Abstract
ATLANTIC-ACM' s 2007 Wholesale Metro Carrier Report Card: Business and Wholesale provides a comprehsenvise review of metro carriers and their performance with customers. Includes market stats and many other pieces of "must have" data for players in the metro space. 200+ pages.
WHO NEEDS THIS REPORT:
- Metro Providers
- Competitive Telecom Service Providers
- Financial Analysts
- Investment Bankers
- Metro Partners
- Wireless Telephone Companies
- Internet Service Providers
- Consultants
- Investors
WHY YOU NEED THIS DATA:
- Back Your Market Entry or Investment Strategy
- Support Product Development Plans
- Identify Investment Opportunities
- Pursue Market Growth Areas
- Develop an Understanding of The Metro Space and its Players
- Local Exchange Market Sizing and Analysis
- Case Studies
- Detailed Examination of Buyers' Needs and Preferences
- Study the Competition and Specific Competitors
- Present Investors with Hard Industry Facts
- Gain Invaluable Data on Customer and Partner Preferences
- Review of Carrier Peformane in Key Service and Network Areas
- Much more.
Table of Contents
I. Executive Summary
II. Methodology
III. Overview of the U.S. Local Exchange Carrier Industry
- Market Sizing and Share
IV. Defining Metro Market Components: Carriers, Geography, Offerings& - Market Catalysts
- Discussion of Metro Product Offerings
- Discussion of Catalysts in Metro Markets
V. The Players: Metro Carrier Case Studies
- AT&T (SBC, BellSouth)
- CenturyTel(LightCore)
- Cogent
- Comcast
- Cox
- Embarq
- Fibertech Networks
- FPL FiberNet
- Level 3(Telcove, ICG, Looking Glass, Progress)
- McLeod (Mpower)
- RCN (Neon/Globix)
- One Communications (Choice
- One, CTC, Conversent)
- PAETEC (USLec, McLeod)
- Qwest (OnFiber)
- Time Warner Telecom
- Verizon
- Windstream
- XO Communications
VI. Respondent Portrait
- Respondent overview
- Discussion of wholesale respondent characteristics
VII. Customer Metro Purchase Criteria:
- Overview of Preferences
- Overall
- By Vertical
VIII. Categorical Analysis of Operations Ratings: Brand, Sales Reps, Provisioning, Network Performance, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Customer Service, Billing
- ILEC/RBOC
- CLEC
- Metro/Fiber-based and MSO
IX. Product Ratings: Local Voice, Integrated Access, VoIP, Hosted VoIP, Low Local Private Line, High Local Private Line, IP VPN, IP MPLS, DIA, Ethernet, SONET, Metro Wavelengths, Dark Fiber
X. Mean Operations and Product Ratings by Respondent Vertical
XI. Conclusion
XII. Glossary of Terms
V. Respondent Portrait 118
- Respondent overview 119-123
- Discussion of wholesale respondent characteristics 125-135
