Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
Published: August 2009
Product Code: R207-591Description 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 complete access to the U.S. telecommunications and communications industry. This section includes over a dozen major statistical tables covering everything from revenues for the fixed line and wireless service sectors, to the number of telephone subscribers worldwide, to telephone equipment import and export market numbers.
Finally, in this carefully-researched volume, you will receive an abundance of data on: national and global telecommunications statistics, new telecommunications technology, telecommunications market forecasts, telecommunications trends 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. 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.
Telecommunications is one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic industries in the world today, and Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac will be your guide to this rapidly-changing business. Purchasers of the printed book or PDF version may receive a free CD-ROM database of the corporate profiles, enabling export of vital corporate data for mail merge and other uses.
*Clients who purchase the online download version of this report should use the form provided in the report to receive the database of leading companies on CD-ROM.
Table of Contents
- A Short Telecommunications Industry Glossary
- Introduction
- How To Use This Book
- Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Telecommunications Industry
- 1) Introduction to the Telecommunications Industry
- 2) A Brief History of Deregulation
- 3) Local Landline Service Suffers; Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack
- 4) 3G Cellular Systems Are Deployed While Ultra Fast 4G is Coming Soon
- 5) Wi-Fi Accelerates
- 6) WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi
- 7) BlackBerry Use Soars, but Competition Grows
- 8) Apple’s iPhone Sells 40 Million Units, Raises User Expectations
- 9) Dual Mode Handsets Switch from Cellular to Wi-Fi
- 10) Chinese, Indian and African Cellphone Markets Skyrocket
- 11) VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom
- 12) Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China
- 13) New Technology Will Give Fiber-Optic Network Owners a Break on Costs
- 14) TV over IP—Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market
- 15) Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction
- 16) Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets Emerge
- 17) Cable Providers Compete Aggressively For Telephone and Internet Access Business
- 18) Services Available via Ultra-High-Speed Broadband are Imaginative, Futuristic
- 19) U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations
- 20) Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence
- Chapter 2: Telecommunications Industry Statistics
- Telecommunications Industry Overview
- The Baby Bells Then & Now
- Quarterly Telecommunications Industry Revenue by Class of Customer, U.S.: 2nd Quarter 2008 - 1st Quarter 2009
- Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2007
- Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Breakdown of Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2007
- Top 10 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, U.S.: 2007-2008
- Household Wired Telephone Subscribership, U.S.: November 1983-November 2008
- Average Annual Household Expenditures for Telephone Service, U.S.: 1981-2007
- Average Monthly Household Telecommunications Expenditures by Type of Provider, U.S.: 1995-2007
- Annual Personal Consumption Expenditures on Telecommunications, U.S.: 1980-2008
- Number of Payphones, U.S.: 1997-2007
- Telecommunications Resellers, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2007
- Cellular & Other Wireless Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses: 2005-2008
- Top Mobile 10 Operators by Number of Subscribers, Worldwide
- Internet Access Technologies Compared
- Wireless Standards & Speeds
- Satellite Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses: 2005-2007
- Paging, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2007
- Internet Service Providers: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2007
- Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2002-2008
- Number of Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2002-2008
- Cable & Other Program Distribution, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2007
- Cable & Other Program Distribution, Estimated Cable System & Multichannel Video Distribution
- Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2008
- U.S. Cable Network Statistics, 1990-2008
- Top 25 U.S. Cable MSOs as of March 2009
- Quantity & Value of Quarterly Shipments of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2008- 1st Quarter 2009
- Imports & Exports of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 2003-1st Quarter 2009
- Top 10 Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Companies, Worldwide: 2007-2008
- Employment in the Telecommunications Industry, U.S.: 1990-2008
- Chapter 3: Important Telecommunications Industry Contacts
- Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites
- Chapter 4: THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 500:
- Who They Are and How They Were Chosen
- Industry List, With Codes
- Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups
- Alphabetical Index
- Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State
- Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country
- Index of Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations
- Index of Firms with International Operations
- Individual Profiles on each of THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 500
- Additional Indexes
- Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities
- Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations
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