[March 10, 2014]

Infonetics: Tier 3 Operators Ramping VDSL2 in 2014, Rate Calix, Adtran, Alcatel-Lucent Top Broadband Vendors

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its Tier 3 Broadband Strategies and Vendor Leadership: North American Service Provider Survey, for which Infonetics (News - Alert) interviewed tier 3 operators in the U.S. to understand what types of fixed broadband speeds and technologies they deliver today, and how and when they plan to upgrade their subscribers to support higher data rates.

ANALYST NOTE

"Tier 3 (News - Alert) operators in the U.S. are already heavily invested in FTTH networks and will continue to expand their fiber availability until they reach their entire subscriber base," notes Jeff Heynen, principal analyst for broadband access and pay TV at Infonetics Research.

"But like other operators around the world outside of China," Heynen continues, "The long-term transition to fiber will happen incrementally, with fiber-to-the-node and fiber-to-the-curb deployments using VDSL2 as a critical, strategic tool in the effort to keep up with subscriber and network bandwidth demands."

TIER 3 BROADBAND SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Only 5% of operators participating in Infonetics' survey are providing average downstream speeds of 100+ Mbps today, increasing to 45% by 2016
• Survey respondents expect capital expenditures earmarked for fixed broadband networks to remain flat
• After 2014, 55%-75% of respondents plan to upgrade and expand their networks with 2.5G GPON and Ethernet FTTH
• Meanwhile, the percentage of respondents upgrading their networks with system-level vectored VDSL2 goes from 0 in 2013 to 30% in 2014
• A majority of those surveyed named Calix, Adtran, and Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) as the top 3 fixed broadband access equipment suppliers

BROADBAND ACCESS WEBINAR

Join Jeff Heynen March 11 for Extending Copper Access Networks with Vectoring and G.Fast: Why Fiber Isn't a Must, a live event detailing the roadmap for DSL, FTTdp VDSL, vectoring, and G.Fast technologies, and explaining why fiber isn't necessarily a must for operators to compete: http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=748757&s=1&k=3FA95A7E80E9811BBC75D27914898B02

ABOUT THE SURVEY

For its 27-page tier 3 broadband survey, Infonetics interviewed 20 tier-3 service providers in the United States in December 2013 about their fixed broadband access networks and plans for future upgrades. The study provides insights into rural broadband availability, fixed broadband access technologies in use and planned, network upgrade drivers, bandwidth per subscriber, use of wireless technology for fixed broadband services, and operators' opinions of vendors, including a vendor scorecard based on 10 criteria. To buy the survey, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

RELATED RESEARCH

• Latest Infonetics Broadband Access research brief: http://bit.ly/1egksoF
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• Service provider capex increasing 6% in 2013, ignited by BRICs; revenue to hit $2 trillion
• Focus of home networking industry squarely on multiscreen video

Download Infonetics' 2014 market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at http://www.infonetics.com/login.

• Research Note: License in Hand, China Mobile Is Fixed on Broadband Market (Feb.)
• Research Note: Broadband Scale Drives Comcast's Bid for Time Warner Cable (Feb.)
• Broadband CPE & Subscribers: PON, FTTH, Cable, DSL & LTE - 4Q13 (Mar.)
• Home Networking Devices (Apr.)
• Residential Gateway Strategies & Vendor Leadership: Service Provider Survey (Apr.)

INFONETICS WEBINARS

Visit https://www.infonetics.com/infonetics-events to register for upcoming webinars, view recent webinars on demand, or learn about sponsoring a webinar.

• Extending Copper Access Networks with Vectoring and G.Fast (Mar. 11: Attend)
• SDN and NFV: The Nitty Gritty (Mar. 18: Attend)
• Using Big Data Analytics to Amplify Security Intelligence (Mar. 20: Attend)
• Virtualizing Networks with SDN NVOs and Bare Metal Switches (Mar. 25: Attend)
• WebRTC: Compelling Service or Competitive Threat? (View on demand)
• Using Video Gateways to Improve the Multiscreen Experience (View on demand)

TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT:

N. America (West), Asia Pacific: Larry Howard, [email protected], +1 408-583-3335

N. America (East, Midwest), L. America: Scott Coyne, [email protected], +1 408-583-3395

EMEA, India, Singapore: George Stojsavljevic, [email protected], +44 755-488-1623

Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (News - Alert) (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics' About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.

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