The 2013 Telecom Industry Review summarizes current conditions across the
global telecommunications industry, providing analysis of multiple
infrastructure and service segments. From fundamental background issues to
detailed five-year forecasts accompanied by practical strategic advice, this
study provides a comprehensive examination of the global telecom services and
equipment marketplace. With Europe in economic turmoil, the path to sustained
growth will be bumpy for the next few years. Despite such harsh economic
times, telecommunications remains a crucial means of helping countries weather
hard times by boosting growth and improving productivity.
This report looks at the global telecommunications services and equipment
market in each region: North America; Europe-Middle East-Africa; Asia and the
Pacific Rim countries; and Latin America. The Review provides up-to-date
information in such key areas as wireless demand, optical networking, VoIP,
residential and business communications trends, IPTV and cloud services.
Telecommunications Industry Economic Conditions
The telecommunications industry continues to be impacted by economic factors,
most notably, the weak global economy continuing through 2012 and 2013, along
with the financial uncertainty in Europe. Over the long term, employment and
telecommunications spending will show a modest recovery, and businesses will
look to service providers to manage the complexity of expanding branch
offices, foreign manufacturing sites, mobile employees, and new access
technologies. In developed countries, when job growth does return, we expect
that most of the new jobs will be in professional and service occupations,
which are major drivers of telecommunications spending.
In the US, unemployment and low consumer confidence continued to drag on the
economy. In Europe, the financial stability of the EU remains in doubt and
unemployment remains high. The unemployment rate in the US will likely remain
above seven percent through 2014, well above the average rate over the past 30
years. With a stagnant US and global economy and businesses not hiring, IT
departments must find a way to keep pace with demands for more network
applications and greater bandwidth.
Consumer demand for the latest wireless devices and greater access bandwidth
remains a key driver of telecommunications services growth. In addition, a
large percentage of business activity now depends on the Internet for
everything from electronic commerce to intranet applications to customer
service.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter - I
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. Telecommunications Industry Economic Conditions
1.2. Report Structure
Chapter - II
BACKGROUND: TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY MARKETS
2.1. Global Markets
2.1.1. Regional Economies
2.1.2. Global Telecommunications Spending
2.1.3. North American Telecommunications Spending
2.1.4. European, Middle East, and Africa Telecommunications Spending
2.1.5. Asia-Pacific Telecommunications Spending
2.1.6. Latin America-Caribbean Telecommunications Spending
2.2. Wireline Market Trends
2.2.1. Wireline Revenues
2.2.2. Wireline Demand
2.3. Wireless Market Trends
2.3.1. Wireless Revenues
2.3.2. Wireless Demand
2.3.3. Wireless Technology
Chapter - III
THE NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK: IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE
3.1. Overview of Network Topology
3.1.1. End-Users
3.1.2. Access Networks
3.1.3. Metro Networks
3.1.4. Core Networks
3.2. Transmission Improvements
3.3. Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching Overview
3.4. The Public Switched Telephone Network
3.4.1. Evolution of the PSTN
3.4.2. Central Offices
3.5. Data Networks and VoIP
3.5.1. Broadband Switches
3.5.2. Data Core Networks
3.5.3. Data Metro Networks
3.5.4. Data Access Networks
3.5.5. Signaling and Support Structures for Data Networks
3.5.6. Voice over Internet Protocol
3.5.7. VoIP as Transport
3.5.8. VoIP Operational Advantage
3.5.9. VoIP as Value-Added Stage
3.6. Carri.zer Ethernet Networks
3.6.1. E-line
3.6.2. E-LAN
3.6.3. Other Typologies: Dedicated vs. Switched
3.6.4. Carrier Ethernet Market Forecast
3.7. The Next Generation Network
3.7.1. Gateways
3.7.2. Softswitches
3.7.3. Service Delivery Platforms
3.7.4. IP Multimedia Subsystems
3.8. Optical Networking
3.8.1. Baseline Optical Transport Technologies
3.8.2. Optical Transport Technology Overview
3.8.3. Current Gaps in Baseline Transport Technologies
3.8.4. The Hybrid Approach to Optical Transport Technologies
3.9. Capital Expenditures Forecast
Chapter - IV
THE ACCESS NETWORK: NARROWBAND AND BROADBAND
4.1. Narrowband: The Decline of US Landlines
4.2. Broadband Access Networks
4.2.1. Broadband Access Forecasts
4.3. Access Network Technology Options
4.3.1. DSL
4.3.2. Cable
4.3.3. Bonded Copper
4.3.4. Fiber
4.3.5. Wireless
4.3.6. Fixed Mobile Convergence
4.3.7. WiFi
4.3.8. WiMAX
Chapter - V
SUPPORTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE: OSSES, BSSES, AND OUTSOURCING
