Successful digital transformation demands that business-critical communications and operations be underpinned by always-on, high-performance, secure and ultra-fast networks – therefore large organizations need private networks with committed bandwidth, high network availability and reliability, with guaranteed low latency.

In this context, organizations are transitioning from best-effort, oversubscribed services with network contention to premium private-line services.

Service provider projections for bandwidth demands for Ethernet lines are rising, MPLS VPN revenue has peaked and begun to drop.

Figure 1 CSP Ethernet Service Revenue Forecast / Global Enterprise MPLS VPN Revenue Forecast

• Cloud connectivity is driving demand for optical private lines



• As enterprises become more applications driven, there is demand for optical private lines across verticals



• There are five key enterprise purchase criteria for private lines



• Premium private lines are in demand and present a significant market opportunity

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