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Private Line and Wavelength Services, 2008-2013
a market research report
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Demand for wireless backhaul and new copper technologies are creating positive growth in the private line segment after several years of little or no growth. Industry consolidation has altered the competitive landscape and led to more stable pricing, while video distribution is emerging as a new killer application—with the potential to drive ever more traffic onto private lines.
A private line is a dedicated non-switched circuit or channel that is leased for a specified period. This channel provides a private and direct connection between at least two sites. Private Line & Wavelength Services 2008-2013 details revenue and circuit counts by carrier type, and defines the split between wholesale and retail sales of T-carrier (T1, T3) and OC-N circuits (OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, OC-192, OC-768), gigabit Ethernet, and wavelength services. INSIGHT’s annual study illustrates how carriers and their customers continue to move to higher capacity circuits in order to reap the benefits of lower cost-per-bit transport.
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Report Excerpt
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1.1 What Drives Private Line Growth
In prior private line studies over the past few years we have noted the
impact that wireless and video applications were having as market drivers;
in this year’s study we found a notable impact coming from VoIP (voice over
Internet protocol) applications. Many of the enterprise customers we spoke
to are attracted to VoIP solutions because they tend to reduce
telecommunications expense and for the improvement the technology affords in
terms of employee productivity. Over thirty years ago the private line
market took off because these circuits enabled the enterprise customer to
link enterprises PBX (private branch exchange) and share dialing plans and
intercom services across wide areas, so in a sense today the market has come
full circle because private lines are meeting the
interconnection needs of a new generation of hosted and dedicated VoIP PBX
solutions.
VoIP is the latest in a long list of applications that have driven demand
for private lines—a service that has withstood dire predictions about its
obsolescence for decades. After the era when the demand for private lines
was driven by TDM (time division multiplexing) PBXes, growth came as a
consequence of the build out of enterprise data networks. During the 1980s
and into the early 1990s more and more companies were building their own
computing capability and
networks, and private lines were purchased to connect everything together.
The introduction of the Internet ushered in another phase of strong growth.
In addition to enterprises, consumers increased demand for Internet access
facilities. As consumers demanded connections, ISPs (Internet service
providers) grew very rapidly. These ISPs purchased private lines to connect
their concentration locations to the Internet.
As ISP growth began to slow, wireless communications took off, with private
line demand driven by ................
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Market Segmentation
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Private Line Revenue
By Service Type
Local
Long Distance
By Carrier Type
IXC
ILEC
CLEC
New Entrants (CATV & Fixed Wireless)
By Wholesale vs. Retail
Wholesale
Retail
Market Share
Retail
New Carrier Type
Dominant
Other Long Haul
Regional
New Entrant
Private Line Circuit Counts
By Circuit Class
DS-1, T-1
DS-3, T-3
OC-3
OC-12
OC-48
OC-192
Wavelength Services Revenue
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Table of Contents
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Chapter I
Executive Summary
1.1 What Drives Private Line Growth
1.2 Competition in the Local Loop
1.3 Traditional Private Lines
1.4 Alternatives to Private Line Services
1.5 Revenue Forecast for Private Lines: A
Summary
Chapter II
Background
2.1 History and Development of Private Line
Services
2.2 Evolution of Private Line Technology
2.2.1
Transition to Digital Networks
2.2.2
SONET and Optical Carrier Transmission
2.2.3
Internet Protocol
2.2.4
Private Line Emulation
2.3 Types of Providers
2.3.1
IXCs
2.3.2
Local Exchange Carriers
2.4 Description of Traditional Private Line
Services
2.4.1
Circuit Types
2.4.2
Circuit Ordering
2.4.3
Circuit Layout
2.4.4
Redundancy & Restoration
Chapter III
Trends, Applications, and Markets
3.1 Overview
3.2 Traditional Applications
3.2.1
Dedicated Private Line Networks
3.2.2
Interexchange Private Line
3.2.3
Local Private Lines
3.2.4
Adding Voice to Data
3.2.5
Packet Networks
3.2.6
VPNs
3.2.7
Special Access
3.3 The Newer Applications
3.3.1
Internet Access
3.3.2
Integrated Access
3.3.3
Wireless
3.4 Regulation
3.4.1
FCC
3.4.2
Future Regulatory Considerations
3.5 Industry Consolidation
3.5.1
IXCs
3.5.2
ILECs
3.5.3
CLEC
3.5.4
Wireless
3.5.5
ISPs
3.5.6
Other Long Haul Carriers
3.6 New Entrants (CATV and Fixed Wireless)
3.6.1
Cable MSOs
3.6.2
Fixed Wireless
3.7 The Video Era
3.8 Markets
3.8.1
Wholesale vs. Retail Markets
3.8.2
Retail
3.8.3
Consumer Impact
Chapter IV
Emerging Private Line Services
4.1 Ethernet Services
4.1.1
Ethernet Services Technology
4.1.2
MPLS
4.1.3
Ethernet Over Copper
4.1.4
Impact on Private Line Markets
4.2 Wavelength Services
4.2.1
Carrier Segment
4.2.2
Large Enterprise Segment
4.2.3
Development of Wavelength Services
4.2.4
Wavelength Services Technology
4.2.5
Impact on Private Line Markets
4.2.6
Example Wavelength Service Providers
4.2.7
Wavelength Services Market Direction
Chapter V
Network Providers
5.1 Overview
5.2 AT&T Corporation
5.2.1
Network Architecture
5.2.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.2.3
Wholesale Private Line
5.2.4
Other Services Offered
5.3 Cox Business Services
5.3.1
Private Line Services Offered
5.3.2
Other Services Offered
5.4 Global Crossing
5.4.1
Network Architecture
5.4.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.4.3
Other Services Offered
5.5 Level3 Communications, Inc.
5.5.1
Network Architecture
5.5.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.5.3
Other Services Offered
5.6 Optimum Lightpath
5.6.1
Network Architecture
5.6.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.7 Qwest Communications International, Inc.
