IP Carrier Switching Market Strategies, Opportunities, And Forecasts 2001-2006

Vendors have positioned with service provider products that support the ability to work with the enterprise customer. Enterprise networks are being reconfigured, helping the enterprise realize the full benefits of IP. The ability to have access to communications continuity from home, while traveling, and at the office is a significant business benefit and will lead to greater opportunities for profit and growth.

Future vendor network engineering access support means that the enterprise can leverage current local area networks (LANs). Improvements, in the routing and prioritization of existing LAN, are used to deliver high-quality voice over IP (VoIP). This includes setting traffic priorities, determining bandwidth requirements, and using the software to manage system performance. This is the future of carrier profitability do not get left behind.

KEY Topics

Integration Drives Communications Industry Restructuring

IP Market Strategies

IP Market Positioning

IP Circuit Switch Market Growth Opportunities

Flexible Operating Systems

Multiple Layers and Applications

End to End Solutions

IP Market Forecasts

Worldwide Market Shares

Centrex Solution

Interconnecting Circuit Switches to IP Network

IP Leverages Current Local Area Networks

Service Provider Products with the Ability to Work With the Enterprising Customer

Integration Broker Markets Shares

IP Circuit Switch Cross Platform Market Shares

Report Methodology
This is the Forty Sixth report in a series of market research reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. market share analysis includes conversations with marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

Companies Profiled:

