Abstract
Strong Internet growth and rising demand for redundant capacity in
Asia-Pacific are driving renewed submarine cable investment. Some commentators
have wondered if this is a bubble that is going to burst. Ovum doesn' t think
so, but there is potential for danger if the wrong decisions are taken over
the next two years.
Table of Contents
Executive summary
- In a nutshell
- Key messages
The Asian submarine cable market
- Overview
- New cable investment in Asia
The current Asian international market
- Overview
- International capacity
- International traffic
- Pricing
Supply and demand to 2011
- Overview
- Cost of construction
- Drivers of demand
- Economic growth and integration
- Broadband consumers and applications
- Enterprise network growth
- End-to-end control
- Network vulnerability and redundancy
- Operator strategy and future prospects
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