Three US Carriers Rank Top 5 on VSG's Global Provider Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard

Vertical Systems Group announced that seven companies achieved a rank on the 2021 Global Provider Ethernet Leaderboard as follows: Orange Business Services, Colt, Verizon, AT&T, Lumen, BT Global Services and NTT. This industry benchmark for multinational Ethernet network market presence ranks companies that hold a 4 percent or higher share of billable retail ports at sites outside of their respective home countries. Orange jumped from third position to rank #1, displacing AT&T which had held the top position since 2018. AT&T moves from first to the #4 position. Fierce reports that more than two dozen companies, including Comcast, T-Mobile and Zayo, were listed in the Market Player tier. This group includes those who have 2 percent market share or less. Vertical Systems Group said its research shows enterprise demand for Ethernet Dedicated Internet Access connections has jumped due to an uptick in global software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) rollouts while virtual private network (VPN) connectivity is sliding.