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<description>Communications market research products provide analysis of the latest trends, developments and market data for this industry.  Research information will help you make informed business decisions.</description>
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<title>Glass and Fiber Optic Manufacturing</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3470-3271.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The US glass and fiber optic manufacturing industry includes about 2,000 companies with combined annual revenue of $25 billion. Large companies include PPG Industries, Owens-Illinois, and Corning. The industry is highly concentrated: the 50 largest companies hold close to 90 percent of the market.  Most companies in the industry manufacture products from bulk glass bought from a handful of primary glass manufacturers.   COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE  Demand comes from the construction, auto, bottling, and container industries. The profitability of individual companies depends on low-cost operations because most products are commodities that are bought based on price. Large manufacturers have large efficiencies of scale in operations, which is why the industry is so concentrated. Small manufacturers can compete effectively by producing specialty products or serving a local market. The industry is capital-intensive: annual revenue per worker is close to $200,000.  PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY  Major products are glass containers, flat glass, fiberglass, and specialty products such as ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Telecommunication Services</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3470-3286.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[In the US, about 11,000 companies provide telecommunication services, with total annual revenue over $500 billion. Large companies include AT&T, Verizon Communications, and Comcast. The industry includes 3,000 wireline carriers (annual revenues about $185 billion); 3,000 wireless companies ($185 billion); 1,400 cable companies ($100 billion); and satellite companies and telecommunication resellers. The industry is highly concentrated: the 50 largest companies hold nearly 90 percent of the market.  COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE  Demand is driven by technological innovation and by growth in business activity and consumer spending. The profitability of individual companies depends on efficient operations and good marketing. Large companies have big economies of scale in providing a highly automated service to large numbers of customers, and have the financial resources required to build and maintain large networks. Smaller companies can compete effectively in small markets or by providing specialty services. Due to a large degree of automation, average revenue per employee is a ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Snapshots United Arab Emirates Fixed Telephone Services 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R512-12360.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Snapdata's Snapshots United Arab Emirates Fixed Telephone Services 2009 provides 2008 year-end market size data, with 2009 estimates, 5 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the United Arab Emirates fixed telephone services market and covers covers residential and business fixed telephone services. Market Volume is based on number of subscribers. The data is supplied in both graphical and tabular format for ease of interpretation and analysis. The Snapshots United Arab Emirates Fixed Telephone Services 2009 forms part of Snapdata's Telecommunications industry ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Snapshots Poland Fixed Telephone Services 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R512-12359.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Snapdata's Snapshots Poland Fixed Telephone Services 2009 provides 2008 year-end market size data, with 2009 estimates, 5 years of historical data and five-year forecasts. The Snapshots report gives an instant overview of the Polish fixed telephone services market and covers POTS and ISDN. Market volume is based on the number of lines. The data is supplied in both graphical and tabular format for ease of interpretation and analysis. The Snapshots Poland Fixed Telephone Services 2009 forms part of Snapdata's Telecommunications industry ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Japan Application Networking 2009-2013 Forecast and 2008 Analysis</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40482.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC study (which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J9030105) presents an analysis of the market trends and future outlook for the Japan Layer 4-7 switch and WAN application delivery solutions markets. In the WAN application delivery solutions market, user awareness continued to spur growth. However, the economic downturn in 2008 caused the Japan Layer 4-7 switch market to post negative growth for the first time since IDC first analyzed it in 2004. IDC believes that the average growth rate up to 2013 will remain positive despite the weak market sentiment until 2010.  "The future of the Layer 4-7 switch market lies in server environment virtualization. Layer 4-7 switches are slated to improve in line with the development of a common platform. However, as systems and applications and usage or resource management are currently being independently maintained, there is a need to explore how virtualization technology can promote ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Global Digital Economy - E-Government, E-Health and E-Education Trends</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-1258.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This annual report offers a wealth of information on the worldwide development of digital economy in terms of e-government, e-health and e-education. It offers analyses, statistics, forecasts and key trends. It provides insight into National Broadband Network (NBN) infrastructure developments and strategy. Regional information on developments in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific are also provided, where applicable. 
  Subjects covered include:  
 Key elements of the digital economy; 
 Global e-government overview and statistics; 
 Global e-health overview and statistics; 
 Global e-education overview; 
 Vision of the digital economy after the crisis; 
 Insight into National Broadband Network (NBN) developments; 
