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The number of Internet adults utilizing ‘wired’ broadband
connections may be peaking, according to results released from Ipsos
Insight’s annual The
Face of the Web study. At the end of 2006, it is estimated that
77% of the global online population was utilizing a broadband connection
to access the Internet.
The global broadband market is
expanding at a rapid pace, with both equipment revenue and global
subscribers expected to increase robustly during the next few years,
according to iSuppli Corp. Global broadband subscribers will grow
to 622.7 million by 2011, more than double the 270.4 million in 2006.
Continue reading... "Global Broadband Subscribers to Double by 2011 to Hit 620 million " »
Continue reading... "IPTV Rising: 92% CAGR to 103 million in 2011" »
The
US federal government's largest
telecommunications contract ever, a 10-year deal worth up to $48 billion,
was awarded to AT&T, Qwest
Communications and Verizon on Thursday, according to the General Services
Administration. The contract winners
beat out Sprint Nextel Corp.
Continue reading... "$48 billion Federal Phone Deal Goes to Qwest, AT&T, Verizon" »
Data-heavy
mobile content services will be key to the future success of mobile
operators, according to ABI
Research's two Research Briefs, "Mobile Operator Performance
Benchmarks, 4Q-2006" and "Global Wireless Subscriber Dynamics,
4Q-2006" that track the latest developments in the global mobile
marketplace.
Continue reading... "Mobile Content Goldrush; $1 trillion Capex on Next Generation Networks" »
Residential
subscriptions to broadband Internet connections surged 20% in 2006 to
exceed 50 million U.S. households, according to a new study from Parks
Associates. The report estimates U.S. residential broadband subscriptions
will surpass 60 million households by year-end 2007, accounting for 55% of
all U.S. households.
Continue reading... "US Residential Broadband Penetration to Hit 55% or 60M Households in 2007" »
As Internet users embrace
Internet phone services and online video, North American telecom companies
are projected to spend $70 billion on new infrastructure to meet voice and
data Internet traffic demand around the globe, up 67% from their 2003
total, according to industry tracker Infonetics Research.
The U.S. telecommunications market
grew 9.3% in 2006, the fastest rate since 2000, to $923
billion in revenue, while the worldwide telecommunications market
grew 11.2% to $3 trillion in revenue, according
toTIA’s 2007 Telecommunications Market Review and
Forecast.
The total market for business VoIP and IP VPN services will grow from
$6.4 billion in 2006 to $15 billion in 2012, according
to "Business VoIP Revolution 2007-2012:
The Opportunity. The Market. The Players." – a new study by ATLANTIC-ACM.
Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services will grow to a subscriber
base of 267 million by 2012 from less than 38 million subscribers
worldwide in 2006, according to a new study released by ABI
Research.
Continue reading... "Residential Voice over IP Subscribers to Grow 7-Fold to 267 Million by 2012 " »