5.7.1
Network Architecture
5.7.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.7.3
Other Services Offered
5.8 Sprint
5.8.1
Network Architecture
5.8.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.8.3
Other Services Offered
5.9 Time Warner Telecom
5.9.1
Network Architecture
5.9.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.9.3
Other Services Offered
5.10 Verizon Communications
5.10.1
Network Architecture
5.10.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.10.3
Other Services Offered
5.11 XO Communications
5.11.1
Network Architecture
5.11.2
Private Line Services Offered
5.11.3
Other Services Offered
Chapter VI
Market Forecasts
6.1 Private Line Market Summary
6.1.1
Methodology
6.1.2
Definitions
6.2 Forecasts and Analyses
6.2.1
Total Market
6.2.2
Local and Long Distance
6.2.3
Wholesale and Retail
6.2.4
Carrier Types
6.2.5
Wavelength Services
6.2.6
Wholesale & Retail Using New Industry Structure
6.2.7
Circuit Class
Table of Figures
Chapter I
I-1 Typical Layout for a Full
Circuit
I-2 Total Private Line Revenue,
2008-2013
Chapter II
II-1 Capacities of 64Kbit/s, T1, and
T3 Circuits
II-2 Typical Layout for a Full Circuit
II-3 ISDN Switched Backup
II-4 SONET Rings
II-5 Fiber-to-Fiber Redundancy
II-6 Cable-to-Cable Physical Redundancy
Chapter III
III-1 Evolution of Private Line Market
III-2 Typical Circuit Switched Voice Network
III-3 Typical Packet Switched Network
III-4 Typical IP Network
III-5 Interexchange Private Line Architecture
III-6 Managed Packet Network--Virtual Private
Line
III-7 Special Access Architecture
III-8 Internet Access Architecture
III-9 Integrated Services Architecture
III-10 Verizon VoIP (SIP) Solution
III-11 Typical Backhaul Configuration
III-12 Telephone Subscribers among Major Cable MSOs,
December '06 & '07
III-13 Data vs. Video Traffic, 2005-2010 (Tbit/s)
III-14 AT&T Data Transport Revenue Growth (2005-2008)
Chapter IV
IV-1 Resilient Packet Ring Technology
IV-2 Managed Wavelength Service Evolution Path
Chapter V
V-1 Global Crossing Network Map
V-2 Level3 Network Map
V-3 Level3 Private Line Metro Service
V-4 Qwest Network
V-5 XO Private Line Network
Chapter VI
VI-1 Enterprise Private Line Market Share
Table of Tables
Chapter II
II-1 Digital Services Hierarchy
II-2 SONET/Optical Carrier Hierarchy
II-3 Coordinated vs. Non-Coordinated Circuits
Chapter III
III-1 Continuing Industry Consolidation
III-2 CLEC Mergers and Acquisitions, 2002-2006
III-3 ADSL vs. Coaxial Cable: Number of High Speed
Lines, 2000-2005
Chapter IV
IV-1 SONET and Ethernet Defined Transmission
Rates
IV-2 Wavelength Market Segments
IV-3 Typical Service Provider Offers for Native
Wavelength Services
IV-4 Typical Service Providers Offers for Wavelength
Services Over SONET
Chapter V
V-1 Carrier Network Architecture
Comparison
V-2 Qwest Metro Private Line Availability
Chapter VI
VI-1 Total Private Line Revenue 2008-2013
VI-2 Private Line Revenue, Local vs. Long
Distance, 2008-2013
VI-3 Private Line Revenue by Wholesale/Retail
Segments, 2008-2013
VI-4 Revenue for Local Private Line by
Wholesale/Retail Segments, 2008-2013
VI-5 Revenue for LD Private Line by
Wholesale/Retail Segments, 2008-2013
VI-6 ILEC Private Line Revenues, Local and
Long Distance, 2008-2013
VI-7 ILEC Private Line Revenues by
Wholesale/Retail Segments, 2008-2013
VI-8 CLEC Private Line Revenues, Local and
Long Distance, 2008-2013
VI-9 CLEC Private Line Revenues by
Wholesale/Retail Segments, 2008-2013
VI-10 IXC Private Line Revenue, Local and Long
Distance 2008-2013
VI-11 IXC Private Line Revenues by Wholesale/Retail
Segments, 2008-2013
VI-12 New Entrants Private Line Rev. by Local
and LD Segments, 2008-2013
VI-13 New Entrants Private Line Rev. by
Wholesale/Retail Segments, 2008-2013
VI-14 Private Line Revenue Totals by Carrier Type,
2008-2013
VI-15 Wholesale Private Line Revenue Totals by
Carrier Type, 2008-2013
VI-16 Retail Private Line Revenue Totals by Carrier
Type, 2008-2013
VI-17 Wavelength Services Revenue Totals, 2008-2013
VI-18 Wholesale Retail Private Line Revenue in New
Industry Structure 2008-2013
VI-19 Total Private Line Revenue Using New Industry
Structure 2008-2013
VI-20 Private Line Rev. by Carrier Type Using New
Segment Def., 2008-2013
VI-21 Local Private Line, Estimated Circuit Count by
Circuit Class, 2008-2013
VI-22 LD Private Line - Estimated Circuit Count by
Circuit Class, 2008-2013
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