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 USA - Broadband Market - Broadband over Power Line (BPL)
Broadband over Powerline (BPL), or Powerline Communication (PLC), potentially enables electric utilities to become triple play communications providers with minimal infrastructure investment. With support from the US government and the FCC, ongoing resolution of technology problems, the development of global standards, major equipment suppliers entering the market, and over 100 trials around the country some of which are becoming commercial, BPL is poised to become a major new entrant to the US telecommunications market. In particular, BPL is likely to play a role in areas underserved by DSL and cable. However, the case for BPL is being driven not only by the increasing demand for triple play services, but also by energy efficiency requirements. Global warming is placing increasing pressure on utilities to increase energy efficiency, thereby driving development of ‘smart meter' and ‘smart grid' technology which would utilise BPL networks. Nevertheless, a number of technological hurdles face the BPL industry and global standards need to be finalised before large scale deployments will eventuate.
Last Update: 12 Apr 2007 Number of Pages: 24
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USA - Broadband Market - Cable modem & DSL - Analysis, Statistics & Forecasts
In the US broadband market, whilst cable modem still retains the majority of broadband subscribers, DSL trails close behind. Moreover, at the end of 2006 the rate of subscriber growth of DSL was one and a half times that of cable broadband. Accordingly, DSL subscribers are expected to exceed cable subscribers by early 2008. The DSL segment is dominated by AT&T and Verizon, whilst cable exhibits greater competition with the major cable broadband providers being Comcast and Time Warner. The facilities-based competition between the telcos and the cable companies has remained a principal driver behind the increasing broadband growth, affordability and innovation from 2000 to 2006. DSL and cable modem growth rates are expected to decline over the next five years as household penetration reaches saturation and fibre networks become widely deployed. In the longer term, other broadband access technologies such as WiMAX, BPL and satellite and will start to impact the cable and DSL sectors. This report provides overviews, analysis and statistics of the US cable and DSL broadband markets.
Last Update: 13 Apr 2007 Number of Pages: 15
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USA - Broadband Market - Fibre to the Home (FttH) Overview & Forecasts
Despite plans during the mid-1990s to deploy fibre to over 12 million homes, by mid-2006 only four million FttH homes were passed of which a mere 670,000 had become subscribers. The years of unrealised fibre projects have left the USA trailing far behind Asia in the deployment of FttH infrastructure in terms of both geographic penetration and bandwidth. Recent changes in US regulation, in the demand for high-speed broadband and for new entertainment media such as IPTV and in falling costs for FttH deployment have all improved the prospects for US FttH. In particular, the loss of voice and broadband revenue to the MSOs has forced the RBOCs' hands and the USA is finally starting to witness a more concerted fibre deployment effort. Led by Verizon, the RBOCs are committing billions of dollars in building fibre networks. In addition, CLEC and municipal FttH deployments grew at around 80% during 2005/06. Over the next 10 years, the USA could catch up with Asia in FttH deployments. The issue then will be the extent of dominance which the RBOCs, aided by regulatory holidays and their mega-mergers, will gain not just in the infrastructure market, but also in the triple play services market.
Last Update: 17 Jul 2006 Number of Pages: 19
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USA - Broadband Market - Wireless Broadband
Wireless broadband encompasses WiFi, WiMAX, Multipoint Distribution Services and satellite DTH. All these can deliver triple play services and have the potential to compete effectively with cable and DSL in the broadband market. In the USA, WiFi outlets are increasingly commonplace in public places, offices and homes. Municipal WiFi services are rapidly emerging in the major cities and towns. The mobile WiMAX standard was approved in December 2005 and products are being rapidly developed for certification. VoIP enables WiFi and WiMAX to deliver cheap voice services, which threatens to disrupt cellular 3G. Satellite broadband will soon deliver 2Mb/s broadband. Increasing customer demand for greater bandwidth, together with rapidly improving technologies has boosted interest and investment in wireless broadband as an alternative access technology to the local loop. In August 2006 Sprint Nextel announced its intention to deploy an extensive 4G network utilising mobile WiMAX to reach 100 million people.
Last Update: 24 Jan 2007 Number of Pages: 22
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USA - Convergence - Digital TV and Interactive TV
Although the FCC extended the date for mandatory analogue switch-off by three years to February 2009, the transition to digital TV continued to gather pace in 2005 and 2006. Simultaneously, the terrestrial, cable and satellite broadcasters added new high-definition programming to their schedules. The interactive capabilities of digital TV has witnessed the growth of video-on-demand services, whilst sales of digital video recorders and high-definition TV sets gathered momentum. The uptake of digital TV has led to the convergence of video with telecommunications and broadband Internet access. The market is thus moving to a triple play model in which the telcos, with their extensive fibre network deployments and new Internet Protocol television offerings, are likely to become the major force. The other significant change expected during 2007 to 2010 will be the increasing use of downloading as a means of video consumption.
Last Update: 23 Jan 2007 Number of Pages: 30
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