16 Aug Mid-2011 U.S. Business Ethernet LEADERBOARD

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Competition heats up as demand for Ethernet services remains strong in the first half of the year.

BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 16, 2011 —
Vertical Systems Group’s Mid-Year 2011 U.S. Business Ethernet Leaderboard expanded to include nine providers, according to new research on enterprise installations of Ethernet services. The nine providers (in rank order) are AT&T, Verizon, tw telecom, CenturyLink/Qwest, Cox, Time Warner Cable, XO, Cogent and Level 3. The U.S. Leaderboard ranks service providers that hold four percent (4%) or more of billable retail ports.

“Competition heated up in the U.S. market during the first half of 2011, with very strong enterprise demand that is tracking the 30+% port growth we quantified for 2010,” said Rick Malone, principal at Vertical Systems Group. “Also as expected, service provider consolidation is having a measurable impact on the market. CenturyLink made its Leaderboard debut in fourth position as a result of its merger with Qwest. Among the pending Ethernet-related transactions we’re watching for the second half of the year are Level 3’s acquisition of Global Crossing, and Windstream’s acquisition of Paetec.”

Key results of Vertical’s mid-year 2011 share analysis:

  • The top three U.S. Ethernet Leaderboard providers – AT&T, Verizon, and tw telecom – held their respective positions in the first half of 2011.

  • AT&T widened its lead over its closest competitior, Verizon.

  • CenturyLink entered the Leaderboard in fourth position due to its merger with Qwest, which moves Cox to fifth position.

  • The port share differential between the fourth and the ninth positions on the Mid-2011 U.S. Leaderboard is only 3.1%.

Other providers delivering business Ethernet services in the U.S. market include the following (in alphabetical order): AboveNet, Charter Business, Comcast Business, Covad, Expedient, FiberLight, Frontier, Global Crossing, Lightower, Masergy, NTT, Optimum Lightpath, Orange, Paetec, Reliance Globalcom, Savvis, Sidera Networks, Sprint, SuddenLink, Windstream, Zayo Group and others.

Detailed Ethernet market share results and in-depth analysis are available exclusively through Vertical Systems Group’s ENS (Emerging Networks Service) Research Programs.

LEADERBOARD Market Share Methodology

Vertical Systems Group’s LEADERBOARDs are the industry’s foremost benchmarks for measuring Ethernet Service Provider market presence based on billable retail port installations. Share results are calculated at year-end and mid-year for the U.S. and Global Provider markets. Year-end results additionally include U.S. provider share analysis for three separate segments: Incumbent Carrier, Competitive Provider, and Cable MSO. For releases and more information on methodology, see LEADERBOARDs.

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