Carrier-Grade Next Generation Packet Exchange Pricing Toll Tandem Pricing Much More Attractive than Local

Dittberner Associates, Inc. released cost forecasts which indicate that only moderate premiums must be paid for Next Generation local multi-service packet exchanges.

Dittberner reports its cost-based price forecasts for fully carrier-grade systems:

• Local packet exchanges at between $ 135 and $ 140 per line port in early 2000 for purely analog (POTS) configurations. This cost will decrease to between $ 120 and $ 125 by 2007.
• A local packet exchange with 25% ISDN lines and another 25% of the lines equipped for ADSL will cost around $ 210 per line port, decreasing to between $ 160 and $165 per port in 2007.

The study reports that Tandem Packet Exchanges are more cost-effective than TDM versions.

• The initial price may be significantly less (30-50%) than current world prices for TDM tandem exchanges
• A packet tandem exchange with 10,000 equivalent DS-O PSTN ports and 10,000 equivalent DS-O packet ports with cost around $ 100 per port in early 2000. It will
  decrease to around $ 85 per port by 2007.

The Dittberner cost forecasts for ATM and IP-based exchanges are almost identical, the report states, when the same assumptions regarding capacity and functionality are applied.

Dittberner Associates, Inc., research report, "Next Generation Switching Systems For Public Networks Worldwide Digital Switching Status" Update 40 of their ongoing Project ESS Advanced Technologies, profiles in-depth, 31 Next Generation switches available on the world market, provides detailed cost-based price forecasts, 14 carrier case studies, and implementation recommendations.
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