Infonetics Research: Packet Optical Transport and 40G Can Open Doors ...

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Infonetics Research: Packet Optical Transport and 40G Can OpenDoors of Opportunities (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
A new Infonetics Research study of incumbent and competitiveservice
providers in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific shows that 86
percent expect their packet optical transport networks to save them
operational expenditures, of which more than two-thirds expect opex
savings of at least 11 percent to over 50 percent, an importantdriver
in today's competitive environment.

Service providers participating in the study, entitled"Service
Provider Plans for Packet Optical Transport and 40G," namedproduct
reliability and standards compliance as their top criteria when
choosing a packet optical transport network equipment vendor. An
unusually low number of providers said they choose vendors based on
having that vendor's equipment is already installed in theirnetwork,
suggesting an opportunity for non-incumbent vendors.

"Packet optical transport equipment -- and 40G and later 100G
equipment, for that matter -- can open the door for a vendor togain a
service provider as a new customer for their optical equipment,
breaking the buy-from-the-current-supplier habit," saidMichael Howard,
principal analyst of Infonetics Research. "Even in thesetroubled
economic times, 62 percent to 72 percent of service provider
respondents plan to increase their 40G spending each year between2009
and 2011 and later, so Infonetics recommends that manufacturers be
ready with right-priced products to take advantage of the expected
expansion of 40G expenditures."

More highlights from the study:

-- In a series of questions asking service providers to rate 6packet
optical transport network equipment vendors (Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco,
Fujitsu, Huawei, Nokia Siemens, Nortel): Nortel scores highest for
technology and product roadmap; Nokia Siemens scores highest (by a
hair) for security; Alcatel-Lucent scores highest for management

-- An increasing number of service providers plans to invest morein