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U.S. Education Vertical Telecom Services Markets
Frost & Sullivan, April 2006
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled U.S. Education Vertical Communication Services Market provides an analysis of key market drivers, restraints, and trends that are impacting the education vertical spending on telecom services. In this research service, Frost & Sullivans expert analysts thoroughly examines wireline voice, wireline data, and wireless voice and data services across K-12 as well as higher education segments.
Market Sector
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
By Education Vertical:
- K-12 education (Primary and secondary education)
- Higher education (Universities, colleges, post-secondary)
Technologies
The following technologies are covered in this research:
- Wireline Voice Services
- Wireline Data Services
- Wireless Voice and Data Services
Market Overview
Focus on Internetworking and Business Continuity Drives Telecom Spending in the Education Vertical
Educational institutions across the United States are opting for IP-based networks that offer a wide range of functionalities including reduced voice calling charges, faster moves, adds, and changes (MACs), distance learning capabilities through IP videoconferencing, and IP video surveillance. Educational institutions are increasingly spending on internetworking solutions to take advantage of the cost benefits offered by sharing of resources among geographically distributed institutions, says the analyst of this research service. In addition, as school districts consolidate their networks, hosted IP telephony services are expected to gain tremendous momentum, especially in the K-12 segment.
Increasing security concerns introduce new growth opportunities for disaster recovery/data backup and recovery solutions that limit network downtime and ensure faster operational recovery. Emergency notification, carrier and geographic diversities, co-location, or remote location services are some of the areas that are expected to witness a surge in demand, especially in the higher education segment.
Growing Need to Share Bandwidth-intensive Applications Drives Adoption of Fiber-optic Solutions
The evolution of IP telephony and high-speed broadband services (wireless and wired) are changing the dynamics in the education vertical and compelling service providers to look beyond areas such as Internet usage for instruction/research, access to class information, e-mail, and training. The focus is slowly shifting toward areas such as wireless technology and network services that enable access to information without boundaries, explains the analyst. Specifically, access to real-time video applications - such as streaming video inside the classroom - underscores the need for high-speed networks.
Fiber networks are gradually replacing traditional networks such as T1 links to meet the increasing bandwidth demand. Enhanced access speeds such as Gigabit Ethernet provided by fiber-optic networks enable students to quickly download research material. Flexibility in bandwidth scalability, convergence of networks, familiarity of Ethernet protocols at the LAN level, and the cost benefits are expected to drive demand for fiber-optic solutions.
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