U.S. Manufacturing Vertical In Telecom Extensive Need for Integration and Upgradation of Communication Networks Increases Spending

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U.S. Manufacturing Vertical In Telecom
Extensive Need for Integration and Upgradation
of Communication Networks Increases Spending

• Large-scale integration of enterprise systems
  with information and factory floor systems as
  well as the migration of proprietary legacy
  networks to Ethernet architecture is increasing
  telecommunications spending in the U.S.
  manufacturing sector

Telecom Services Analyst Team Frost Sullivan
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Industry Trends

• Integration of Enterprise Systems with
  Information and Factory Floor Systems
• Standardization of communications systems
• Macroeconomic trends such as decline in exports,
  decrease in consumer spending
• Migration from legacy field bus technology to
  Ethernet
• E-Manufacturing and E-Commerce

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Key Features

• This market study provides
• Detailed insights into recent developments and
  trends
• Manufacturing Industry challenges and trends,
  and growth
• strategies
• Expenditures in wireline voice and wireline
  data
• Expenditures in wireless voice and data
• Expenditure breakdown and forecasts (2000-2005)
• Technology products and applications in the
  Mfg. vertical
• Sub sectors within the Manufacturing industry

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Key Market Participants
Industry Participants ATT Corp., Inc. BellSouth
Corp. Motorola, Inc. Nextel Communications, Inc.
SBC Communications, Inc. Sprint Corp. Sprint
PCS Verizon Communications, Inc. Verizon
Wireless, Inc. WorldCom, Inc.
End-User Participants Industrial Equipment
News Manufacturers Radio Frequency
Allocation Committee National Association of
Manufacturers Numatics, Inc. Norgren IMI Sony
Electronics
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