Europe - Telecommunications Infrastructure and Equipment Market Overview

Synopsis

This report collates information on the major network and backbone infrastructure across Europe at the pan-European level. Country-specific infrastructure is typically dominated by local incumbents and is addressed in the country reports. Across the continent, many major operators invested heavily in the dot com boom to connect major links, only to find voice and data carriage costs falling, over-supply also affecting ROIs, and the tech wreck compounding the investment problems. High profile collapses like KPNQwest and Worldcom in 2002 left many smaller players, including national incumbents, rise to fill the gap. EITO equipment forecasts updated in May 2003.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Infrastructure
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Local
  • 2.3 National and powerline infrastructure
  • 2.4 Pan-European infrastructure
    • 2.4.1 Overview
    • 2.4.2 Alliances
    • 2.4.3 Refocussing on service
    • 2.4.4 Customer focus needed
    • 2.4.5 Oversupply in core routes
    • 2.4.6 Telegeography bandwidth report – October 2002
    • 2.4.7 IPv6
  • 2.5 Satellite infrastructure
    • 2.5.1 Overview
    • 2.5.2 Oversupply and consolidation
    • 2.5.3 SES-ASTRA
    • 2.5.4 Galileo
    • 2.5.5 GlobeCast
    • 2.5.6 Hotstar
    • 2.5.7 Eutelsat
    • 2.5.8 Cidera
    • 2.5.9 Astra and Ariane problems
• 3. Equipment
  • 3.1 EITO review – 2002-2003
  • 3.2 Gartner review – 2001-2002
  • 3.3 IDC review – 2001-2002
  • 3.4 Forrester Research forecasts
  • 3.5 SME market
  • 3.6 PC market
• 4. Research and development
• 5. Related reports

• Table 1 – Fixed lines growth– 1998-2001
• Table 2 – Equipment market values (€ million) – 1998-2001
• Table 3 – Western Europe equipment market values (€ million) – 1998-2001
• Table 4 – Central and Eastern Europe equipment market values (€ million) – 1998-2001

• Exhibit 1 – Some major Pan-European networks