$132 billion
Total US business spending on
telecommunications services in 2005, forecasted to grow to nearly
$150 billion by 2010, according to Insight
Research
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Publicly owned telecom
service providers in North America spent nearly $63 billion on
capital expenditures in 2005, up 8% from 2004, and are projected to
increase 4% to over $65 billion in 2006, according to Infonetics
Research.
Of the capex going to
telecom and datacom equipment, the top three investment areas are
voice, mobile RAN, and optical equipment.
Capex-to-revenue ratio was 17% in
North America. With the recent wave of consolidation among
ILECs, 56% of total capex will be owned by just AT&T and Verizon.
Cingular capex jumped 117% from 2004 to 2005, as more investments
were made in wireless equipment.
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