ATLANTIC-ACM President Fedor Smith at ITW 2009 to Discuss These and Other Wholesale Matters

Boston - June 1, 2009

For Immediate Release  

ATLANTIC-ACM, a leading telecommunications industry research firm, announced the general availability of its 2009 Global Wholesale Carrier Report Card today at International Telecoms Week 2009 (ITW 2009) in Washington, D.C.   This edition of the industry's principle benchmarking study, which is based on more than 1,200 individual ratings of global carriers by their wholesale customers, revealed increased customer satisfaction across key wholesale voice and data products, among other noteworthy trends.   

“Growing capacity consumption, resulting from increased broadband penetration and expanded global mobile traffic, is driving strong demand for international transport and IP transit services," said Fedor Smith, president of ATLANTIC-ACM.  "This market remains highly competitive and continued price compression is reflected in an increase in product price satisfaction of wholesale buyers from 2008 to 2009.  Based on noted year-over-year increases in product quality scores in these key growth products, we can infer that competition has also had a positive effect on the performance and reliability of these products market wide.”  

In addition to releasing this study at ITW 2009, Fedor Smith is moderating a panel on Wednesday, June 3rd, at 2pm, addressing key issues relating to the broadband stimulus funding.  Fedor is in attendance Monday through Wednesday, along with lead wholesale analyst Aaron Blazar and ATLANTIC-ACM CEO Dr. Judy Reed Smith.  Members of the press interested in discussing these and other wholesale issues either on-site or by telephone, may contact Aaron Blazar (e-mail: ablazar@atlantic-acm.com, tel +1 617 720 3700) to make arrangements.  

About the Study
The 2009 Global Wholesale Carrier Report Card offers insight into the global wholesale carriers based on direct feedback from wholesale customers.  Wholesale providers gain understandings of their market positions with respect to areas such as billing, provisioning, network, customer service and pricing. Resellers gain access to carrier profiles detailing their product offerings as well as first-hand data regarding individual providers’ strengths and weaknesses.  The study includes a comprehensive overview of the wholesale industry.   For more information, visit http://www.atlantic-acm.com/research

About ATLANTIC-ACM
Boston-based ATLANTIC-ACM is a leading provider of strategic research and consulting services serving the telecommunications and information industries. In addition to producing the industry’s principal benchmarking, sizing and opportunity studies, the company assists clients in evaluating telecommunications opportunities for successful investment, market entry, and long-term planning. For more information, visit ATLANTIC-ACM’s website at www.atlantic-acm.com.

Contact
Contact Aaron Blazar, vice president and lead wholesale analyst at +1 617 720 3700, or by e-mail at ablazar@atlantic-acm.com.