5.1. Operations Support Systems Overview
5.2. Operations Support Applications
5.3. Business Operations Support
5.3.1. Billing
5.3.2. Customer Care
5.3.3. Business Management
5.4. Network Operations Support
5.4.1. Engineering and Planning
5.4.2. Provisioning
5.4.3. Trouble Repair
5.4.4. Network Management
5.4.5. Workforce Management
5.5. OSS Market Revenue Estimates
5.5.1. Impacts of Equipment Markets on OSSes
5.6. The Impacts of Open Source Software on OSSes
5.6.1. The Question of Intellectual Property
5.6.2. Open Source Software Benefits
5.6.3. Open Source Software Project Challenges
5.6.4. Open Source Support: The Commercial License
5.6.5. Open Source Markets and Revenue Estimates
Chapter - VI
PRESENT AND FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MARKETS
6.1. IP-Based Application Services
6.1.1. Introduction & Definitions
6.1.2. VoIP as a Non-Starter
6.1.3. Key IP Service Trends
6.2. The Future of IP Services: Web 2.0
6.2.1. Web 2.0 and Mashups
6.2.2. Web 2.0 & the Carriers
6.2.3. Web 2.0 Market Forecast
6.3. The Future of IP Services: Mashups
6.3.1. What We Found
6.3.2. What Role for Telcos in Mashups?
6.3.3. Mashup Market Forecast
6.4. Mobile Phones' Impacts on the Financial Sector
6.4.1. Core Banking
6.4.2. User Financial Applications for Mobile Phones
6.4.3. Financial Services Segment Forecast
6.5. Telecommunications Role in Improving the Environment
6.5.1. Modeling the Benefits of Green
6.6. The Future of Telecommunications
6.6.1. IP Changes Everything
6.6.2. Convergence Cuts Both Ways
6.6.3. The Road Ahead for Operators
6.6.4. The Road Ahead for OEMs
Chapter - VII
ENTERPRISE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS
7.1. The Classification of Businesses by Size
7.1.1. Distribution of Business by Size
7.1.2. The Business Line Market Methodology and Analysis
7.1.3. The Business Line Market in Small Enterprises
7.2. Private Lines
7.2.1. Evolution in the Private Line Services Market
7.2.2. Circuit Types
7.2.3. SONET, IP and Private Lines
7.2.4. Private Line Circuit Layout
7.2.5. Redundancy & Restoration
7.2.6. Private Line Alternatives
7.2.7. Private Line Services Market Forecast
7.3. Managed Services & the Enterprise
7.3.1. Why Managed Services?
7.3.2. Industry Structure
7.3.3. Managed Service Industry Forecast
7.4. Vertical Industry Spending on Telecommunications Services
7.4.1. Telecommunications and Vertical Marketing
7.4.2. Healthcare as a Fast Growing Vertical Industry
7.5. The Mobile Workforce and Enterprise Applications
7.5.1. The Key Enterprise Mobility Applications
7.5.2. Mobile Enterprise Market Forecasts
7.6. Enterprise Unified Communications
7.6.1. Defining Unified Communications
7.6.2. The Benefits of Unified Communications
7.6.3. Unified Communications: Dedicated versus Hosted
7.6.4. The Stakeholders
7.6.5. Unified Communications Markets and Revenue
7.7. The CATV MSOs' Push into the Enterprise
7.7.1. CableCos Competion in Enterprise Markets
7.7.3. Market Forecast
7.8. Hosted Voice Services in the Small Enterprise
Table of Figures
Chapter - I
I-1. Global Wireline and Wireless Revenues, 2013-2018
I-2. US Wireline and Wireless Revenues, 2013-2018
Chapter - III
III-1. Public Communication Network Architecture
III-2. SONET Ring Configuration
III-3. Hierarchy of Broadband Switch Functions
III-4. Typical National Data Core Network
III-5. E-Line Point-to-Point Service Type
III-6. E-LAN Multipoint-to-Multipoint Service Type
III-7. Softswitch Architecture Diagram
III-8. Circuit vs. Packet Switching of Internet Traffic
III-9. SDP Service Provider Network Architecture
III-10 STS-1 Frame Structure
III-11 STM-1 Frame Structure
III-12 Four-Channel DWDM System
III-13 Schematic of an MPLS Network
III-14 Label Header Structure
III-15 MPLS over WDM Core
Chapter - IV
IV-1. US Voice Services Penetration of Households
IV-2. Worldwide Broadband Subscribers, 2013-2018
IV-3. HFC Architecture Providing Video and Voice Services
IV-4. Typical Backhaul Configuration
IV-5. Typical DSLAM Backhaul Application
IV-6. Global Wireless Subscribers, 2013-2018
IV-7. Regional Wireless Penetration of Population, 2013-2018
IV-8. Total US Wireless Subscribership Growth, 1997-2010
IV-9. US Wireless Average Minutes Per Local Call, 2008-2010
IV-10. Revenue Split between Non-Voice and Voice Wireless Revenue
IV-11. Phone Usage Habits, Women versus Men, January 2011
IV-12. Monthly Voice and Text Usage by Age, January 2011
IV-13. Cell Phone Penetration as a Percentage of All Phone Subscribers
The 2013 Telecommunications Industry Review: An Anthology of Market Facts and Forecasts published by The Insight Research Corporation in January 28, 2013. This report price starts from US $ 1500.
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