Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac
Telecommunications Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies

A complete market research guide to the telecommunications industry - a tool for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research. Includes our famous trends analysis, technologies, statistical tables, glossary. Our profiles of the top 500 telecommunications companies worldwide - public and private.

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PLUNKETT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2011 CONTENTS A Short Telecommunications Industry Glossary x Introduction 1 How To Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Telecommunications Industry 7 1) Introduction to the Telecommunications Industry 7 2) A Brief History of Deregulation 9 3) Local Landline Service Suffers
Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack 10 4) 3G Cellular Systems, Including EV-DO, Are Enhanced/HSPA+ Offers High Speed Competition to 4G 11 5) Wi-Fi Accelerates 12 6) WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi 13 7) BlackBerry Use Soars, but Competition Grows 14 8) Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch Sell 50 Million Units, Raise User Expectations and Deliver Mobile Entertainment 15 9) Chinese, Indian and African Cellphone Markets Skyrocket 16 10) VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom 16 11) Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China 18 12) New Technology Will Give Fiber-Optic Network Owners a Break on Costs 18 13) TV over IP-Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market 19 14) Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction 20 15) Last Mile Challenges Tumble
Docsis 3.0 via Cable sets a 100 Mbps Standard 21 16) Cable Providers Compete Aggressively For Telephone and Internet Access Business 22 17) U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations 22 18) Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence 23 Chapter 2: Telecommunications Industry Statistics 26 Telecommunications Industry Overview 27 Quarterly Telecommunications Industry Revenue by Class of Customer, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2009 - 1st Quarter 2010 28 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Sources of Revenue &
Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 29 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Breakdown of Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2008 30 Top 10 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, U.S.: 2008-2009 31 The Baby Bells Then &
Now 32 Household Wired Telephone Subscribership, U.S.: November 1983-November 2009 33 Average Annual Household Expenditures for Telephone Service, U.S.: 1981-2008 35 Average Monthly Household Telecommunications Expenditures by Type of Provider, U.S.: 1995-2007 36 Annual Personal Consumption Expenditures on Telecommunications, U.S.: 1980-2009 37 Number of Payphones, U.S.: 1997-2007 38 Telecommunications Resellers, Estimated Sources of Revenue &
Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 39 Cellular &
Other Wireless Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue &
Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 40 Top Mobile Operators by Number of Subscribers, Worldwide 41 Internet Access Technologies Compared 42 Wireless Standards &
Speeds 43 Satellite Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue &
Expenses: 2005-2008 44 Paging, Estimated Sources of Revenue &
Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 45 Internet Service Providers: Estimated Sources of Revenue &
Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 46 Number of Business &
Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2002-2010 47 Cable &
Other Program Distribution, Estimated Sources of Revenue &
Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 48 Cable &
Other Program Distribution, Estimated Cable System &
Multichannel Video Distribution Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2008 49 U.S. Cable Network Statistics, 1986-2009 50 Top 25 U.S. Multichannel Video Programming Distributors as of March 2010 51 Quantity &
Value of Quarterly Shipments of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2009-1st Quarter 2010 52 Imports &
Exports of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 2004-1st Quarter 2010 54 Top 10 Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Companies, Worldwide: 2008-2009 55 Employment in the Telecommunications Industry, U.S.: 1990-2009 56 Chapter 3: Important Telecommunications Industry Contacts 57 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites Chapter 4: THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 450: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 85 Industry List, With Codes 86 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 88 Alphabetical Index 100 Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 104 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 108 Index of Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 111 Index of Firms with International Operations 119 Individual Profiles on each of THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 450 123 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 574 Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 576