Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2011: Telecommunications Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies

Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac is the only complete reference guide to the telecommunications technologies and companies that are changing the way the world communicates today. This massive reference book's market research section provides our famous trends analysis, as well as major statistical tables. You will receive an abundance of data on statistics, new telecommunications technologies, markets, the Internet, land lines, VOIP, unified communications and leading telecommunications companies. In the corporate profiles section, you'll receive vital details on the Telecommunications 500 Firms, the largest, most successful corporations in all facets of the telecommunications business on a worldwide basis, both public and private. These in-depth profiles include corporate names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, web sites, growth plans, competitive advantage, financial histories and up to 27 executive contacts by title. You will also find information regarding local exchange and long distance telephone service markets and trends, wireless and cellular telephone markets and trends, satellite telecommunications, Wi-Fi, telephone industry equipment, software and support. Purchasers will find a form in the book enabling them to register for 1-year, 1-seat online access to tools at Plunkett Research Online, including the ability to view the market research/industry trends section and industry statistics. You have access, at no additional charge, to the very latest data posted to Plunkett Research Online. Online tools enable you to search and view selected companies, and then export selected company contact data, including executive names. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. Trends covered in Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2011 include: 1.A Brief History of Deregulation 2.Local Landline Service Suffers; Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack 3.3G Cellular Systems, Including EV-DO, Are Enhanced/HSPA+ Offers High Speed Competition to 4G 4.Wi-Fi Accelerates 5.WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi 6.BlackBerry Use Soars, but Competition Grows 7.Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch Sell 50 Million Units, Raise User Expectations and Deliver Mobile Entertainment 8.Chinese, Indian and African Cellphone Markets Skyrocket 9.VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom 10.Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China 11.New Technology Will Give Fiber-Optic Network Owners a Break on Costs 12.TV over IP Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market 13.Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction 14.Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Docsis 3.0 via Cable sets a 100 Mbps Standard 15.Cable Providers Compete Aggressively For Telephone and Internet Access Business 16.U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations 17.Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence Plunkett Research CONTENTS 9 Glossary 11 INTRODUCTION 35 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 37 Chapter 1 41 Introduction to the Telecommunications Industry 41 A Brief History of Deregulation 43 Local Landline Service Suffers; Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack 44 3G Cellular Systems, Including EV-DO, Are Enhanced/HSPA+ Offers High Speed Competition to 4G 45 Wi-Fi Accelerates 46 WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi 47 BlackBerry Use Soars, but Competition Grows 48 Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch Sell 50 Million Units, Raise User Expectations and Deliver Mobile Entertainment 49 Chinese, Indian and African Cellphone Markets Skyrocket 50 VOIP Use Soars and Threatens To Revolutionize Telecom 50 Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China 52 New Technology Will Give Fiber-Optic Network Owners a Break on Costs 52 TV over IP—Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market 53 Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction 54 Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Docsis 3.0 via Cable sets a 100 Mbps Standard 55 Cable Providers Compete Aggressively For Telephone and Internet Access Business 56 U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations 56 Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence 57 Chapter 2 60 Telecommunications Industry Overview 61 Quarterly Telecommunications Industry Revenue by Class of Customer, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2009 - 1st Quarter 2010 62 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 63 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Breakdown of Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2008 64 Top 10 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, U.S.: 2008-2009 65 The Baby Bells Then & Now 66 Household Wired Telephone Subscribership, U.S.: November 1983-November 2009 67 Average Annual Household Expenditures for Telephone Service, U.S.: 1981-2008 69 Average Monthly Household Telecommunications Expenditures by Type of Provider, U.S.: 1995-2007 70 Annual Personal Consumption Expenditures on Telecommunications, U.S.: 1980-2009 71 Number of Payphones, U.S.: 1997-2007 72 Telecommunications Resellers, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 73 Cellular & Other Wireless Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 74 Top Mobile Operators by Number of Subscribers, Worldwide 75 Internet Access Technologies Compared 76 Wireless Standards & Speeds 77 Satellite Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses: 2005-2008 78 Paging, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 79 Internet Service Providers: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 80 Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2002-2010 81 Cable & Other Program Distribution, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 82 Cable & Other Program Distribution, Estimated Cable System & Multichannel Video Distribution Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2008 83 U.S. Cable Network Statistics, 1986-2009 84 Top 25 U.S. Multichannel Video Programming Distributors as of March 2010 85 Quantity & Value of Quarterly Shipments of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2009-1st Quarter 2010 86 Imports & Exports of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 2004-1st Quarter 2010 88 Top 10 Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Companies, Worldwide: 2008-2009 89 Employment in the Telecommunications Industry, U.S.: 1990-2009 90 Chapter 3 91 Chapter 4 119 INDUSTRY LIST, WITH CODES 120 INDEX OF RANKINGS WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS 122 ALPHABETICAL INDEX 134 INDEX OF U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE 138 INDEX OF NON-U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY 142 INDEX OF REGIONS OF THE U.S. WHERE THE FIRMS HAVE LOCATIONS 145 INDEX OF FIRMS WITH INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS 153 Individual Profiles On Each Of THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 450 157 ADDITIONAL INDEXES 607 INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN & MINORITIES 608 INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS 610 1593921780,9781593921781,1593925212,9781593925215 'Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac is the only complete reference guide to the telecommunications technologies and companies that are changing the way the world communicates today. This massive reference book's market research section provides our famous trends analysis, as well as major statistical tables. You will receive an abundance of data on statistics, new telecommunications technologies, markets, the Internet, land lines, VOIP, unified communications, and leading telecommunications companies. In the corporate profiles section, you'll receive vital details on the Telecommunications 500 Firms, the largest, most successful corporations in all facets of the telecommunications business on a worldwide basis, both public and private firms. These in-depth profiles include corporate name, address, phone, fax, web site, growth plans, competitive advantage, financial histories and up to 27 executive contacts by title. You will also find information regarding local exchange and long distance telephone service markets and trends, wireless and cellular telephone markets and trends, satellite telecommunications, Wi-Fi, telephone industry equipment, software and support. Purchasers will find a form in the book enabling them to register for 1-year, 1-seat online access to tools at Plunkett Research Online, including the ability to view the market research/industry trends section and industry statistics. You have access, at no additional charge, to the very latest data posted to Plunkett Research Online. Online tools enable you to search and view selected companies, and then export selected company contact data, including executive names. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package.' A complete market research guide to the telecommunications industry - a tool for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research. Includes our famous trends analysis, technologies, statistical tables, glossary. Our profiles of the top 500 telecommunications companies worldwide - public and private.