The FCC today adopted new procedures for collecting broadband availability information from network operators. The new FCC broadband data collection rules aim to address long-standing problems with the commission’s current broadband data and inaccurate broadband maps. But according to FCC…
While the U.S. cable operators in 2012 may generate over $7 billion in annual revenues providing telecommunications services to businesses, they “will be chasing a declining business telecom services segment” and face fierce competition from entrenched telco providers with very…
It isn’t hard to argue that mobile is the preferred way most people around the globe want to use voice services. Globally, there were 87 mobile phone subscriptions for every 100 people in 2011. There were in 2011 about 18…
How much can consumer spending on communications, including mobility services, broadband and other services continue to grow, as a percentage of total household spending? The answer to that question could well determine the health of the global telecom business. And…
It long has been a fixture of regulatory policy that different media have had distinct regulatory frameworks. In the U.S. market, the fundamental frameworks include unregulated “media,” partially regulated broadcasting and cable; and heavily-regulated common carrier services. That “regulation by…
The latest update of the Australian National Broadband Plan might suggest the financial risks fiber to the home networks represent, even in a scenario where there is a monopoly national wholesale network that sells capacity to all the country’s retail…
Sometimes we forget how fast the communications, Internet and device industries have solved problems that seemed intractable just several decades ago. Between 1995 and 2000, the world’s population rose by about eight percent. Meanwhile, the number of fixed network phone…
Access service providers do not much like the notion that they primarily are “pipe providers,” much less “dumb pipe” providers. That has lead to much consideration of how access providers can compete with the application providers (Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon,…
The latest iteration of the Australian National Broadband Plan might suggest the financial risks fiber to the home networks represent, even in a scenario where a single national wholesale network is able to sell capacity, access and services to 90…
Infonetics Research predicts “the PBX market is down slightly on a global basis in the second quarter of 2012, both sequentially and year-over-year, and enterprises generally remain cautious with their spending on telephony equipment.” “Sales of PBX systems in North…
There is little question that the U.S. broadband situation is “rapidly evolving,” as the Federal Communications Commission notes. Also, the 2010 National Broadband Plan recommended that the Commission “review and reset” its benchmarks every few years. So the FCC now…
The Federal Communications Commission has concluded that its 1999 rules on market-based special access rates “have not worked,” so the FCC is suspending its rules. The FCC says it has to conduct new studies, but most expect the FCC will…
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