Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Trends & Statistics 2010 (Summary)

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