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2001 MultiMedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast

Published: December 2000

$995 - Print copy
Overview: 2001 MultiMedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast
For more than 26 years, manufacturers, distributors, consultants and financial analysts have relied on the MultiMedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast for strategic planning. The report provides an overview of telecom's interrelated market segments that cannot be found in any other single publication.

The 2001 MultiMedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast details how customer demands for capacity, speed and mobility are driving market growth across all sectors; tracks developments following the Telecommunications Act, FCC spectrum auctions and other regulatory policies; and provides data on other industry trends, such as the relative growth of public and private network solutions and the impact of the Internet on all market segments. For a broader perspective, the book reports on economic, technological and regulatory changes within the context of the United States and global economies.

This report also provides the most accurate view of each market's size and growth by using clearly defined parameters for convergent solutions such as computer telephony integration and private branch exchange. For just a fraction of what you'd spend to get this information elsewhere, you'll receive comprehensive data on equipment and services markets, both traditional and emerging, as well as more than 150 detailed graphs and tables, including an overview of the U.S. and international telecom equipment and services markets. You'll also find over 300 pages of information on local/long distance service, cellular and personal communication services, integrated services digital network, asynchronous transfer mode and frame relay, the Internet, voice processing and more.

A Comprehensive Report Covering Every Major Industry Segment:
  • Network Services & Equipment
  • Voice/Data Communications
    Internet
  • Public and Private Networks
  • Mobile and Wireless Comm.
  • Computer Telephone Integration
  • LAN-WAN/Internetworking
  • Collaborative Technologies
  • Customer Premises Equipment
  • Distribution Channels
  • International Markets
  • Public Policy
  • International Markets
  • Computer Telephone Integration
  • Call Centers
  • Distribution Channels

Key Findings and Forecasts in the New 2001 Edition Portray
  • What new applications are driving investment in bandwidth
  • What service providers will spend on equipment to deliver these applications and on systems integration services
  • Why, despite excess capacity spending on fiber continues to accelerate
  • Relative rates at which ILECs and cable companies are deploying fiber deeper into neighborhoods
  • How soon Data CLECs will reach 50 percent of businesses and households
  • What percentage of the DSL market CLECs comprise
  • Timetables for wireless 3G and intermediate 2.5G technology to reach the U.S. and the impact of the demand for wireless access to the Internet
  • How fast the unified messaging market is evolving in the enterprise and service provider environments

Table of Contents

Chapter I - Industry Overview

  • Industry Overview
    • Overview
    • Economic Drivers
    • Technology Drivers
    • Public Policy Drivers
    • Summary
    • Network Services
    • Convergent Solutions
    • Mobile and Wireless Communications
    • Collaborative Technologies
    • Computer-Telephone Integration
    • Channels
    • International
  • Public Policy Developments
    • Local Competition
    • Access Charges
    • Industry Consolidation
    • Spectrum Auctions
    • Open Access
    • Toll-Free Numbers
    • Truth in Billing
    • 911 Service
    • Public Payphones
    • Accessibility Rules
    • Local Number Portability
    • CALEA
    • Microsoft Ruling

Chapter II - The Network Services Market

  • Network Services Overview
    • Introduction
    • The Telecommunications Act of 1996
    • IP Networks
    • Network Services
    • Toll Services
    • Equipment and Facilities
    • Softswitches
    • Directory Assistance
  • Local Exchange Service Market
    • Introduction
    • Collocation
    • Revenues
    • Numbering Codes
    • Cramming
    • Internet Access
    • IXC Competition
    • Consolidation
    • Industry Spending Trends
    • The Outlook for the Local Exchange Market
  • The Interexchange Market
    • Introduction
    • Area Codes
    • Slamming
    • Competition
    • Pricing
    • Dial-Around
    • International Long Distance
    • The Outlook for the Interexchange Market
  • Equipment and Facilities
    • Telecommunications Equipment
    • Services in Support of Network Infrastructure Equipment
    • Optical Fiber
    • Synchronous Optical Network and Wavelength Division Multiplexing
  • 800/900 Services
    • The Toll-Free Market
    • History
    • The Internet
    • Global Toll-Free Service
    • The Outlook for the Toll-Free Market
    • The Pay-Per-Call Market
    • The Outlook for the Pay-Per-Call Market
  • Public Payphones/Calling Cards
    • Public Payphones
    • The Telecommunications Act of 1996
    • Payphone Basics
    • Recent Developments
    • Web Payphones
    • The Outlook for the Public Payphone Market
    • Calling Cards
    • Recent Developments