Global Telecommunications Networking Industry

Alcatel

Avici

Cisco Systems

Fujitsu Network Communications

Lucent

Ortel Corporation

Spring Tide Networks

Marconi PLC

NEC Corporation

Nortel

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<P>APPLICATION INTEGRATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY </P>
<P>Summary Application Integration Industry Segment Market Shares 1</P>
<P>(AI) Integration Broker Industry Summary Market Forecasts 5</P>
<P>Summary Application Integration Industry Market Segments 5</P>
<P>Robust Integration Systems 7</P>
<P>Market Driving Forces 10</P>
<P>Application Integration Market Shares 13</P>
<P>Types of Application Integration Brokers 14</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Ip Circuit Switch Market Description </P>
<P>1.1 Business Services Product 1-1</P>
<P>1.1.1 Expanding Carrier IP Services To Business Customers 1-2</P>
<P>1.2 Communication Servers 1-3</P>
<P>1.2.1 Data-Focused Softswitch 1-4</P>
<P>1.3 Softswitch Functions 1-5</P>
<P>1.4 Metropolitan Access Networks 1-5</P>
<P>1.5 Core Networks 1-6</P>
<P>1.5.1 Long-Haul Network 1-7</P>
<P>1.5.2 Long-Haul Bandwidth 1-8</P>
<P>1.5.3 New Network Dynamics 1-9</P>
<P>1.5.4 Bandwidth Provisioned To Users 1-10</P>
<P>1.5.5 Service Network (OSN) Solutions 1-10</P>
<P>1.6 Consolidated Solutions 1-10</P>
<P>1.7 Product Development 1-11</P>
<P>1.8 Growing Demand For Broadband Telecommunications 1-12</P>
<P>1.9 Total System Solutions 1-13</P>
<P>1.10 Global Manufacturing 1-13</P>
<P>1.11 Product Innovation 1-14</P>
<P>1.12 T1/E1 Access 1-15</P>
<P>1.13 Geographic Networks 1-16</P>
<P>1.14 Improved Networks 1-18</P>
<P>1.15 Bringing Products To Market 1-19</P>
<P>1.16 Industry Background 1-19</P>
<P>1.16.1 Increase In Data Traffic On The Public Network 1-20</P>
<P>1.16.2 Convergence Of Voice And Data Signals 1-20</P>
<P>1.16.3 Existing Public Network Transmission Infrastructure 1-21</P>
<P>1.16.4 Network Primary Components 1-21</P>
<P>1.16.5 Network Imbedded Intelligence 1-22</P>
<P>1.16.6 IP Sonet and DWDM Systems 1-23</P>
<P>1.16.7 SONET Obsolescence 1-25</P>
<P>1.17 Fiber To The Last Mile 1-26</P>
<P>1.18 Seamless All-IP Network Issues 1-26</P>
<P>1.18.1 Quality Of Service (QoS) Functions 1-28</P>
<P>1.18.2 QoS Different Levels Of Global Service 1-29</P>
<P>1.18.3 Access Networks 1-29</P>
<P>1.19 IP Internet 1-30</P>
<P>1.19.1 Packet-Based Multi-Service Networks 1-31</P>
<P>1.19.2 Second Wave Of Fiber Build-Out 1-31</P>
<P>1.20 Growth of IP Networking 1-32</P>
<P>1.20.1 Almost Limitless Bandwidth 1-33</P>
<P>1.21 Motive To Develop IP Switching 1-34</P>
<P>1.22 Application Service Provider Provisioning 1-35</P>
<P>1.22.1 Application Availability 1-36</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Internet Protocol Circuit Switching </P>
<P>2.1 Telecommunications Market Driving Forces 2-1</P>
<P>2.2 Rapid Change 2-2</P>
<P>2.3 Growth Opportunities 2-3</P>
<P>2.4 Market Dynamics 2-4</P>
<P>2.5 Carrier Competitive Forces 2-5</P>
<P>2.6 Carrier Customer Demands 2-8</P>
<P>2.7 Multiservice Switch-Based Gateways 2-10</P>
<P>2.8 Vendor Strategy 2-18</P>
<P>2.9 Carrier Equipment Market Shares 2-19</P>
<P>2.10 Circuit Switch Market Shares 2-20</P>
<P>2.11 Circuit Switch Market Forecasts 2-21</P>
<P>2.12 Market Assessment - Carrier Needs 2-23</P>
<P>2.13 Network Efficiency 2-29</P>
<P>2.14 Integrate IP Routing Equipment And Optical Transport Gear 2-30</P>
<P> </P>
<P>IP Circuit Switch Products </P>
<P>3.1 Core Circuit Switches 3-1</P>
<P>3.1.1 IP Network Circuit Switching Systems 3-2</P>
<P>3.2 IP Business Services Solution Product Positioning 3-3</P>
<P>3.2.1 Benefits Of Flexible, All-Switched Infrastructure 3-4</P>