 Brief regional overviews on e-government, e-health and e-education developments where applicable. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Hosting Versus Cloud: Aren't They All The Same?</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40470.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC Insight is designed to help clarify IDC's taxonomy as it applies to the overall hosting-versus-cloud-services continuum. The framework can be used as a road map and reference for determining how these services are evolving and converging across the foundational markets as defined by the IDC taxonomy. Hosted services extend from traditional colocation and Web hosting services to hosted application and infrastructure management. In this document, we contrast hosted and cloud services at the infrastructure level. Benefits of this differentiation include:   A clearer delineation of the differences between the services, delivery methods, alternative sales models, and a host of other parameters that define these services  A definitional template for understanding a broadening spectrum of "cloud computing" services by traditional SPs and newer online players  Evidence of the seismic shift IDC predicts in the competitive landscape -- impacting providers, customers, and datacentre management -- towards the cloud services and the gray areas between ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Mauritius - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-1259.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Mauritius - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband report includes all BuddeComm research data and analysis on this country. Covering trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, internet, broadband, infrastructure and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Wireless Telecommunications Services</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3470-3261.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The US wireless telecommunications services industry includes about 3,000 companies with combined annual revenue of more than $185 billion. Major companies include the four national wireless carriers: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile USA (an indirect subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom). The industry is highly concentrated: the 50 largest companies generate more than 90 percent of industry revenue.  The industry includes companies that operate wireless telecommunications networks and related facilities. Companies that resell wireless telecommunications services are not included in the industry.  COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE  Demand for wireless services is driven by consumer income and innovative service offerings. The profitability of individual companies depends on marketing and customer service. Large companies have advantages in marketing and in delivering a comprehensive array of services nationally. Small companies can compete effectively by delivering economically attractive service packages tailored to niche groups regionally. The industry is capital-intensive: average annual revenue per employee is more than $900,000.  PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Australia - Telecoms Industry - Statistics and Forecasts</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-1257.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This report provides statistics and forecasts for 2010 as well as high-level commentary on the overall market, market shares by operator and detail of 2G and 3G and prepaid and postpaid usage. For those needing detailed revenues, forecasting and analysis on the Australian telecommunications market, this report provides essential reading and gives in-depth industry information on: 
 Revenue, annual growth and market share statistics; 
 ISP and Internet statistics; 
 Business market and Residential market broadband statistics; 
 Analysis and revenue forecasting for 2010 and 2020; 
 Market statistics segmentation by voice, mobile and data; 
 Market segmentation and market statistics by major provider; 
 Overview and market analysis of the 2nd tier telco market as well as Telstra and Optus. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Worldwide Carrier Ethernet 3Q09 Market Share Update</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40460.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC update reviews the 3Q09 worldwide Carrier Ethernet market. It contains the service provider portion of the Ethernet aggregation market, as well as a subset of the service provider edge router market where routers are used primarily for Ethernet business services, wholesale services, and residential broadband/video ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Company Financials: Qwest Communications International Inc.</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R313-57913.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Introduction   The Company Financials offers insights into the financial performance of the company over last five years for about 1000 leading global companies. The datapack covers wealth of financial information relating to income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.    Scope   Contains five years data on income statement, balance sheet, cash flows and other financials in the reported currency and its US Dollar translation  Provides key ratios  Includes information on revenue distribution by business segments and geographies   Highlights   Qwest Communications International (Qwest) is a provider of data, internet, video and voice services. The company primarily operates in the US, where it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.   Reasons to Purchase   Access important financial information and analysis on the company in a single datapack  Understand the financial evolution of the company over the last five years  Build the periodic assessment of the company's performance for five year adjusted financial data along with key ratios and market capitalization   Please note:   this is delivered ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Company Financials: Deutsche Telekom AG</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R313-57910.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Introduction   The Company Financials offers insights into the financial performance of the company over last five years for about 1000 leading global companies. The datapack covers wealth of financial information relating to income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.    Scope   Contains five years data on income statement, balance sheet, cash flows and other financials in the reported currency and its US Dollar translation  Provides key ratios  Includes information on revenue distribution by business segments and geographies   Highlights   Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading telecommunications and information technology service providers. It provides a range of telecommunications services including mobile communications, wireline, broadband and internet services, and information and communications technology services. The company primarily operates in Germany.   Reasons to Purchase   Access important financial information and analysis on the company in a single datapack  Understand the financial evolution of the company over the last five years  Build the periodic assessment of the company's performance for five year adjusted financial ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Company Financials: TeliaSonera AB</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R313-57915.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Introduction   The Company Financials offers insights into the financial performance of the company over last five years for about 1000 leading global companies. The datapack covers wealth of financial information relating to income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.    Scope   Contains five years data on income statement, balance sheet, cash flows and other financials in the reported currency and its US Dollar translation  Provides key ratios  Includes information on revenue distribution by business segments and geographies   Highlights   TeliaSonera is a major telecommunications group in the Nordic and Baltic regions. It offers services for the transmission and packaging of sound, images, data, information, transactions and entertainment. TeliaSonera provides mobile communications and fixed communications. The group primarily operates in Sweden.   