The number of fiber miles deployed by carriers jumped an estimated 68.7 percent in 2000 after growing by 55.7 percent in 1999, reports the 2001 MultiMedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast, a publication produced annually by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).
Other findings of the report include:
* In 2000, growth in fiber optic deployment was generated principally by the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs). The ILEC market grew by 97.7 percent and is expected to grow by 29.6 percent duringE2001. The increased use of Internet protocol (IP) applications, the expansion of integrated IP-voice networks and anticipated growth in competition from Competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) are stimulating the ILECs to ramp up their use of fiber;
* Deployment of fiber by CLECs, including cable television deployment of broadband, rose an estimated 23.2 percent in 2000 and is expected to continue growing by 28.2 percent in 2001. Although CLECs will remain a relatively small segment of the market, they are expected to be the fastest growing market segment over the 2000-2004 period;
* Fiber deployment among CLECs will increase at a projected 17.1 percent compound annual rate compared with 13.2 percent annual growth by interexchange carriers (IXCs) and 12.5 percent growth for ILECs during 2000-2004.
The report details both historical and forecasted segment-by-segment statistical breakdown and analysis of the communications industry. It also includes a discussion of applications/product migration from the enterprise to network services; data for spending on professional services in key international markets; distribution of call-center spending by application; the market outlook for unified messaging; and much more.
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