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Cable Telephony Service: VoIP Drives Subscriber Growth

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: December 2005
Product Code: R97-2241
Description
In markets around the world, cable TV operators are ramping up their deployments of cable telephony service. However, it's important to note that for a significant number of cable operators, the only reason that they are offering cable telephony service is because it is based on IP technology. After years of waiting, the maturation of VoIP-enabled cable telephony service is finally upon us.

This report covers the market for cable telephony services around the world. It discusses the business case for provisioning cable telephony services, looks closely at the transition from circuit-switched services to VoIP, and breaks down cable telephony’s cost structure by specific network architecture.

The report provides forecasts for worldwide cable telephony subscribers, VoIP cable telephony subscribers, and installed cable telephony lines through the year 2009. It also forecasts cable telephony service revenues and the growth of “Voice-over-Broadband” cable telephony subscribers over the next five years.
Table of Contents

  • Executive Summary



  • Methodology



  • Cable Telephony
    Services




    • The Market
      in Late 2005


    • Market Drivers
      for Cable Telephony


    • The Progression
      of Voice over Cable: Circuit-Switched to VoIP




  • Delivering Cable
    Telephony: Network Architectures Converge




    • The Circuit-Switched
      Network


    • The “Switched-IP”
      Network Architecture


    • VoIP Networks




      • IP-Enabled
        Voice Service


      • The IP
        Connection


      • The IP
        Network and the PSTN


      • Types of
        IP Telephony


      • VoIP In
        an HFC Network


      • IP Network
        Architecture




    • The Twisted-Pair
      Overlay Network




  • Technology Standards
    for VoIP-Based Cable Telephony




    • Cable Modem
      Technology Standards



      • DOCSIS
        1.1


      • DOCSIS
        2.0


      • DOCSIS
        3.0


      • International
        Standards


      • PacketCable



      • PacketCable
        2.0


      • PacketCable
        Multimedia


      • IPCablecom







  • Key Market Trends



    • VoIP Comes
      on Strong


    • Integrating
      Wireless Voice Into the Cable Service Bundle




  • Cable Telephony
    Costs: Circuit-Switched vs. VoIP


  • Cable Telephony
    Service Providers




    • North America




      • United
        States



        • Adelphia



        • Bright
          House Networks


        • Comcast



        • Cablevision



        • Charter
          Communications


        • Cox
          Communications


        • GCI



        • Insight
          Communications


        • RCN



        • Time
          Warner Cable




      • Canada





    • Europe



      • NTL


      • Telewest


      • Liberty
        Global


      • Other Operators





    • Rest of World
      (ROW)



      • Australia


      • Chile


      • Japan


      • Mexico






  • Voice-over-Broadband:
    A Viable Option for VoIP




    • Vonage


    • Net2Phone




  • Cable Telephony
    Service Forecasts




    • Subscriber
      Forecasts


    • Revenue Forecast






List
of Tables



  • Table 1. Cable
    Telephony Market Drivers


  • Table 2. Telephony
    Service Prices in Northern Virginia: Verizon vs. Cox Communications


  • Table 3. The Progression
    of Cable Telephony Technology


  • Table 4. VoIP-Enabled
    North American Cable Telephony Subscribers


  • Table 5. Cable
    Telephony Costs: Circuit-Switched Subscriber ($ Per Line)


  • Table 6. Cable
    Telephony Costs: VoIP Subscriber, Premise Powered ($ Per Line)


  • Table 7. Cable
    Telephony Costs: VoIP Subscriber, Network Powered ($ Per Line)


  • Table 8. US Cable
    Telephony Subscriber Households by Cable Operator


  • Table 9. North
    American Cable Telephony Deployments by Operator


  • Table 10. Worldwide
    Cable Telephony Subscriber Forecast (Subscribers in Thousands)


  • Table 11. US Cable
    Telephony Subscriber Forecast (Subscribers in Thousands)


  • Table 12. Worldwide
    VoIP Cable Telephony Subscribers (Subscribers in Thousands)


  • Table 13. US VoIP
    Cable Telephony Subscribers (Subscribers in Thousands)


  • Table 14. Worldwide
    Cable-Based Voice-over-Broadband User Forecast (Users in Thousands)



  • Table 15. Worldwide
    Cable Telephony Installed Lines (Lines in Thousands)


  • Table 16. Cable
    Telephony Penetration of Worldwide Cable TV Households (Subscribers
    in Millions)


  • Table 17. Worldwide
    Cable Telephony Service Revenues (US$ in Millions)


  • Table 18. US Cable
    Telephony Revenue Forecast (US$ in Millions)


List
of Figures



  • Figure 1. The Circuit-Switched
    Network


  • Figure 2. The Switched-IP
    Network


  • Figure 3. The VoIP-Enabled
    Network


  • Figure 4. Key Components
    of the PacketCable Network


  • Figure 5. Worldwide
    Cable Telephony Forecast (Subscribers in Thousands)


  • Figure 6. Worldwide
    Cable Telephony Service Revenues (US$ in Millions)

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