Frost & Sullivan - The Race is on for High Speed Data Contenders: Are You At the Front of the Bandwidth Race?
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Explosive growth in Internet services, surging demand for high-bandwidth applications, and the rising number of telecommuters are driving the expansion of wireline high-speed data services. Digital subscriber line (xDSL), cable modem and T1/T3 connections are gaining popularity as communications grow more sophisticated and strain traditional connections.
According to new strategic research from Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com), U.S. Wireline High-Speed Data Service Markets: xDSL, ISDN, Cable Modem, and T1/T3, the market generated $14.9 billion in revenues in 1997. Technological improvements have made it possible for voice, data and video to be transmitted all at the same time.
''Carriers are becoming aggressive in their efforts to provide these combined services because they are the 'hot ticket' items for the future,'' says Frost & Sullivan Telecommunications Industry Analyst Agatha Poon. ''With deregulation of the telecommunications industry , more and more companies are looking to capture the profits in this lucrative market.''
For purposes of this study, the market has been segmented into: xDSL, cable modem, integrated services digital network (ISDN) and T1/T3 data services market. The xDSL services market is further segmented into high-bit rate digital subscriber line (HDSL), asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL), symmetrical digital subscriber line (SDSL) and very high-bit-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL) market. The ISDN services market is further segmented into Basic Rate Interface (BRI) and Primary Rate Interface (PRI) services market. T1/T3 services are further segmented into full T1/T3 and fractional T1/T3 services markets.
There are over sixty companies that provide various types of data services analyzed in U.S. Wireline High-Speed Data Service Markets: xDSL, ISDN, Cable Modem, and T1/T3. These include the ILECs and the CLECs. Of these, the RBOCs and IXCs are the dominate players in the market place. Competition between these players is not very significant as they operate in different regions and provide different services. The main competition exists between the various data technologies that the companies provide.
''The deregulation of the telecommunications industry has led to a growing number of new players also competing within the data services market,'' says Frost & Sullivan Telecommunications Industry Analyst Neha Jhaveri. ''Additionally, these competitors are striving to become exclusive suppliers of multiple communications services through bundling packages of data and voice services.''
The U.S. xDSL, cable modem ISDN, and T1/T3 data services market is growing rapidly as the new xDSL and cable modem technologies begin to attract a growing number of customers. Demand from customers is pushing carriers to put additional investments into upgrading their infrastructure in order to satisfy the customers' needs. Capital investment for the development of advanced technologies will reap fruitful results for all types of service providers.
Frost & Sullivan gives out Market Engineering awards to the U.S. xDSL, Cable Modem, ISDN, and T1/T3 Data Services equipment industry to recognize companies that have worked hard to make a positive contribution to the market. These awards are based on Frost & Sullivan's telecommunications research and consulting work in this industry in 1997. Winners are selected from an in-depth analysis of the market competitors and interviews with those companies that make up the industry.
The 1998 Market Engineering Competitive Strategy Award was bestowed upon Tele-Communications Inc. [Nasdaq:LBTYA - news], Comcast, and Cox for their ability to implement an effective competitive strategy integrating the strategic elements of product, price, marketing and sales. Through their investment in @Home Network, these three cable companies have participated in the development of an advanced network architecture which supports connections that are hundreds of times faster than traditional telephone lines.
The technologies reviewed include asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), bandwidth, broadband, crosstalk, digital subscriber line, ethernet, frame relay, integrated services digital network (ISDN), interoperability, multiplexing, packet switching, rate adaptive asymmetric digital subscriber line (RADSL), single-pair digital subscriber line (SDSL), synchronous optical network (SONET), and very-high-speed digital subscriber line (VDSL).
Market participants include: Adelphia Communications, ALLTEL Corporation, America Online, Ameritech Corporation [NYSE:AIT - news], AT&T, Bell Atlantic Corporation [NYSE:BEL - news], BellSouth Corporation [NYSE:BLS - news], Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc., Cablevision Systems Corporation [AMEX:CVC - news], Cable and Wireless, Inc., CADVision Development Corporation, Century Communications, Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc., Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, Citizens Telecom Company, Comcast Corporation [Nasdaq:CMCSA - news], Covad Communications, Cox Communications, Cyber Access Internet Communications, Electric Lightwave, Elkhart Telephone Company, Frontier Corporation [NYSE:FRO - news], GTE Corporation [NYSE:GTE - news], HarvardNet Internet Services, IBM Global Network, ICG Communications, Inc., InterAccess Company, Intermedia Communications , InterMedia Partners, ISDN-NET, Inc., Jones Intercable, LCI International, Lenfest Group, Loretto Telephone Company, Inc., Marcus Cable, MCI Communications Corporation, McLeod USA, Inc., MediaOne, Network Access Solutions, NorthPoint Communications, Inc., Northwest Iowa Telephone Company, OGI Telecomm, OneNet Communications, Inc., ORCONET, Prime Cable , RCN Corporation [Nasdaq:RCNC - news], Rhythms NetConnections, SBC Communications, Inc., Signet Partners, Inc., Socket Internet Services, Southern New England Telephone (SNET), Sprint Corporation [NYSE:FON - news], TDS Telecommunications Corporation, Tele-Communications Group, Teleport Communications Group Time Warner, Inc., TLGnet, U.S. Long Distance Corporation, US WEST Communications, and WorldCom
This telecommunications industry research has integrated the Market Engineering consulting philosophy into the entire research process. Critical phases of this research included: Identification of industry challenges, market engineering measurements, strategic recommendations, planning and market monitoring. All of the vital elements of this system help the market participants navigate successfully through the telecommunications market.
Frost & Sullivan is an international marketing consulting company that monitors the telecommunications industry for market trends, market measurements, and strategies. This ongoing research is utilized to update a series of research publications such as #2096-63 U.S. Utility Telecommunications Service Markets and to support industry participants with customized consulting needs. Free executive summaries of all Frost & Sullivan reports are available to the press.
Report: 2001-63 Date: December 1998 Price: $3450
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