The report includes the following:

Profiles of 18 carriers

• Verdict
• Summary (strategy and recent activities)
• Geographic reach
• Portfolio
• Management (revenues and reputation)

Who should buy the report?

• Operators selling telecoms services in Western Europe
• Companies investing in or supplying the above
• Companies buying services from the service providers covered

Key benefits:

• Source of key information on 18 service providers
• Independent market analysis and comparisons
• Gives customers time to concentrate on analysing implications and to formulate action plans

Updated since last report:

• 18 updated player profiles
• Analysis of player positioning and differentiation strategies
• Market analysis and updated conclusions from previous report

Key conclusions:

• The market addressed by alternative carriers in Western Europe is stable, but stagnant - and vulnerable to potential economic shocks;
• Service providers are increasingly divided along the lines of 'solutions' providers and 'pure' network providers;
• Service providers will need to continue to cut costs whilst simultaneously innovating in products and improving customer service.

About Benchmark-it
benchmark-it.co.uk Ltd. (benchmark-it) was set up in 2000 to deliver low-cost, high value-added analysis of the telecoms sector. It consists of a network of specialist analysts that can be drawn upon to address a customers specific requirements, whether for information, analysis or strategy development.