Abstract
This study defines the current market situation and likely future development of next-generation access services, with a focus on three technologies - very high speed digital subscriber line (VDSL), metro Ethernet, and DOCSIS 3.0 cable services. It describes the advantages and disadvantages of each technology, and examines current and planned deployments across Western Europe on a country-by-country basis. It also describes current offerings from operators around Europe, before forecasting the growth of the market over the next five years. Finally, it raises some issues that operators need to consider when planning their next-generation access strategies, and the key attributes of an attractive offering.
"The competitive landscape will typically dictate that operators will not be able to charge substantially more for next-generation access alone than they can for first-generation broadband access," said Jan Hein Bakkers, research manager at IDC. "They will have to increase loyalty and ARPU by using the ability to offer more and higher quality services."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Situation Overview
- Introduction
- Next-Generation Access Technologies
- VDSL
- PON
- Active Ethernet
- DOCSIS 3.0 (Cable)
- Market Drivers
- Market Inhibitors
- Current and Planned Deployments
- Western Europe Overview
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the European Next-Generation Access Services Market, 2007-2011
- Figure: Western Europe - Next-Generation Access and Other Broadband Connections by Type, 2006-2011 (M)
- Figure: Western Europe - Next-Generation Access and Other Broadband Connections by Type, 2006-2011 (M)
- Figure: Western Europe - NG Access Connections as Percentage of Population, End of 2007
- Figure: Western Europe - NG Access Connections Added as Percentage of Population, 2007-2011
- Table: Western Europe - Next-Generation Access Connections by Technology, 2006-2011 (000)
- Table: Western Europe - Next-Generation Access Connections by Country, 2006-2011 (000)
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
