04 Sep Mid-2014 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD

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Ethernet is boosting MPLS revenue for Global Providers

BOSTON, MA, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 – The following seven companies have achieved a position on Vertical Systems Group’s Mid-2014 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD (in rank order based on port share) : Orange Business (France), BT Global Services (U.K.), Verizon (U.S.), Colt (U.K.), AT&T (U.S.), Level 3 (U.S.) and NTT (Japan). Vertical’s Global Provider LEADERBOARD is the industry’s benchmark for measuring multinational Ethernet network market presence. Global Providers ranked on the LEADERBOARD hold four percent (4%) or more of retail business Ethernet installations based on billable ports at sites outside of their respective home countries.

The next or Challenge Tier for Global Providers includes companies with between 2% and 4% share of this defined market. Seven companies achieved a position in the Mid-2014 Global Provider Challenge Tier as follows (Note – in alphabetical order) : Cogent (U.S.), Reliance Globalcom (India), SingTel (Singapore), Tata Communications (India), Telefonica Worldwide (Spain), T-Systems (Germany) and Vodafone (U.K.).

“The integration of Ethernet into MPLS network infrastructures is generating revenue opportunities for global carriers, driven by customer demand for higher bandwidth connectivity,” said Rick Malone, principal at Vertical Systems Group. “More than half of new global IP VPN connections are being delivered over Ethernet.”

Based on mid-2014 port share results, there were no new entrants into the Global Provider LEADERBOARD. Orange Business retains the number one position, with BT Global ranking a close second. Level 3 had the largest share gain in the first half of the year, which boosts its rank from seventh to sixth position, ahead of NTT. AT&T gained share to retain fifth position, edging out Level 3 by a narrow margin.

Providers selling retail Ethernet services outside their home countries with port share below 2% for the defined market are in the Market Player tier. Providers in the Market Player tier include the following companies (Note – in alphabetical order) : Bell Canada (Canada), Bezeq (Israel), CAT Telecom (Thailand), CenturyLink (U.S.), China Telecom (China), China Unicom (China), Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan), Easynet Global Services (U.K.), Eircom (Ireland), Embratel (Brazil), euNetworks (U.K.), Exponential-e (U.K.), Globe (Phillipines), GlobeNet (Brazil), GTS (Poland), GTT (U.S.), Hutchinson Global (Hong Kong), Indosat (Indonesia), Interoute (U.K.), KDDI (Japan), Korea Telecom (Korea), KPN International (Netherlands), Masergy (U.S.), PCCW Global (Hong Kong), PLDT (Phillipines), Rogers (Canada), Rostelecom (Russia), Sparkle (Italy), StarHub (Singapore), Swisscom (Switzerland), Symphony (Thailand), TDC (Denmark), Telecom Italia (Italy), Telecom New Zealand (New Zealand), Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia), Telenor (Norway), TeliaSonera (Sweden), Telin (Indonesia), Telkom South Africa (South Africa), TelMex (Mexico), Telstra (Australia), Vector (New Zealand), Virgin Media Business (U.K.), XO (U.S.), Zayo Group (U.S.), and other providers.

Detailed mid-2014 Global Provider Ethernet services market share results are available now 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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