<P>3.2.2 All-Switched Infrastructure 3-7</P>
<P>3.2.3 Constraints of Metro Legacy Architectures 3-8</P>
<P>3.3 Lucent Systems 3-9</P>
<P>3.3.1 Lucent Internet Protocol Business Calling Services Equipment 3-10</P>
<P>3.3.2 Lucent 7R/E IP Business Services Product 3-10</P>
<P>3.3.3 IP Business Services Solution Expands Carrier Services To Business Customers 3-11</P>
<P>3.3.4 Revitalization of Centrex 3-13</P>
<P>3.3.5 Lucent Core Switching Solutions 3-14</P>
<P>3.3.6 Lucent Wavestar™ Lambdarouter 3-16</P>
<P>3.3.7 Motive To Develop Optical Switching 3-20</P>
<P>3.3.8 Photonic Switching 3-20</P>
<P>3.3.9 All-Optical Switching Technologies 3-20</P>
<P>3.3.10 Lucent Remote Switching Solutions 3-21</P>
<P>3.3.11 Remoting Capabilities Of 5ESS ® - 2000 Switch 3-21</P>
<P>3.3.12 7R/E Packet Network Solution 3-23</P>
<P>3.3.13 Access Components 3-24</P>
<P>3.3.14 Fabric Components 3-24</P>
<P>3.3.15 Feature Servers 3-24</P>
<P>3.3.16 Onelink Manager EMS For The 7R/E Switch 3-25</P>
<P>3.4 Siemens 3-30</P>
<P>3.4.1 Siemens SMX 3-30</P>
<P>3.4.2 Siemens SURPASS and EWSD 3-32</P>
<P>3.4.3 SMX-2100 Tandem Switch 3-33</P>
<P>3.4.4 SMX-2100 Tandem Switch 3-35</P>
<P>3.4.5 Simplified Open Systems Management 3-36</P>
<P>3.4.6 Siemens Softswitch for Converged Voice and Data Networks 3-37</P>
<P>3.4.7 Softswitch Service and Control Platform 3-38</P>
<P>3.4.8 Supports Migration To Converged Networks Without Continued Investment in Legacy Systems 3-39</P>
<P>3.4.9 Products in the Siemens softswitch portfolio 3-40</P>
<P>3.5 Nortel 3-41</P>
<P>3.5.1 Succession Solutions 3-42</P>
<P>3.5.2 Scalable System 3-43</P>
<P>3.5.3 Nortel Networks’ End-To-End IP architecture 3-44</P>
<P>3.5.4 Nortel Class of Broadband Remote Access Servers (B-RAS) 3-44</P>
<P>3.5.5 Nortel Networks Multiservice Switch-Based Gateways 3-45</P>
<P>3.5.6 Nortel Passport Multiservice WAN Switches 3-46</P>
<P>3.6 Alcatel 3-47</P>
<P>3.6.1 Alcatel 1000 Softswitch 3-47</P>
<P>3.6.2 Network and Service Management Intelligence 3-49</P>
<P>3.6.3 Toll Bypass VoIP/VoATM 3-49</P>
<P>3.7 Cisco and Ciena 3-50</P>
<P>3.8 Cisco Intelligent Switching 3-52</P>
<P>3.8.1 Cisco Open Programmable Switch 3-55</P>
<P>3.8.2 Cisco Mixed Environment Gateway 3-55</P>
<P>3.8.3 Framework For Cisco OPT 3-56</P>
<P>3.8.4 Cisco Connection Layer 3-58</P>
<P>3.8.5 Cisco End-To-End QoS For Voice Traffic 3-61</P>
<P>3.8.6 Cisco Call-Control Layer 3-64</P>
<P>3.8.7 Cisco Service-Control Layer 3-66</P>
<P>3.8.8 Cisco Service Application Layer 3-67</P>
<P>3.8.9 Benefits of Cisco OPT 3-67</P>
<P>3.8.10 Cisco Open Service Interoperability 3-69</P>
<P>3.8.11 GlobalOpen Packet Telephony 3-70</P>
<P>3.8.12 Cisco Advantages 3-70</P>
<P>3.8.13 Cisco Setting Internet And ATM Standards 3-71</P>
<P>3.9 Ericsson 3-71</P>
<P>3.10 Marconi Integrated Solutions 3-72</P>
<P>3.10.1 Marconi SDH Photonic Portfolio 3-72</P>
<P> </P>
<P>IP Circuit Switch Technology </P>
<P>4.1 Convergence Of Voice And Data 4-1</P>
<P>4.2 DWDM 4-1</P>
<P>4.2.1 DWDM Advantages 4-2</P>
<P>4.3 Fixed Lasers 4-3</P>
<P>4.4 Service Network (OSN) solutions 4-4</P>
<P>4.5 SONET/SDH Functionality 4-5</P>
<P>4.6 DWDM Technology 4-5</P>
<P>4.7 IP Advances Over Frame Relay And ATM 4-5</P>
<P>4.7.1 Frame Relay 4-6</P>
<P>4.8 ATM 4-7</P>
<P>4.8.1 IP Networks 4-9</P>
<P>4.8.2 Multi-Service IP Capabilities 4-10</P>
<P>4.9 Optical Service Network Solutions 4-11</P>
<P>4.9.1 Bridging The Metro Gap 4-11</P>
<P>4.9.2 Protocol-Independent Native Mode 4-12</P>
<P>4.9.3 Multi-Protocol Wavelengths 4-14</P>
<P>4.10 Logical And Physical Topology Separation 4-16</P>
<P>4.11 Bringing Access Networking To The Optical Domain 4-16</P>
<P>4.12 Last Mile Bottleneck 4-17</P>
<P>4.13 Space Laser For Network Access 4-17</P>
