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The Singapore Intelligence Report is the industry’s best available analysis on market trends, regulatory environments, and competitive dynamics, providing detailed competitive analysis on fixed and mobile sectors, tracking market adoption of new technologies and services such as WiMAX, IPTV, and VoIP. The report offers detailed analysis on Singapores business, political, and economic environments and takes an in-depth look at the regulatory framework - its structure, policies, and future outlook. The report explores trends and opportunities created by advancement and convergence in areas such as broadband, mobile, and voice services. It also provides an opportunity to benchmark your strategy against other power market players in the service and equipment arena.

Competition, TD-SCDMA rollout and policy changes are clouding China’s telecommunications operator space, according to new report Recent regulatory and competitive changes in the Chinese telecommunications industry have led to a great deal of debate among industry analysts about the future of one of…

The 2009 Trendology report on the U.S. Wired Telecommunications industry characterizes the industry in three descriptive methods: qualitative analysis, quantitative data and lists of major industry players.

The written analysis includes financial issues, technology issues, human resources issues, supplier issues, consumer issues, government regulations, global factors, major industry news highlights, major earnings and profit reports, major mergers and acquisitions, and our exclusive industry SWOT analysis (industry internal strengths, internal weaknesses, external opportunities and external threats).

Along with the trend analysis, quantitative data includes five-year trends (2006-2010) on number of establishments, industry and number of employees. This data is developed through Trendologys economic model using regression analysis based on historical industry trend data. Forecasts are available for 2010. Quantitative data for current year 2009 is provided for the U.S., 50 U.S. states, and 900 metro areas.

The report also lists up to ten of the industrys major players, their current sales and stock symbol (for public companies). Color charts and graphs run throughout the report to highlight trends and are ready for presentations and displays. Links to Internet sources in the report are useful for additional research and data gathering.

Poland: Netia Aims Higher Following Its Acquisition of Tele2

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On September 15, 2008, Polands Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKIK) granted Netia, the largest alternative broadband and fixed telephony provider, authorization to acquire Tele2 Polska, another alternative broadband and fixed operator, for roughly US$50m. As a result of the merger, Netia has been able to increase its broadband client base to 400,000 and its fixed voice service client base to more than 1m, thus becoming the leading alternative service provider in Poland. Netias ambitions are to expand its services portfolio, as is evident from its introduction of IPTV and mobile services.

Pyramid Research believes that Netia will be able to improve its performance and challenge TPSAs position, thanks to synergies and economies of scale resulting from the Tele2 merger, the immediate increase of its voice and broadband market share, and its introduction of triple play.

IPTV Success Factors in CEE: Weak Pay-TV Competition, High Broadband Penetration and Affordability

IPTV is on the rise in CEE: Some operators reported promising H1 2008 results, and some are just preparing to launch. Czech Telefónica O2 reported 98,000 IPTV subscribers; In Poland, TPSA had 54,000 IPTV subscribers; Russian Svyazinvest served around 50,000 IPTV customers. IPTV was launched this year in Ukraine and Belarus, and Romanian incumbent Romtelecom is planning to launch IPTV by the end of this year. Alternative operators in several CEE countries have plans to launch IPTV.

It is clear that the success of IPTV has not been even across the region, and this trend is set to continue. The Czech Republic is so far the most successful IPTV market. What makes it so suitable for IPTV? The author believes that IPTV will succeed in relatively wealthy markets with high broadband penetration and low pay-TV competition — such as the Czech Republic and Poland. In markets with low broadband penetration and strong pay-TV competition, such as Romania, IPTV providers would have to offer strong incentives to the customer to make IPTV popular. Russia and some other young broadband and pay-TV markets would have to address the affordability issue to make IPTV truly successful.

This UK and Ireland Annual Publication, ‘2008 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in the UK and Ireland’, profiles two countries key to Europe’s telecoms landscape In this report we present an overview of the telecom markets in the UK and Ireland, together with product offerings for both the mobile and…

This research-based paper reports on United States consumer awareness of directory assistance/enquiry (DA/DQ) pricing It then examines in detail the awareness of pricing by type of phone, by carrier and by how each type of telephone is used This research revealed a pronounced lack of price awareness…

This highly detailed global forecast provides an in-depth view into the key factors driving the DA/DQ market worldwide It is the most complete and accurate forecast available for the DA/DQ market and was created with input from carriers worldwide This Report Features: - 113 Charts and Tables (See…

The data of this report partly come from such authorities as State Statistics Bureau, industry associations, and our research center has obtained first-hand information through field research and interviewing with specialists The report analyzes China’s paper-making industry in terms of production…

This report provides a detailed look at some of the most innovative and successful implementations of enhanced directory assistance/enquiry features in markets around the globe It provides an analysis of each implementation as well as an overview of which elements could be duplicated in other…