Telecom carriers continue to shift their capital expenditure to next-generation infrastructure and technologies that offer the proposition of revenue growth or of lowering operating expenses. Further, capex in emerging markets is increasing over three times as fast as in developing regions.

Secondly, wireless infrastructure equipment remains a hot growth area, with increase in mobile penetration expected in emerging markets. In addition, service providers are expected to invest in WiMax infrastructure as the current 3G and 3.5G is too slow for mobile broadband applications and 4G is still a few years away.

The report forecasts the market size of telecommunication equipment over the period 2007-2010. Further, the total market is segmented into various geographic regions and verticals. The report also presents markets size for major countries in various regions. In addition, the report identifies major selling drivers for the telecommunication equipment for the major verticals.

This report can help IT vendors identify target geographies and verticals. Further, the identified sales drivers can be used to penetrate the identified vertical or increase current share of the customer's wallet.

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