Abstract
With over 330 pages of research, BuddeComm' s 2006 Telecoms, Mobile and
Broadband in the USA and Canada - Geographic series contains a comprehensive
analysis of the telecoms industry and the companies involved in it.
This research is divided into the following volumes:
Volume 1 - Telcoms, Mobile and Broadband in Canada
Volume 2 - Telcoms, Mobile and Broadband in the USA
USA
- The US telecommunications markets continue to undergo significant
transformation as technologies converge toward a triple play model of bundled
voice, Internet and TV services.
- The downward trend in landline revenues is forecast to steepen due to
increasing competition from mobile and new technologies. For instance, mobile
revenues are forecast to grow at over 10% CAGR over the next five years,
reaching approximately $200 billion in 2010. Similarly VoIP is forecast to
treble in subscriber numbers by 2010. In addition, recent substantial
investments in WiMAX as a 4G platform indicate that the technology is being
considered as a realistic disruptive technology.
- As the cable TV companies move into the telcos' traditional sector with
VoIP services, the telcos are responding by aggressively deploying
high-bandwidth fibre networks which will chart their path into the IPTV
market. These fibre networks, together with the mega-mergers of SBC/AT&T,
Verizon/MCI and the pending AT&T Inc/BellSouth acquisition, position the
telcos to secure dominance in the broadband market. The extent to which the
RBOCs can control the triple play market will depend in part on US policy
towards network neutrality and on the extent to which new broadband
technologies, such as BPL and WiMAX, will penetrate the market.
- This report presents an overview of the telecom regulatory environment,
and examines developments in the wireless sector, in the broadband market and
new broadband technologies, in digital TV, Internet use and in the convergence
towards triple play services.
CANADA
- By early 2000 Canada' s telecoms and broadband sector was among the most
advanced in the world. However, by 2006 Canada' s performance in areas such as
broadband penetration and mobile penetration was starting to lag behind its
OECD counterparts. This has led to calls for further reform of Canada' s
telecommunications regulatory regime to a lighter-handed framework. Hence 2007
and 2008 are likely to be characterised by further regulatory reform towards a
more market-based approach.
- During 2006 traditional fixed line voice revenues continued to decline as
subscribers switch en masse to mobile services and at even greater growth
rates to VoIP services. This trend is forecast to continue during 2007 as VoIP
gathers momentum. Additionally, the market will continue its transition to a
triple play model, though during 2007 the cable companies are forecast to make
greater gains in the telcos' voice sectors than the telcos' gains in the
broadcasting sector.
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