Research and Markets: Proliferation of Advanced Applications Create an Attractive Market for Communications Test & Measurement Equipment

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90563) has announced the addition of "World Communications Test Equipment for Manufacturers Market" to their offering.

This study provides an analysis of the world communications test equipment for manufacturers market. It features revenue forecasts for the wireline and wireless product segments from 2007 to 2014. A competitive analysis is also performed to highlight the key participants in each market.

Market Overview

The market for communications test and measurement equipment has been riding high, with all market segments registering growth. While transport as well as next-generation networks and services accounted for the most percentage of growth, the R&D application segment contributed the largest share of revenues. The market prospects will continue to remain bright as the communications market is expected to experience a tremendous increase in the deployment of voice, video, and data (triple play) over broadband. This places considerable pressure on network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) to prove the quality of their network equipment for the IP video and VoIP aspects of the triple play. Therefore, there has been significant demand for test equipment that can evaluate the quality of IPTV-ready digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM), fiber to the node (FTTN), and fiber to the curb (FTTC) equipment.

"The challenge for communications test equipment vendors is to continue to keep pace with the technological development in the telecommunications industry and develop advanced and integrated equipment to meet the requirements of NEMs," explains the analyst of this research. "With the market shifting toward 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and higher, test vendors are under more pressure than before to develop products that are capable of meeting the requirements of increased network speeds."

Constant Innovation and Development of More Extensive and Sophisticated Equipment is the Need of the Hour

NEMs are looking to offer high-speed networks with superior security features to guard against hacking and breach of data. To achieve this, they will require not just software products but also specially designed hardware test solutions. This demand for reliable networks has provided a huge thrust to the communications test equipment for manufacturers market.

NEMs are also offering excellent opportunities for participants in the access networking segment. "NEMs in the access segment need to reduce development costs and accelerate time to market, while adapting to evolving network demands through constant innovation in product and technology," notes the analyst. "This, in turn, compels test vendors to develop more cost-effective solutions to test numerous emerging applications."

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

Wireline

-- Fiber optic test equipment
-- Transport test equipment
-- Next-generation networks and services test equipment
-- Access networking test equipment

Wireless

-- Base station test equipment
-- Mobile station test equipment
-- Protocol analyzers

Technologies
The following technologies are covered in this research:

-- ROADM
-- Triple play services - voice, video and data, security, and IMS
-- DSL, GPON, EPON
-- GSM, CDMA, WLAN/Bluetooth

Key Discussions:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

-- Market Overview

-- Introduction

TOTAL MARKET

-- Market Overview

-- Overview and Definitions
-- Market Engineering Measurements
-- Industry Challenges
-- Market Drivers
-- Market Restraints
-- Revenue Forecasts
-- Demand Analysis
-- Pricing Analysis
-- Geographic Analysis
-- Market Share Analysis

SEGMENT ANALYSIS

-- Wireline Communications Test Equipment

-- Fiber Optic Test Equipment
-- Transport Test Equipment
-- Next-generation Networks and Services Test Equipment
-- Access Networking Test Equipment
-- Wireless Communications Test Equipment
-- Base Station and Air Interface Test Equipment
-- Mobile Station Test Equipment
-- Protocol Analyzers

-- Market Share Analysis

-- Wireline Communications Test Equipment
Wireless Communications Test Equipment

APPLICATION ANALYSIS

-- Revenue Forecasts by Application

-- Research and Development
-- Manufacturing/Production
-- Installation Maintenance and Monitoring

-- Market Share Analysis by Application

-- Overview

APPENDIX

-- Definitions

-- List of Acronyms

-- Decision Support Database Tables

-- Annual Telecom Investments

-- Telecommunication Equipment Spending
-- Cable TV Revenue
-- Mobile Communication Revenues
-- Mobile Penetration

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