<P>4.14 Managed IP Optical Internetworking 4-18</P>
<P>4.15 Connecting Internet Backbones 4-18</P>
<P>4.16 Research Directions 4-19</P>
<P>4.17 Indium Phosphide 4-19</P>
<P>4.18 Osmine Process 4-20</P>
<P>4.19 Polarization Of Optical Signals 4-20</P>
<P>4.20 Tunable Lasers Increase Transmission Capacity 4-22</P>
<P>4.21 Tunable Lasers Switch Wavelengths 4-22</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Internet Circuit Switch Company Profiles </P>
<P>5.1 Global Telecommunications Networking Industry 5-1</P>
<P>5.2 Alcatel 5-2</P>
<P>5.2.1 Alcatel Revenue 5-2</P>
<P>5.2.2 Alcatel Market Outlook 5-3</P>
<P>5.2.3 Carrier Networking 5-4</P>
<P>5.2.4 Optics 5-5</P>
<P>5.2.5 Space &amp; Components 5-5</P>
<P>5.2.6 Alcatel Optronics 5-6</P>
<P>5.2.7 Alcatel Optronics Revenue 5-6</P>
<P>5.2.8 Optical Subsystem Production 5-7</P>
<P>5.3 Avici 5-8</P>
<P>5.3.1 Avici Products 5-8</P>
<P>5.3.2 Avici Revenue 5-9</P>
<P>5.3.3 Avici Customers 5-9</P>
<P>5.4 Cisco Systems 5-10</P>
<P>5.5 Fujitsu Network Communications 5-11</P>
<P>5.6 Fujitsu Network Communications 5-12</P>
<P>5.7 Lucent 5-13</P>
<P>5.7.1 Lucent Revenue 5-13</P>
<P>5.7.2 Revenues By Segment 2001 5-16</P>
<P>5.7.3 Lucent Technologies Revenue 1997-2000 5-17</P>
<P>5.7.4 Ortel Corporation 5-18</P>
<P>5.7.5 Spring Tide Networks 5-19</P>
<P>5.7.6 Sale Of PBX / Avaya Spinoff 5-19</P>
<P>5.7.7 Sale Of Power Systems 5-20</P>
<P>5.7.8 Bell Labs 5-20</P>
<P>5.8 Marconi PLC 5-22</P>
<P>5.8.1 Marconi Digital Switch 5-22</P>
<P>5.8.2 Marconi Strategic Positioning 5-23</P>
<P>5.8.3 Marconi Optical Product Offerings 5-24</P>
<P>5.8.4 Marconi Revenue 5-25</P>
<P>5.8.5 Marconi Customers 5-25</P>
<P>5.8.6 Marconi Acquisitions 5-26</P>
<P>5.8.7 Marconi Divestiture 5-27</P>
<P>5.9 NEC Corporation 5-27</P>
<P>5.9.1 NEC ADSL 5-27</P>
<P>5.9.2 NEC / Wind River 5-29</P>
<P>5.9.3 Pricing And Availability 5-30</P>
<P>5.10 Nortel Networks 5-30</P>
<P>5.10.1 Nortel Revenue 5-31</P>
<P>5.10.2 Nortel Reorganization 5-32</P>
<P>5.10.3 Optical Internet With Nortel Network Optical Network Solutions 5-33</P>
<P>5.10.4 Nortel Networks Customers 5-33</P>
<P>5.10.5 Nortel Networks Open Optical Dense-Wavelength Division Multiplexing (Dwdm) System 5-35</P>
<P>5.10.6 IP-Ready Open Optical Interfaces 5-36</P>
<P>5.10.7 Nortel Networks Optical Packet Network Solution 5-37</P>
<P>5.10.8 IP Data Services 5-38</P>
<P>5.10.9 SONET/SDH 5-39</P>
<P>5.10.10 Optical IP Network Backbones 5-39</P>
<P>5.10.11 Acquisitions 5-40</P>
<P>5.10.12 Focus On Solutions 5-40</P>
<P>5.10.13 Customers 5-40</P>
<P>5.11 Siemens 5-41</P>
<P>5.11.1 Siemens Information And Communication Networks Group (ICN) 5-41</P>
<P>5.11.2 Siemens Broadband Access XpressLink In Bruchsal 5-42</P>
<P>5.11.3 Siemens’ Solutions For Broadband Access 5-43</P>
<P>5.11.4 Siemens / Efficient Networks 5-44</P>
<P>5.11.5 Efficient Networks’ Sales And Worldwide Presence 5-46</P>
<P>5.11.6 Efficient Network Customers 5-46</P>
<P>5.11.7 Efficient Networks Key Customers 5-48</P>
<P>5.11.8 Efficient Networks 5-49</P>
<P>5.11.9 Efficient Networks Revenue 5-50</P>
<P><BR>Many of these Key Topics Have Phenomenal Subcategories </P>
<P> <BR>List of Tables and Figures </P>
<P>Market Forecasts 2000-2005 Market Shares 1999 </P>
<P>Table 1-1 1-4</P>
<P>Data-Focused Softswitch Positioning </P>
<P>Table 1-2 1-8</P>
<P>Service Provider Economics In The Metro OSN Solutions Market</P>
<P>Table 1-3 1-17</P>
<P>Switching Support for Varied Geographic Networks </P>
<P>Table 1-4 1-22</P>
<P>Network Components </P>
<P>Table 1-5 1-27</P>
<P>Seamless All-IP Network Issues </P>
<P>Table 1-6 1-32</P>
<P>Factors Driving Growth Of IP Networking </P>
<P>Table 1-7 1-33</P>
<P>Advantages Provided By IP Switching </P>
