The carrier network equipment market (i.e. CAPEX) in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region has fared well, driven by the relatively aggressive build-outs in emerging markets, such as China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, and the expanding investments in next generation networks in developed/advanced markets, such as Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. IDC's Asia/Pacific Carrier Network Equipment service analyzes the investment patterns of carriers and service providers across the region in all the major and emerging communications categories. It also provides insight into the carriers' service provisioning roadmap and where they see great demand opportunities to continuously strive to improve both average revenue per user (ARPU) and average margin per user (AMPU).

This service covers the following segments of the Carrier Network Equipment market:

• CAPEX including transport, data, control, access, mobile and IT
• IP telephony including soft switches and media gateways
• NGN, IMS and mobile softswitches
• Carrier ethernet transport including optical WDM transport, routers and switches and wireless backhaul
• Gigabit/Terabit and high-end routers
• Telco IT Infrastructure
• IPTV/Triple Play infrastructure
• WiMAX and WiBro
• 3G infrastructure

Throughout the year, this service will address the following topics:

• Annual market sizing and forecast of carrier network equipment markets by country
• Market share of leading equipment vendors by country in each equipment market segment
• Regional vendor profiles
• Next generation network carrier profiles
• Leading carriers' CAPEX analysis

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. Which type of network infrastructure will generate the greatest demand from service providers in Asia/Pacific?
2. How will network equipment affect the ability of Asian service providers to deliver quality service and VPNs to customers?
3. What are the investments and spending patterns of Asian-based carriers in each of the emerging areas?
4. Which networking vendors are best positioned to increase market share among telco service providers in Asia/Pacific in 2009 and 2010, and how does this vary country to country?
5. How are Asian equipment vendors such as Huawei and ZTE positioned against the global equipment giants, as they expand into the regional and worldwide carrier network equipment markets?

IDC's Asia/Pacific Carrier Network Equipment service analyzes the opportunities and challenges of network infrastructure suppliers selling to telecommunications carriers/network service providers (telcos/carriers) in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region. This research focuses on the deployment of key network infrastructure products to provide enhanced data/IP services. IDC surveys leading telcos/carriers, NEPs, IT vendors and regulators to assess buying behavior, technology requirements and deployment trends across the region. Players from both the demand and supply sides of the ecosystem include:

AAPT, Alcatel, Bayantel, BSNL, CAT, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Comcast, Digitel, EBT, Ericsson, Extreme Networks, Foundry Networks, Fujitsu, Globe, Hanaro, Hitachi, Huawei, Hutchison, Juniper Networks, Korea Telecom, Lucent, Mackay, Marconi, Maxis, Motorola, MTNL, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks, NTT, Optus, PCCW, PLDT, QUALCOMM, Redback, Riverstone, Samsung, Satyam, Siemens, SingTel, SK Telecom, Sparq, StarHub, Telekom Malaysia, Telstra, TFN, Toshiba, TOT, UCOMM, UTStarcom, VSNL, and ZTE.

This service focuses on the following core research. In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct additional research on specific topics, or emerging market segments, via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.

This study presents an analysis of CAPEX in both the fixed-line and wireless services markets in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region, and provide market sizing and 2009-2013 forecast data. It also includes analysis at the country level and of specific key fixed-line and wireless operators.

This study analyzes the APEJ WiMAX services and equipment market opportunities. WiMAX is capable of delivering broadband Internet and extending services like Internet telephony without major disruptions to connectivity and other services such as traditional PSTN voice and TV broadcast.

This study presents IDC's network equipment and Set-Top Box (STB) capital expenditures forecast for Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) from 2009 to 2013. In particular, the report looks at the current IPTV/Triple Play initiatives that are occurring around the region. For the service providers, IPTV is being viewed as a way to drive revenue per subscriber and to achieve subscriber retention which enhances the overall return on assets in IP broadband infrastructure.

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