Telecom Industry

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Telecom Industry
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Fixed Line Telecom
US Telecom Industry
Cellular / Mobile Industry
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Telecom Industry

Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. In modern times, this process typically involves the sending of electromagnetic waves by electronic transmitters, but in earlier times telecommunication may have involved the use of smoke signals, drums or semaphore or heliograph. Today, telecommunication is widespread and devices that assist the process, such as the television, radio and telephone, are common in many parts of the world. There are also many networks that connect these devices, including computer networks, public telephone networks, radio networks and television networks. Computer communication across the Internet is one of many examples of telecommunication.

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In highly sensitive markets where the government has failed to operate public telecommunication companies efficiently or even regulate the industry effectively, we believe the best solution is to deregulate the market. This will remove the burden from the government to assure what is best for consumers as natural competition will take care of this. Furthermore, it will save government resources that could be used for other social improvements such as education, healthcare, or infrastructure.

Fixed Line Telecom

Land-line or fixed-line telecommunication is over 125 years old and, up until the recent past, was defined as a telephone line that traveled through metal wire or optical fiber as part of a nationwide telephone network. Because revenues will continue to decrease for traditional local and long-distance voice service due to the advent of wireless telephony and VoIP, fixed-line telephony companies now also provide broadband data and voice as well as managed networking services to enterprise customers, as well as wholesale network capacity, all over fixed wirelines.

Data transport services account for the next largest fixed-line revenue stream, and consists primarily of DS1s and DS3s (types of dedicated high-capacity lines), and SONET (a dedicated high-speed solution for multi-site businesses) technology. These transport services largely serve the needs of enterprise customers who have large bandwidth requirements. A third income stream, Internet and IP, includes revenues earned from Internet, DSL, IP-VPN, and other IP services such as hosting. Most of this revenue consists of Internet backbone and DSL services. Also, while declining in number, slow-speed dialup Internet access users using fixed-wireline still make up a significant percentage of total Internet users. VoIP technology has enabled the fixed-line cable industry to directly compete with traditional voice carriers because they too can now offer voice and data services, along with video, which is called a "triple-play." Phone carrier have also made it their goal to offer these three "bundled" services through high speed DSL or Fiber-to-the-premises lines. In the short run, there is enough demand for fixed-line broadband that both cable and DSL providers are still seeing high subscriber growth, and most analysts agree that the phone carriers will be able to offer a triple play soon enough, if not already to select markets.

US Telecom Industry

US fixed line telecommunications industry review

major players: AT&T (ATT)

Cellular / Mobile Industry

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Motorola

Asian telcos are eyeing the US market — NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and other large Asian cellular operators have always been interested in the United States market, but past investments haven’t worked out well for them. The upcoming 700MHz auction, however, may provide them with a useful overseas toehold, especially if Google places a winning bid. More from BusinessWeek.

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