<P>Table 2-1 2-1</P>
<P>Telecommunications Market Driving Forces </P>
<P>Table 2-2 2-5</P>
<P>Principal Competitive Factors In Carrier Markets </P>
<P>Table 2-3 2-6</P>
<P>Competitive Product Positioning For Carrier Markets </P>
<P>Table 2-4 2-7</P>
<P>Carrier Market Success Factors </P>
<P>Table 2-5 2-8</P>
<P>Carrier Customer Demands </P>
<P>Table 2-6 2-9</P>
<P>Carrier Equipment Market Positioning </P>
<P>Table 2-11 2-25</P>
<P>Service Provider Environment</P>
<P>Table 2-12 2-26</P>
<P>Service Provider Repositioning Stance </P>
<P>Table 2-13 2-26</P>
<P>Service Provider Response To Network Shifts </P>
<P>Table 2-14 2-27</P>
<P>Elements That Comprise Communications Networks For Service Providers</P>
<P>Table 2-15 2-28</P>
<P>Function Of Communications Networks </P>
<P>Table 2-16 2-29</P>
<P>Service Provider Network Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-1 3-2</P>
<P>Circuit Switch Network Limitations </P>
<P>Table 3-2 3-4</P>
<P>IP Switch Challenges </P>
<P>Table 3-3 3-5</P>
<P>Benefits Of Flexible, All-Switched Infrastructure </P>
<P>Table 3-4 3-6</P>
<P>Switched Intelligent Optical Network Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-5 3-8</P>
<P>Constraints of Legacy Architectures of the Metropolitan Network </P>
<P>Table 3-6 3-12</P>
<P>Lucent iMerge Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-7 3-12</P>
<P>Lucent VPN Firewall Brick Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-8 3-14</P>
<P>Lucent Positioning To Realize Benefits of IP </P>
<P>Table 3-9 3-15</P>
<P>Lucent Primary Switching Solutions </P>
<P>Table 3-10 3-16</P>
<P>Lucent WaveStar LambdaRouter Features </P>
<P>Table 3-11 3-17</P>
<P>Lucent WaveStar Lambda Router All-Optical Cross-Connect</P>
<P>Table 3-12 3-18</P>
<P>Lucent WaveStar LambdaRouter Applications </P>
<P>Table 3-13 3-26</P>
<P>Forces Influencing the Design of a Management System </P>
<P>Table 3-14 3-27</P>
<P>7RE Management Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-15 3-28</P>
<P>7 RE Management Features </P>
<P>Table 3-16 3-30</P>
<P>7RE Fault Recovery Positioning </P>
<P>Table 3-17 3-32</P>
<P>Surpass and EWSD Combined Voice and Data Communications in Data Networks </P>
<P>Table 3-18 3-33</P>
<P>SMX-2100 Tandem Switch Features </P>
<P>Table 3-19 3-34</P>
<P>SMX-2100 Tandem Switch Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-20 3-40</P>
<P>Products in the Siemens Softswitch Portfolio </P>
<P>Table 3-21 3-43</P>
<P>Nortel Softswitch System Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-22 3-52</P>
<P>Cisco VCO/4K Features and Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-23 3-57</P>
<P>Framework of Cisco OPT </P>
<P>Table 3-24 3-58</P>
<P>Cisco OPT Paradigm of Telephony Infrastructure Layers </P>
<P>Table 3-25 3-59</P>
<P>Cisco Connection Layer Definition </P>
<P>Table 3-26 3-60</P>
<P>Cisco Connection Layer Functions </P>
<P>Table 3-27 3-62</P>
<P>Cisco End-To-End QoS Tools </P>
<P>Table 3-28 3-63</P>
<P>Cisco Network Core </P>
<P>Table 3-27 3-67</P>
<P>Benefits of Cisco OPT </P>
<P>Table 3-28 3-68</P>
<P>Cisco Universal Access </P>
<P>Table 4-1 4-2</P>
<P>DWDM Broadband Bandwidth Solutions </P>
<P>Table 4-2 4-4</P>
<P>Difficulties with Fixed Lasers </P>
<P>Table 4-3 4-7</P>
<P>ATM Basic Mechanisms </P>
<P>Table 4-4 4-12</P>
<P>Protocol-Independent Native Modes Supported </P>
<P>Table 4-5 4-15</P>
<P>Multi-Protocol Wavelength Functions </P>
<P>Table 4-6 4-15</P>
<P>Wavelength Switching Definition </P>
<P>Alcatel First Quarter 2001 Revenue 5-2</P>
<P>First Quarter 2001 </P>
<P>Table 5-1 5-28</P>
<P>NEC Strengths And Challenges In DSL Market </P>
<P>Table 5-2 5-33</P>
<P>Nortel Networks Acquisitions </P>
<P>Table 5-3 5-33</P>
<P>Nortel Networks Customers </P>