Digital Loop Carrier Market

Digital Loop Carrier Market
Digital loop carriers (DLC) are used to implement broadband and narrow-band at the edge of the network. They can manage large volumes of different types of voice, Internet, data, video, conferencing, and audio services from different types of transmission systems, such as copper, fiber, or coax. The main driver for growth in this market is the demand for bandwidth and faster connection speeds from consumer and corporate companies. The value of the DLC is that it is a hardened box that sits in neighborhood locations and ties different access technologies to a common network.

The DLC market is estimated to be $2.9bn in 2005, and could grow to $10.7bn by 2012, according to Research & Markets.