AT&T is a strong global wholesale provider focusing on meeting the needs of six market segments. However, the carrier can expect greater competition from regional players and it needs to ...

Sprint's wireline business has begun to level off after years of decline, aided by IP/MPLS services that grew by 43% in the first half of 2008. Meanwhile, the company ...

Ericsson has maintained Redback's market traction since its acquisition last year, growing share and delivering new products in key segments. Strong in the IP edge, it looks to catch up ...

Bundling is critical to service provider's success in competitive and emerging markets. Low barriers to DSL market entry encourage competition from new challengers from other markets. This report contains a ...

Cable & Wireless is continuing its recovery in the UK having increased IP and hosting revenues and contracts with Tesco and Aviva. With strong Ethernet and IP telephony products and ...

COLT's network presence and brand recognition are strong in Germany and its SME (COLT Experience) products are a plus. However, COLT has struggled for big customer wins and the ...

Though Sylantro has maintained its traditional revenue numbers and market position through the first half of 2008, the company has been largely inactive in terms of publicly-announced enhancements to the ...

Though Acme Packet officials were forced to scale down previous outlooks for calendar year 2008, the company's concentration on expanding its product portfolio will position the company to take advantage ...

MetaSwitch's win at EMBARQ shows it can compete against its larger industry rivals in fair and open competition by delivering a turnkey NGN solution that includes the IP infrastructure as ...

FreeMove's success rate so far in establishing itself as the leading European mobile service provider for MNCs is average; the alliance needs to ramp up its marketing strategy and introduce ...

Vodafone's Wireless Office VPN service offers wide reach in Europe across the Group's wholly-owned operating companies. The solution's free internal calling offer is strong and unrivalled in Europe. This ...

The Orange iVPN is strong on pricing but does not offer a high level of value-added capabilities. Extending the iVPN to FreeMove partners has improved the reach of the solution ...

O2's Mobex is difficult to beat primarily in the UK market where it focuses on a strong play in the fixed-mobile integration sub-class of mobile VPNs, offering solid value-added services, ...

Vodafone's iVPN is a solid VPN solution within its class. However, more initiatives are required to lead the market and Vodafone's challenge is to enhance iVPN's reach with SLAs and ...

FreeMove can provide a strong Mobile VPN offering based on pricing model and alliance partners' footprints, however, it does not offer a higher level of value-added capabilities internationally compared to ...

Verio continues to make a play for small and mid-sized businesses looking to step up their game with more advanced hosting solutions tailored to meet their budgets. This is ...

With increasing international revenue and two new unnamed customers for the 7100 OTS, Tellabs is showing positive momentum worldwide. However, Tellabs' overall revenue fell in Q2 2008, indicating that ...

Private ownership has been very good to Avaya. It has been able to maintain its contact center leadership while transforming into a solutions developer and service provider. This report ...

Cisco, a disruptive and driving force in IP telephony, has expanded its focus to other areas, such as unified communications and advanced video solutions. This expansion has also created great ...

Sprint continues to look towards a WiMAX future; in the meantime, it faces continued churn and customer losses with a focus on customer satisfaction, and leadership in the data services ...