Reasons to Purchase   Access important financial information and analysis on the company in a single datapack  Understand the financial evolution of the company over the last five years  Build the periodic assessment of the company's performance for five year adjusted financial ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Energy Suppliers' Adoption of Telecom Operational Support Systems</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40419.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC Insight analyzes the announcement of the Duke Energy-Convergys deal in the context of similar recent deals between energy providers and telecommunications operations ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Net Neutrality: Proposed Rules Set to Disrupt the Future of U.S. Broadband</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40420.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC Insight discusses the FCC's long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning net neutrality, which was issued on October 22. The more than 100 page FCC document outlines the FCC's plans to deal with the key issues surrounding the net neutrality debate. The Notice is an extraordinarily important document as the proposed rules have the potential to fundamentally alter the United States' fixed and mobile broadband landscape in many key areas. This document attempts to bring focus on the areas that IDC believes will have the greatest ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Australia - The National Broadband Network</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-1255.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This annual report offers a wealth of information on the trends and developments taking place in the e-government, e-health and e-education sectors. The report provides analyses of the issues surrounding the growth of such services and includes global and regional information. Comprehensive information on the exciting developments taking place on a regional level is also included.
  Subjects covered include: 
 The importance of broadband infrastructure; 
 Key issues and strategies needed for countries to develop their digital economies; 
 E-government market overview, analyses and statistics; 
 E-health market overview, analyses and statistics; 
 E-education market overview, analyses and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Central America Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-8667.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Central America hosts a wide range of markets from the highly competitive to the monopoly markets. ElSalvador and Guatemala have reported high growth on the back of several operators competing forsubscribers. Meanwhile Costa Rica&rsquo;s market is on the cusp of seeing competition enter its internet marketand the entrance of new mobile operators is highly anticipated. Costa Rica holds such high potential formobile growth and BMI expects there to be a great level of interest in providing services to rivalincumbent Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). The monopoly operator has been boosting itsown profile by contracting vendors to help it provide a greater range of services in preparation for newcompetition.  Meanwhile, Belize&rsquo;s telecoms market incumbent has held an exceptionally strong position in its marketfor several years, culminating in the government seizing shares and renationalising the company. Thegovernment says it does not intend to hold on to the 94% stake in the operator and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Vietnam Telecommunications Report Q4 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R302-8663.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[BMI&rsquo;s latest update on the telecommunications market in Vietnam contains new data for the periodending August 2009. Based on the new data, we have been able to assess how the country&rsquo;s mobile fixedlinetelephony and internet access markets have been developing over the past few months. The new datahas also enabled us to revise our five-year forecasts for each of these different market segments.The most recent official figures on the size of Vietnam&rsquo;s mobile market relate to the end of 2008.  However, based on figures published by Vietnam&rsquo;s state-owned news agencies, we calculate that thecountry&rsquo;s mobile user base had climbed to 96.5mn by the end of August 2009; this reflects growth ofalmost 40% in the first seven months of the year. BMI believes that much of this new growth has beendriven by tariff cuts by the country&rsquo;s three largest mobile operators, Viettel, which is owned by theVietnamese military, and MobiFone and Vinaphone, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Japan Carrier Network Capex 2009-2013 Forecast and 2008 Analysis</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40439.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC study provides an overview of the carrier capex market in Japan. A broad set of equipment categories including data transport, optical access, optical core and edge devices, network management, next-generation network (NGN) infrastructure, wireless infrastructure, and others are included. Updated market size by equipment segment is provided for 2008; in addition, market forecasts by product category are provided up to 2013. A breakdown of carrier capex by major network equipment category for Japan's major carriers are also provided.  "As carrier networks migrate to IP and open standards, local network equipment vendors with established ties with carriers should actively explore and establish strategic partnerships with overseas technology vendors that can provide differentiation. Overseas companies such as Huawei and ZTE are slowly increasing their presence in Japan's carrier equipment market, and it is only a matter of time before they become a major force to contend with in the domestic equipment, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Home Office 2009 Profile Update: Economy's Impact on Home Business Formation and Technology Adoption</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40412.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC study examines the attitudes of home-based businesses toward the current state of the economy as well as home office acquisition and ownership of products and technologies including mobile phones and smartphones; desktop, notebook, and netbook PCs; printers and MFPs; and LANs and Internet access.  "Home office households in general and home-based businesses in particular continue to represent an important opportunity for IT vendors," says Justin Jaffe, senior research analyst in IDC's Home Office Market program. "Despite real concerns about the economy, these households continue to spend more on advanced technology than households in general, setting the pace for technology adoption in a variety of categories from smartphones to notebook PCs to local area ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Middle East MVNO Market and Competitive Analysis 2010</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R331-173.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Middle East MVNO Market and Competitive Analysis 2010 is the only publication that provides competitive analysis, market evaluation and current market data for the Middle East MVNO marketplace.
   
