This report discusses strategies that telecom companies can adopt to prepare for
the network and service transformation that will occur during the next decade. This report will discuss how the industry will generate profits with increasing traffic volumes by improving its efficiency through the simplification of services and networks and through the adoption of low cost technologies. It will also discuss the new partnerships and new forms of industry consolidation in order to fully exploit the opportunities that will result from this transformation.
Table of Contents :
1 Overview of Key Trends 7
1.1 Continuing Traffic Growth 7
1.2 IP for data, voice, and video 8
1.3 Ethernet and Fiber for Service Delivery 9
1.4 IP Packet for Wireless 9
1.5 IP and Ethernet for Transport 10
1.6 Green Telecom for Carbon Reduction 11
1.7 The Wild Cards 11
2 Converged Services 12
2.1 Multimedia and Entertainment 12
2.2 Consumer and Business Wireless Services 15
2.3 Consumer and Business Data Services 16
2.4 Consumer and Business VoIP Services 17
2.5 Bundled and Integrated Consumer Services 17
2.6 Content Distribution and Other Internet Services 18