Telecom Carriers View IPTV As Key To Their Long-Term Survival, Heavy Reading Reports
03 Juin 2005 - 10:17PM
PR Newswire (US)
Telecom Carriers View IPTV As Key To Their Long-Term Survival,
Heavy Reading Reports Major Telcos Are Making Video Service Their
Top Priority In Choosing Broadband Technology Products And
Suppliers, New Study Finds NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire/ --
Incumbent phone companies are pushing IP- based video to the top of
their next-generation service agendas, a strategic decision that is
likely to have major long-term effects on the telecom equipment
industry, according to a major new study released today by Heavy
Reading (http://www.heavyreading.com/), Light Reading Inc.'s market
research division. IPTV and the Future of Telecom Video Network
Architectures analyzes the effects that IPTV will have on carrier
networks and technology suppliers and also evaluates the market
opportunities that IPTV will create throughout the entire telecom
supply chain. The report is based on in-depth interviews with
network operators that are now considering or already deploying
IPTV-capable networks, including BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) and SBC
Communications (NYSE:SBC), as well as conversations with more than
two dozen key players in the supplier community, including Alcatel
(NYSE: ALA; Paris: CGEP:PA), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Juniper
Networks, and Microsoft. "Competition, specifically in North
America, is the primary driver for the buildout of IPTV networks
and the delivery of IP video services," notes Rick Thompson, Senior
Analyst at Heavy Reading and author of the report. Some small North
American carriers are already delivering IPTV in some markets, but
the Bell companies' plans for IPTV are creating the greatest
opportunities for vendors, he says. "These plans are being
formulated primarily because of competitive pressure from the cable
industry, which is successfully eating away at the Bells' voice
subscriber base with multiservice offerings of their own," Thompson
adds. Other key findings from IPTV and the Future of Telecom Video
Network Architectures include the following: The success of the
telcos is not a given in the battle to deliver IPTV. IPTV clearly
holds potential for carriers and vendors alike, although numerous
challenges will arise as deployments scale over time. Beyond the
problems of vendor integration, next-generation feature
availability, and unprecedented scale, telecom operators are
dealing in an area with which they've had little experience. It's
far too early to assume that telcos can overcome all of these
challenges in the pursuit of dominating video-service delivery via
IPTV. A highly competitive ecosystem of service-specific hardware
and software vendors is developing as a result of the demand for
IPTV. Unlike the cable/MSO world, which is dominated by a
relatively small number of suppliers for video- specific
service-layer infrastructure, the IPTV opportunity has led to the
involvement of a multitude of incumbent vendors and startups
targeting specific areas in the IPTV food chain. This creates
vendor-integration challenges, but it also provides more vendor
choices for all elements of the service-delivery infrastructure.
It's also a leading indicator that opportunities for vendor
consolidation will be ripe as the market grows. Cable operators are
not standing still in terms of enhanced entertainment service
offerings and network-architecture evolution plans. Although all
eyes are on the RBOCs, cable/MSOs are also quietly planning the
transition of their underlying network architectures to IP. The
next five years are likely to see major advancements in the MSO
world under the guise of the Next Generation Network Architecture
(NGNA) defined by Comcast, Cox Communications, and Time Warner
Cable. IPTV and the Future of Telecom Video Network Architectures,
an 84-page report, costs $3,495. The price includes an enterprise
license covering all of the employees at the purchaser's company.
For more information, or to request a free executive summary,
contact: Dave Williams Sales Director, Heavy Reading 415-321-3750,
ext. 30 Press/analyst contact: Dennis Mendyk Managing Director,
Heavy Reading 201-587-2154 About Heavy Reading Heavy Reading is an
independent market research organization offering quantitative
analysis of telecom technology to service providers, vendors, and
investors. Its mandate is to provide the comprehensive competitive
analysis needed today for the deployment of profitable networks
based on next- generation hardware and software. DATASOURCE: Heavy
Reading CONTACT: Dave Williams, Sales Director, +1-415-321-3750,
ext. 30, , or Press/analyst, Dennis Mendyk, Managing Director,
+1-201-587-2154, , both of , Heavy Reading Web site:
http://www.heavyreading.com/
Copyright
Bellsouth (NYSE:BLS)
Graphique Historique de l'Action
De Juin 2024 à Juil 2024
Bellsouth (NYSE:BLS)
Graphique Historique de l'Action
De Juil 2023 à Juil 2024