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United States Telecommunications Report Q3 2009Product Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: Business Monitor International Published: August 2009 Product Code: R302-7575 Description Although there is still a large proportion of households with fixed-line connections, data from operators
show that the market declined faster than in previous years. This has caused something of a shake up in
the fixed-line market with Verizon Communications selling its assets across 27 states to Frontier
Communications. It is the second such deal for Verizon as it looks to focus its efforts on broadband
services and its mobile operations. For Frontier it is an opportunity to expand even as the fixed-line
market declines with the operator gaining 8.6mn fixed-line connections as well as other assets. This is by
no means the only changes in the market, as mergers and acquisitions continue, enabling companies to
confront the declining market.Broadband growth on the other hand remains robust with 75.6mn connections recorded at the end of Q109. This includes a variety of technologies being used to expand services across the country including fibre-optics, cable modem, DSL and WiMAX among others. DSL and cable are the dominant technologies in the market but these may be overtaken by WiMAX or LTE in the future as roll out of faster speed services takes place across several markets in the country. While creating a stimulus for the US economy in February President Obama announced that US$7.2bn would be invested in 'unserved' and 'underserved' areas of the country. No grants have yet been awarded but the development of a timetable shows that September 2009 could see the first companies getting their funding for rolling out services. While the funding will not significantly boost the market broadband is considered a useful tool in stimulating local economies and creating jobs. Meanwhile, many pay-TV operators reported subscribers losses, most likely as a result of subscribers tightening their belts and reducing their monthly spending. BMI does not expect this to be a long-term trend in the market and we anticipate that operators will return to growth. This is unlikely to be the case in the fixed-line market as the mobile sector approaches maturity and many subscribers are choosing their wireless connection over their fixed line. We have left the Mobile Data Analysis section untouched this quarter, instead concentrating on fixed-line and broadband operations across the country. However, forecasts and mobile data tables have been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest data available at the time of writing. Table of Contents
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