This report provides an in-depth critical analysis of the Middle East MVNO landscape today. The report is aimed at investors, consultants, integrators and analysts in the mobile space, suppliers of MVNO equipment and software, and network operators and other service providers.  The Competitive Analysis report focuses on a telecom sector that has experienced a billion-dollar wave of new investment in many of the worlds developed markets. The report evaluates each market within the Middle East region, the existing competition, the MVNO regulation and proposes where the next big opportunities may arise. 
   
The report covers not only the new MVNO entrants but also critically reviews the existing resellers and MVNOs, providing a deep-dive into the existing and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Cable Manufacturers Industry Report - Asia</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3468-11444.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The Asian Cable Manufacturers Industry Report Plimsoll Publishing Ltd.  Do you know.... The top 7 best trading partners in the industry? Which company has the highest sales growth? Which companies have the highest levels of debt?  This report is an in-depth financial evaluation of the Asian Cable Manufacturers Industry. Using the unique Plimsoll method of analysis, each of the top 400 Asian Cable Manufacturers is individually assessed and ranked against each other and compared to industry averages. Using the most up-to-date financial information available, the two-page analysis provides detailed financial analysis for each organisation, including details of;    Sales growth    Trading stability   Profitability    Employee performance   Level of debt   Gearing ratio&rsquo;s   Creditor Exposure   Performance ratio&rsquo;s   Overall financial rating  Results are shown in graphical, numeric and narrative forms, and all individual analysis are measured in both the company&rsquo;s own currency, and USD ($) for ease of use. These individual analyses highlight a company&rsquo;s success just as easily ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Microwave Radio: From TDM to Packet</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R606-106.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Considerable research was done using the Internet. Information from various Web sites was studied and analyzed. Evaluation of publicly available marketing and technical publications was conducted. Telephone conversations and interviews were held with industry analysts, technical experts and executives. In addition to these interviews and primary research, secondary sources were used to develop a more complete mosaic of the market landscape, including industry and trade publications, conferences and seminars.
  
The overriding objective throughout the work has been to provide valid and relevant information. This has led to a continual review and update of the information content.
  
 Target Audience
  
This report audience includes a wide variety of technical, managerial and sales staff of IT departments working to support corporation communications networks. Equipment vendors can find in the report the survey of competing portfolios. For networks designers, this report explains microwave radio applications, benefits and issues. 
  
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Telecommunications Market In Poland 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R320-175.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Report Description:  
Telecommunications market in Poland 2009&rdquo; analyses the current situation and discusses the trends and development directions on the Polish telecommunications market in the years ahead. Each chapter contains the most up-to-date information on individual segments of the market (fixed line, mobile telephony and ISP markets) and presents profiles of the largest players in the industry. The report forecasts the development of the key market indicators and looks at the growth opportunities at each segment in the years to come.  
The professionals at PMR have also included the findings of their latest market survey. Results include assessments of the current market, existing and future opportunities and obstacles to success, technologies and services most likely to succeed on the Polish market and long term forecasts for market penetration rates in both 3G and fixed line telephony sectors.
  
Telecommunications market in Poland 2009, Development forecasts for 2009-2013 combines valuable business ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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