Triple Play Holds Significant Potential for Vendors in the European Communication Test Equipment Market.(Industry Overview)

PR Newswire Europe, December, 2005

LONDON, December 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Growing Complexity of Communication Systems Increase the Need for Test Equipment

With considerable advancements in technologies such as asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), synchronous optical network (SONET), gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), the European telecommunication industry is seeing accelerated growth. 'Internet Protocol (IP) Everywhere' is the new buzzword in the telecommunications industry and in the progress towards convergence, service providers are competing aggressively to offer triple play (telephony, data and video services) to their customers.

At the recently concluded Broadband World Forum (Europe) in Madrid, Telecom Austria announced the launch of triple play...