Network-Based IP VPN Equipment Enabling Key Services for Service Providers

In-Stat: Network-based IP VPN (Virtual Private Network) services are one of the important growth areas in business networking services, and will spur network-based IP VPN equipment worldwide sales revenues to grow strongly from $347 million in 2004 to $658 million in 2009, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Network-based IP VPN services (MPLS IP VPN, Virtual Router, and Network-Based IPSec services) move VPN intelligence to the edge of the network, as opposed to initiating tunneling at the CPE, as with CPE-based VPN services. “The number of end-users that are converging voice and video onto their IP VPN services continues to grow, and this convergence creates a greater demand for the use of different classes-of-service.

• Service providers are selling DSL access lines to small/mid-sized businesses and branch offices as a lower-cost alternative to traditional leased lines.

• End-users that are using DSL access lines to connect to network-based IP VPN services require broadband subscriber management services, and some vendors offer such services on the same platform as their VPN services.

• Support for value-added security services, such as firewalls and intrusion prevention, enable service providers to generate substantial additional revenues beyond those for IP VPN connectivity services.

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