This IDC study presents the Carrier Ethernet (CE) transport equipment market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ covering the 2007-2012 period. This study covers CE transport network infrastructure developments, as well as forecast data on market revenue with qualitative analysis for 12 countries namely Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.
"The rapid growth in both broadband and wireless mobile usage drives the need for higher bandwidth and scalable infrastructure. Emergence of bandwidth-hungry mobile and broadband applications such as Internet Protocol television (IPTV) and online gaming also influences telco's investment in CE infrastructure. Wireless backhaul represents a significant and new opportunity for carriers and their suppliers to build scalable wireless data networks. This market is set to gain traction hitting the US$2 billion mark at the end of the forecast period with some major shifts in CE spending trends," says Bill Rojas, research director, Communications Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.