Archive for the Telecom Category
Wireline voice revenues to decline 7%
Wholesale and retail circuit-switched wireline voice revenue will decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% according to ATLANTIC-ACM. Wireline data revenue will grow by a CAGR of 8.7%, of...
60% of European broadband users wlould prefer an integrated fixed and mobile service
On average, 60% of European broadband consumer households would prefer using an integrated fixed/mobile voice service such as CVS. 70%-80% of consumers favor unified messaging. Consumers strongly pref...
69% of telecom home pages do not allow customers to log in
69% of telecom home pages do not provide customers the opportunity to log-in to their account. 46% of home pages do not have a site search functionality. Only 39% of home pages offer a help link, Brul...
Asia-Pacific SMBs to spend $50 bln on telecom in 2007
Small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to 999 employees) across the Asia-Pacific region outside of Japan (APeJ) are on track to invest $50 bln on telecommunications equipment and serv...
LAN switches up 6% over the next 5 years
In-Stat expects enterprises to continue to spend the most on this area for at least the next five years, with LAN switch spending experiencing a 6% CAGR in this market. While LAN switch spending accou...
Telecom services grew 8.2% in 2006
Revenue from telecom services and equipment grew 8.2% in 2006, to $1.69 trillion, but the fixed services sector shrank across the developed world for the second year in a row. The total market will pa...
4 bln phone lines globally
International Telecommunications Union counts 1.27 bln fixed lines and 2.68 bln mobile accounts. The total number of people represented by those figures is unclear because many people, particularly in...
US small and medium businesses to invest $241 bln into telecom infrastructure
SMBs across the United States are expected to invest about $241 bln in boosting their IT/telecom infrastructure and services ? including hardware, software solutions and services? in 2007, up some 6.5...
Global service provider market to surpass $9 bln in 2011
Worldwide service provider router market will grow at double-digit rates over the next five years and surpass $9 bln in 2011, Dell'Oro Group predicts....
14% of spending on US wireline belongs to mid-sized businesses
Mid-sized businesses account for approximately 14% of the current US business spending on wireline data services. Mid-sized businesses are projected to spend an estimated $5.6B in the US on wireline d...
71 mln fiber broadband users in 2009
By 2009, global telco broadband subscribers will rise to 373 mln, nearly equal to the 406 mln cable subscribers around the globe. The following year, global broadband telco subscribers will rise to 41...
19.5 mln unified messaging clients to ship by 2011
Worldwide unified messaging and UM-capable client shipments will reach nearly 19.5 mln in 2011. Traditional voice mail port shipments will shrink to zero by the end of 2009....
Mobile data services spending to grow at 29% a year
In-Stat expects telecom spending growth trends to be fairly similar across size of business within the mid-sized business market. The smallest mid-sized firms, those with 100 to 249 employees, account...
US SMBs to spend $16.6 bln on wireline voice in 2007
Small businesses will spend $16.6 bln on wireline voice services in 2007, which will account for nearly 31% of the US business market for such services, Research and Markets says....
Network admission control to generate $3.2 bln in 2010
Investments in network admission control (NAC) will drive the market to $3.2 bln in 2010, up from just $526 mln in 2005, IDC says....
Asia Pacific telecom market to grow at 3.6% a year
The Asia Pacific telecom market will advance at a 3.6% CAGR, increasing from $17.2 bln in 2006 to $20.6 bln in 2011. Latin America spending will expand from $3.1 bln in 2006 to $4.2 bln in 2011, risin...
55% of US organizations plan to buy network access control solutions
55% of US organizations plan to buy in-line network access control solutions, and another 11% aren't sure if they'll buy in-line or out of band. 80% of large organizations interviewed plan to enforce ...
Next-generation switches in Asia/Pacific to grow at 24% a year
The market for next-generation switches in Asia/Pacific, excluding Japan, will grow by 24% to $3 bln in 2007. Service provider routers, softswitches and media gateways will drive the growth. The marke...
300k LTE base transceiver stations to be installed by 2014
Nearly 300,000 LTE Base Transceiver Stations will be installed by 2014, according to ABI Research....
WDM optical transport equipment up 56% in Q1 2007
Worldwide sales of WDM Optical Transport equipment in Q1 2007 grew 56% over the same period in 2006, driven by strong WDM Metro sales across all regions of the world, Dell'Oro Group says....
Enterprise spending on wireline data to reach $24.3 bln in 2007
Enterprises lead overall spending for US business wireline data services, with this segment expected to account for over 60% of the US business market for wireline data services in 2007, reports In-St...
Eastern Europe enterprise network services up 0.1% in 2006
Eastern Europe's enterprise network services revenue grew 0.1% to $7.4 bln in 2006, driven by broadband growth and development in IP services. But lower cost IP services growth will not counter declin...
IP VPN and Ethernet services generate 30% of wireline revenues
IP VPN and Ethernet services currently account for approximately 30% of enterprise wireline data revenues, with legacy services such Private Line, Frame Relay and ATM comprising approximately 55%. Loo...
Global telecom billing market to reach $6.6 bln by 2011
The outlook for the worldwide telecom billing market is positive, according to IDC. The market will reach $6.6 bln by 2011, increasing steadily at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7% from 200...