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2006
Edition
ISBN 1-59392-710-X
PDF $99.99
30 Pages
August
2005
A summary version our Plunkett's Telecommunication
Industry Almanac 2006. Topics include: 1) Introduction to
the Telecommunications Industry; 2) Local Service Demand
Declines; Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack; 3)
Mergers and Acquisitions Redefine Telecom Providers; 4)
Wi-Fi Accelerates; 5) Cellular Proliferation and Consolidation;
6) Wireless Cities and Municipal Wi-Fi Broadband Systems;
7) Telcos Dive into Wi-Fi; 8) Deregulation Evolves; 9) VOIP
Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom; 10) New
Technologies Combine Cell Phones with VOIP; 11) Telecom
Equipment Makers Gear Up for VOIP While Manufacturers in
China Gain Huge Market Share; 12) New Technology Will Give
Fiber Optic Network Owners a Break on Costs; 13) TV over
IP—Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market;
14) Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Mass Broadband Markets
Emerge; 15) Cable Providers Compete Aggressively For Telephone
Business; 16) Fiber-to-the-Home Gains Traction; 17) Services
Available via Ultra-High-Speed Broadband are Imaginative,
Futuristic; 18) The U.S. Remains Far Behind in Broadband
Deployment and Access Speeds.