Chapter III - Convergent Solutions

  • Convergent Solutions Overview
    • Introduction
    • Recent Developments
    • Implications of Convergence for the PBX Market
    • The Outlook for Carriers
    • The Outlook for VOIP
    • End-User Spending on Voice and Data Equipment
    • Enterprise Spending on Maintenance, Support, and Technical Services
    • The Total Voice/Data Market
  • The PBX Market
    • Introduction
    • Recent Trends
    • Wireless PBXs
    • Distribution Channels
    • The Outlook for PBX
  • The Key Telephone Systems Market
    • Introduction
    • Recent Trends
    • Distribution Channels
    • The Outlook for KTS/Hybrid Systems
  • Centrex
    • Introduction
    • Recent Trends
    • Current Marketplace Conditions
    • The Outlook for Centrex
  • Voice Processing Systems/Service Market
    • Introduction
    • Voice Messaging Equipment
    • Interactive Voice Response Equipment
    • Automatic Call Distributors
    • Predictive Dialing
  • Voice Processing Services
    • Unified Messaging
    • The Total Voice Processing Market
  • The Consumer Telecommunications Equipment Market
  • LAN-WAN/Internetworking Equipment
    • Introduction
    • The Data Communications and Internetworking Equipment Market
  • Remote Access
    • Analog Modems
    • Cable Modems
    • Digital Subscriber Line
  • The T1/T3 Market
    • Introduction
    • Technology
    • T3
    • The Market for Leased Lines
  • ISDN
    • Introduction
    • Advantages of ISDN
    • Pricing
  • Frame Relay
    • Introduction
    • Technology
    • Advantages of Frame Relay
    • Current Marketplace Conditions
    • Pricing
    • The Outlook for Frame Relay
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode
    • Introduction
    • Technology
    • ATM and Its Competition
    • The Outlook for ATM
  • Switched Multimegabit Data Service
    • Introduction
    • Advantages of SMDS
    • The Outlook for SMDS

Chapter IV - The Mobile and Wireless Communications Market

  • Mobile and Wireless Communications Overview
    • Summary
    • Wireless Communications Services
      • Cellular
      • PCS
      • Paging
      • SMR
      • LMDS
      • Fixed Wireless
      • The Overall Wireless Services Market
      • Distribution 169
      • Third-Generation Wireless Technology
      • Bluetooth Technology
      • Wireless Communications Handsets
      • Wireless Infrastructure
      • The Total Wireless Communications Market
  • The Cellular Market
    • Introduction
    • Bundled Services
    • Calling Party Pays
    • Competition
    • Digital Cellular
    • Cellular Infrastructure
    • Cellular Handsets
    • The Outlook for Cellular Services
  • The Personal Communications Services Market
    • Introduction
    • PCS Auctions
    • The PCS Service Market
    • PCS Infrastructure
    • PCS Handsets
    • Unlicensed PCS
    • In-Building Wireless
  • The Paging and Messaging Market
    • Introduction
    • Competition
    • Paging Services Spending
    • Paging Handsets
  • The SMR Market
  • The Mobile Satellite Market
    • Broadband Services
  • The Mobile Data Market
    • Local Multipoint Distribution Services

Chapter V - Collaborative Technologies

  • Videoconferencing
    • Telemedicine
    • Videocollaboration
    • The Outlook for Videoconferencing
  • Data Conferencing
    • Groupware
  • Audioconferencing
  • Distribution

Chapter VI - Computer-Telephone Integration

  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Formal Call Centers
  • Non-Formal Call Centers
  • The Outlook for CTI

Chapter VII - International Markets

  • International Telecommunications Review
    • Overview
    • Landlines
    • Wireless Communications
    • The Impact of Economic Downturns
    • The Overall Telecommunications Market
    • Trade in Telecommunications Equipment
    • Exports
    • Imports
  • The North American Market
    • The Mexican Market
    • The Canadian Market
  • The Western European Market
  • The Eastern European Market
  • The Latin American Market
  • The Asia/Pacific Market
  • The Asian Economic Crisis
    • The Telecommunications Market
    • Indonesia
    • China
    • Japan

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