Future Broadband Markets

Key Coverage

• Assesses the current position and the potential of existing fixed broadband, emerging wireless and mobile broadband technologies. Concentrating on DSL, Cable WiMAX, WiFi and HSDPA among other technologies, it explores nomadic and mobile broadband infrastructures in their capacity to compete with standard broadband via data cards, hot spots and convergent offerings
• Considers the roles of Voice over IP, IPTV, content (such as football rights), assessing operators' initiatives and strategic options in these areas. It examines the role of the triple and quadruple play, FMC and the various roles that WiFi and WiMAX will play in the future
• Looks at the fixed broadband network upgrades both at the access level (such as DSL enhancements, VDSL and direct fibre initiatives), and in the core network, including IMS
• Detailed coverage of 52 countries - forecasts on all leading country markets by major broadband technologies, penetration rates and rankings, and country profiles for 20 major markets worldwide including the level of competition in these markets and operators' initiatives
• Expert commentary - putting the forecasts into context whilst identifying trends, causes of these trends and what they mean for the future

Market Data

• Top 20 countries by Broadband subscribers 2006, 2008, 2010
• Economics of VoIP on full vs partial unbundling
• Total programming costs by major European Market
• Competition levels in European exchanges
• Economics of resale versus ULL
• VoIP under unbundled, partial unbundled scenarios
• Recent FFTX deployments
• FTTX forecasts Europe
• Major FTTC projects

Countries / Sectors / Companies Covered

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Malta, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, US, Venezuela

Who should read this report

• Fixed-line operators - assess how broadband technologies are developing the extent to which VoIP, IPTV and FMC threaten the status quo
• Mobile and TV players - discover how to leverage broadband to enhance your existing service offerings
• Vendors - gain a strategic advantage by finding out which operators are planning to invest in major upgrades and new broadband projects
• Content/application providers - find out which operators will have the network reach and in which regions to support the carriage of content you offer
• Banks, lawyers and consultants - establish which operators and markets are the winners (and losers) and identify where future mandates are likely to emerge