Building-based Local Exchange Carrier Revenues to Reach Nearly $1 Billion by 2004, Finds New Report From New Paradigm Resources Group.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001 Control of 'First Mile,' Abundance of Unwired Commercial Real Estate and Significant Market Advantages Give BLECs Room to Grow New Paradigm New Paradigm In the investing world, a totally new way of doing things that has a huge effect on business. Notes: The word "paradigm" is defined as a pattern or model, and it has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework. Resources Group, Inc., (NPRG NPRG New Paradigm Resources Group, Inc. ), the leading research firm covering the competitive communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. , today released the second edition of its BLEC (Building Local Exchange Carrier) A network service provider that partners with real estate owners and managers in order to provide broadband services within an apartment house or office building. Report(TM), finding that Building Local Exchange Carriers are poised to generate revenues of nearly $1 billion by 2004, up from $71 million in 2000. BLECs partner with office building owners to wire multi-tenant buildings for state-of-the-art broadband services. The in-building network gives BLECs control of the "first mile," the network connection from an office tenant to the global communications network Global Communications Network or (GCN) is an instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows. The software is provided free of charge but is supported by banner advertisements. In addition to chat services, users are also provided with free e-mail and webspace. outside the building, enabling BLECs to more easily provision and maintain broadband services for building tenants. "Broadband is quickly becoming a cost of doing business, and office building tenants often face hurdles to fast installation, high capacity and quality service if they have to rely on traditional carriers," said Terry Barnich, President of NPRG. "BLECs, by creating and managing in-building networks, are well positioned to meet these needs, and with more than 700,000 office buildings in the U.S. lacking broadband capabilities, BLEC business opportunities are huge." According to the report, BLECs have four major advantages over traditional carriers that are driving BLEC business opportunities. First, real estate owners see a BLEC-installed broadband network as a building amenity. Second, BLEC broadband services help building owners market office space to tenants. Third, BLECs generally increase building revenues by giving real estate owners a share in the communications revenue BLEC services generate, and fourth, BLECs typically assign an onsite technician who can provide immediate assistance to building tenants. "BLECs are well positioned to dominate the market for multi-tenant building communications services," said Craig Clausen, Senior Vice President of NPRG. "The BLEC Report(TM) profiles the leading BLEC players, their strategies and networks, offering valuable insights to a promising sector of the telecommunications industry. With the forecasts and outlook included in this report, industry analysts should have a basis for future activities for BLECs." The BLEC Report(TM) is part of an evolving line of reports produced by NPRG, which publishes the CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) Report(TM), the definitive research and analysis tool for the Competitive Local Exchange Carrier industry. With the fast-moving competitive telecommunications market always shifting focus, NPRG's reports guide analysts, venture capitalists, and financial experts with unbiased research. The BLEC Report(TM) is being sold in a hardcopy set and is available on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). as well. Multi-user site licenses of the BLEC Report(TM) are also available. For more information or to place an order, call 312/980-4796 or visit NPRG on the Web at www.nprg.com. About New Paradigm Resources Group New Paradigm Resources Group, Inc. is a research and consulting firm monitoring and analyzing developments in the competitive telecommunications industry. NPRG maintains an extensive array of proprietary databases that support our foundational industry reports, which, in turn, fuel our client-specific expert consulting work. NPRG publishes the CLEC Report(TM), a biannual bi·an·nu·al adj. 1. Happening twice each year; semiannual. 2. Occurring every two years; biennial. bi·an multi-volume review of the state, trends and future of the competitive local telecom industry, as well as the ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. Report(TM), DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary Report(TM), ASP Report(TM), Utilities in Telecom Report(TM) and the BLEC Report(TM). |
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