| It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... | | | | With voice revenues shrinking faster than carriers' |
| Those words that began one of histories great novels | | | | abilities to cut costs, landline and cellular companies are |
| (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities) could very | | | | turning to IP technology to help reduce overal costs of |
| well reflect some of the sentiment that is going on | | | | operations. The upside of this shift to IP |
| now world markets and industries. | | | | communications technologies is that customers should |
| As bad as things sound, and between all the talk and | | | | see a downward trend in costs over the next half |
| banter of worldwide recession, financial meltdowns, | | | | decade. The downside is that networks will be |
| global meltdown and the imminent end of the world in | | | | increasingly more susceptible to outside attacks, an |
| general, the telecommunications industry's future | | | | alarming issue that was rarely seen or considered in |
| seems quite bright, thank you very much. | | | | traditional phone networks of the past 100 years. |
| In fact, worldwide telecommunications industry | | | | "The Future of Telecommunications 2008-2013″ |
| revenues are expected to grow at a healthy rate of | | | | evaluates revenue and subscriber growth in North |
| eight percent over the next 5 years, according to a | | | | America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Americas, and Africa. |
| new market analysis study done by INSIGHT | | | | Capital expenditures are also estimated by region and |
| Research Corporation. | | | | equipment class. |
| Telecommunications revenue, including narrowband | | | | The full 119-page report contains considerable detail, but |
| and broadband landline, wireless and cellular services, | | | | you can download a free report excerpt, table of |
| as well as Internet communications are expected to | | | | contents to decide on purchasing or not. The report |
| grow from $2.1 trillion in 2008 to more than $3 trillion by | | | | does not come cheap - a hard copy will set you back |
| 2013 even as margins on traditional voice-related | | | | $3995. PDF copies are also available at a discount. |
| products continue contracting and the industry | | | | Get your free sample, excerpt, table of contents here, |
| responds by shifting to an Internet Protocol (IP) | | | | or call (973) 541-9600 for more details. |
| communications fabric. | | | | |