLAM Dynamics

Vol. 3, No. 9, September 2003

Think DSL is old news? Think again. The threat from cable and satellite providers is growing, but traditional carriers can still win if they're first to the Holy Grail: the "triple-play" combination of voice, digital video, and Internet access. And in this battle for broadband supremacy, the DSLAM is the single most crucial piece of gear that carriers can deploy. So, who's the boss in this red-hot segment of the DSL equipment market? Read the report to find out.

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Billing's Big Guns

Vol. 1, No. 1, August 2003

Billing is the single most valuable telecom software market, but competition is intense, and consolidation is inevitable. How do buyers know which companies will thrive, which will merely survive, and which will take a dive? Boardwatch Insider's debut report checks the financial health of the biggest billing vendors and examines the market's trends and opportunities. There's money to be made out there, but only if you've got the right information.

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Startup Shakeout

Vol. 3, No. 8, August 2003

The telecom equipment startup market has endured a brutal couple of years, but now it seems the correction is largely over and the market is ready to improve. This report reviews recent M&A activity, identifies which technologies still hold promise for VC investment, and predicts what shape the future market is likely to take. If you're looking for tips on when the money will start flowing again, look no further.

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Network Processor Revolution

Vol. 3, No. 7, July 2003

The network processing unit (NPU) market came through a stormy year with plenty of design activity but limited revenue. Still, many chipmakers are looking at the market as a good one for these lean times. Is this the next big communications chip play? This report presents an overview of the NPU market, including profiles of the leading companies, application and implementation issues, and a comprehensive review of the leading chipsets.

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OSS Opportunity: Telecom's Promise of Software Simplicity

Vol. 3, No. 6, June 2003

Okay, "Operations Support Systems" (OSS) doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. But despite its complicated moniker, the sector is burgeoning on the promise of simplifying the network operations of bloated telecom companies. This report explains how this stuff works, then provides financial analysis of the major public and private players who stand to benefit from telcos' desperation to save costs by fixing their tangled physical networks.

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B-RAS Bonanza

Vol. 3, No. 5, May 2003

The broadband explosion creates an opportunity for carriers to rake in profits from new, advanced services, but first they must figure out how to integrate broadband into their existing networks efficiently. Fortunately, the Broadband Remote Access Server (B-RAS) can help them do just that. This report identifies several different flavors of B-RAS, pinpoints the issues carriers need to consider when selecting a product, and quantitatively ranks the leading offerings.

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Rural Telecom Stability

Vol. 3, No. 4, April 2003

"Rural Telecom Stability" takes a look at the rural local exchange carrier market and considers why it seems more stable than the rest of the telecom industry.

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VPLS Variations

Vol. 3, No. 3, March 2003

"VPLS Variations," takes a look at emerging VPLS technology and how it could jumpstart growth in private data services.

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Fed Watch - U.S. Regulatory Outlook

Vol. 3, No. 2, February 2003

"Fed Watch: U.S Regulatory Outlook," analyzes what moves the federal government is likely to take in 2003, and how it will effect the telecom industry.

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2003 Outlook: The Experts Speak

Vol. 3, No. 1, January 2003

"2003 Outlook: The Experts Speak" discusses the future of the communications industry with five leading telecom gurus.

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Deconstructing VOIP

Vol. 2, No. 12, December 2002

"Deconstructing VOIP" analyzes the applications and economic drivers that will push enterprises and carriers to adopt voice over IP (VOIP) technology.

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Capital Spending Update

Vol. 2, No. 11, November 2002

Capital spending plunged more than 40% in 2002. What's up for 2003? This report, "Capital Spending Update" analyzes long-term trends in capital spending by the leading telecom carriers and goes beyond the numbers to tell you what's next.

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3G Firewalls: Is Bigger Better?

Vol. 2, No. 10, October 2002

Given the general economic malaise and slowdown in demand for higher bandwidth Internet services, are souped-up firewalls really necessary? This report, "3G Firewalls - Is Bigger Better?" looks at new high-speed firewall architectures and their likely adoption path.

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Top Recovery Candidates

Vol. 2, No. 9, September 2002

Who is best positioned to achieve market gains when the telecommunications market recovers? This report grafts financial analysis with qualitative review to name the companies most likely to survive – and eventually prosper – when the downturn finally ends.

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Comm Chips Reboot

Vol. 2, No. 8, August 2002

As the communications chip market recovers from the greatest inventory correction in history, this report outlines the latest technology trends in the market and tells you which companies are best positioned to be the next leaders.

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Retro Chic - Multiservice Switches

Vol. 2, No. 7, July 2002

What's the future of switching? Right now, it's firmly in the past. This report examines the trends in multiservice switching market, where providing scaleable architectures that handle a number of legacy services has become priority number one.

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Components Crunch Time

Vol. 2, No. 6, June 2002

Where is the recovery in the optical components market? This report updates the progress in fixing the industry's structural problems, and outlines some likely merger scenarios.

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The Core IP Report

Vol. 2, No. 5, May 2002

What's inside the controversial core? This report examines bandwidth economics and technological developments in next-generation IP routing.

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Broadband Access: Last Mile, Last Chance?

Vol. 2, No. 4, April 2002

This report examines the financial health and technology trends in the broadband access market.

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Carrier Crisis Report

Vol. 2, No. 3, March 2002

This report examines the financial health of 11 leading telecom service providers.

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Cable Broadband: The Sleeping Giant?

Vol. 2, No. 2, February 2002

This report examines the technology and financial positioning of the leading multiple systems operators (MSOs).

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The Big Shots: Are They Ready?

Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2002

This report presents a thorough competitive analysis of the networking equipment giants and identifies hot growth areas for the future.

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Switch Hitting- OOO vs. OEO

Vol. 1, No. 7, December 2001

This report examines technology and financial performance of the leading switching players.

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Carrier Capital Spending - Past, Present, and Future

Vol. 1, No. 6, November 2001

This report examines patterns of capital spending by 11 major telecommunications carriers.

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Communications Chip Chaos

Vol. 1, No. 5, October 2001

This report closely examines the troubled high-speed communications market.

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Optical Ethernet: The Shock of the New

Vol. 1, No. 4, September 2001

This report examines the convergence of Ethernet and optical transport technology in metropolitan networks.

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Component Conundrum

Vol. 1, No. 3, August 2001

This report examines technology trends in the optical components industry and ranks 10 of the most prominent public companies.

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Valuation Deflation

Vol. 1, No. 2, July 2001

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The New Carrier Landscape

Vol. 1, No. 1, June 2001

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