The worldwide end-user WAN and Internet access service market will grow 24 percent over the next four years, according to Infonetics Research. The company based its findings on interviews with network managers at 240 organizations of all sizes.
According to Infonetics, the growth will be driven both by increased WAN use by existing users, as well as the addition of new applications like multimedia and enterprise resource planning (ERP), which consume significant bandwidth.
The market research house also reported that the mix of WAN access connections is changing from mostly frame relay and TDM to a wider assortment that includes optical-Ethernet and broadband. Leased line and frame relay still account for 94 percent of carriers' Internet service revenues from business; DSL brought in 5 percent, and cable modems 1 percent.
The findings are contained in "User Plans for WAN and Internet Access, North America 2003."
WAN/Internet Access Market Global; $ Billions 2007 $109 2003 $88 Note: Table made from bar graph
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