Global - Broadband - Infrastructure Trends & Developments

Synopsis

Archived report. This report was archived in 2009 and has not been updated since. Telecommunications infrastructure costs form a very high proportion of global investment. With the Internet economy, digital media and other telecommunications activities becoming more established; the need for modern and efficient infrastructure is becoming more critical. The growing demand for broadband services has made this even more so. Some countries like Japan and Korea are leading in this area, but most countries are failing to keep pace with demand. This report critically discusses the infrastructure needs of the industry and provides an insight into the global developments taking place. The report provides a look at the current regional markets and includes introductory information on the costs of infrastructure.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Introduction
  
  • 2.1 IT applications driving broadband infrastructure
    
  • 2.2 Infrastructure competition
    
  • 2.3 Broadband capabilities
    
  • 2.4 Interactive multimedia
    
  • 2.5 Video could choke the Internet
    
• 3. Boom and bust cycle in local access
  
  • 3.1 Global infrastructure nearing collapse
    
  • 3.2 Wild growth in local access
    
  • 3.3 Dark fibre providers setting the scene
    
  • 3.4 Expect the bust in 2012/2013
    
  • 3.5 Financial world getting on board
    
  • 3.6 US regulatory model is bankrupt
    
  • 3.7 One minute to midnight
    
• 4. Electricity and broadband – a comparison
  
• 5. The costs of infrastructure
  
  • 5.1 Expensive public works
    
  • 5.2 Price elasticity is well above one
    
  • 5.3 Build and triple play will come
    
• 6. Network trends
  
  • 6.1 Insatiable need for bandwidth
    
  • 6.2 Bandwidth top priority for businesses
    
  • 6.3 Bandwidth stabilising
    
  • 6.4 Fixed will be wireless, wireless will be fixed
    
• 7. Municipality broadband – five years on
  
• 8. Voice over Broadband (VoBB)
  
• 9. Brief regional overview 2007/2008
  
  • 9.1 Western Europe
    
  • 9.2 USA
    
  • 9.3 Canada
    
  • 9.4 Latin America
    
  • 9.5 Asia
    
  • 9.6 Middle East
    
  • 9.7 Africa
    
• 10. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Global telecoms capital expenditure – 2006; 2010; 2015
• Table 2 – Worldwide VoBB subscribers – 2005 - 2008; 2011

• Exhibit 1 – Devices supported by types of broadband