The CLEC Industry Is Still In a Period of Falling Revenues and Capital Expenditures, Consolidation, and Bankruptcy According To This Report.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c41988) has announced the addition of "CLEC Report 2004 - 19th Edition" to their offering.

CLEC Report 2005 -- 19th Edition -- is the latest edition of what has been called "the best, most complete industry analysis" on the market. Profiling the universe of facilities-based CLECs, the study also reports on aggregate industry metrics ranging from revenues to access lines, and includes a complete breakdown of carriers by market and by state.

Whether it's being used for market assessment, economic analysis, regulatory work, or competitive evaluation, the CLEC Report 2005 is an unrivalled tool for boosting your team's productivity.

This edition of the CLEC Report(TM) focuses on 56 traditionally voice-focused; facilities based CLECs, as well as another 13 that could attain facilities-based status in the next 24 months. Regarding revenues and other metrics, the CLEC Report 2005(TM), 19th Edition provides two sets of totals. The first is an aggregate number for the companies profiled in this report - the traditionally voice-focused CLECs. The second total adds in the aggregate number for all other facilities-based CLEC categories covered in other reports, which cover the entire competitive telecommunications industry. Thus, in addition to reporting on the companies in this Report, we are also reporting totals for the full range of industries that collectively constitute the facilities-based CLEC world.

The CLEC industry, seemingly moving toward stability at the end of 2003, has again entered a period of uncertainty and volatility. This report shows that the CLEC industry is still in a period of falling revenues and capital expenditures, consolidation, and bankruptcy. We predict that many current CLECs will not survive beyond the next two years and that the Companies that do survive will do so through product expansion and corporate consolidation. FCC regulation is causing a great deal of uncertainty in the CLEC industry. CLECs that resell incumbent services will find it difficult to survive, much less prosper, if UNE-P regulation is overturned. Companies will be forced to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy for a second or third time, a trend that has already begun to occur.

As is the case across all our industry analysis reports, the CLEC Report 2005(TM), 19th Edition is a compendium of company profiles, each built on a foundation of basic metrics captured through primary research, as well as on thorough reporting and analysis conducted throughout the year by our analysts. All of the industry metrics in the CLEC Report(TM) are aggregates of these company metrics. Thus, our sector and overall industry numbers are not extrapolations, but actual totals built from the ground up.

Chapters Include:

Chapter 1: Executive Summary

Chapter 2: State of the Industry

Chapter 3: Market Forecasts: Growth & Development

Chapter 4: Status of the CLEC Industry: Network Parameters & Revenue

Chapter 5: Markets Served by CLECs: CLEC Networks (Operational and

Chapter 6: Company Profiles

Chapter 7: Competitors Watch List

Chapter 8: Where Are They Now?

Chapter 9: Glossary of Terms

Companies Mentioned Include:

--Cox Communications, Inc.

--CTC Communications Group

--Eagle Communications

--Eschelon Telecom, Inc.

--Everest Connections Corp.

--GCI Communications, Inc.

--Global Crossing Ltd.

--Global NAPs

--Globalcom

--Grande Communications Network, Inc.

--ICG Communications, Inc.

--Integra Telecom

--ITC*DeltaCom

--Jaguar Communications, Inc.

--KMC Telecom, Inc.

--Knology Broadband, Inc.

--Lightship Telecom

--Logix Communications Enterprise, Inc.

--MCI

--McLeodUSA, Inc.

--Mpower Communications Corp.

--NTS Communications, Inc.

--NuVox Communications

--Orlando Telephone Company

--Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.

--PaeTec Communications, Inc.

--Qwest Communications International, Inc.

--RCN Corp.

--RIO Communications

--RNK Telecom

--SBC Telecom

--Sigecom

--StratusWave Communications

--SunWest Communications

--TelCove

--Telepacific Communications

--TelNet Worldwide

--Time Warner Telecom, Inc.

--US LEC Corp.

--Verizon Avenue

--XO Communications

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