Industry Analyst Reporter - Networks and Telecom NewsTekrati Industry Analyst Reporter News ServiceUndersea cable boom may create capacity oversupply in Pacific, says TeleGeography- April 21, 2008 The undersea cable business continues to be stuck in a cycle of feast, famine, and feast again, according to new data from TeleGeography. The Global Bandwidth Research Service reports that the undersea cable business is in the midst of a new investment boom, seven years after the first boom flooded the market with excess capacity. Even now, less than 25 percent of potential capacity on existing subsea cables on major subsea routes is active.http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10275/ Vietnam's Data Networking Revenue to Grow Five Fold, says Yankee Group- April 16, 2008 Vietnam is the next China in terms of emerging hot economies, according to Yankee Group. Currently, Vietnam is fueling Asia-Pacific data connectivity demand, with a CAGR of 39.5 percent between 2007 and 2012. As total corporate data revenue rises in Vietnam, there is tremendous growth potential for the country's data networking market.http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10255/ Telco IPTV Households Now 14 Million Worldwide, says Parks Associates- April 16, 2008 The number of households worldwide using telcoIPTV services grew from 4.7 million in 2006 to exceed 14 million in 2007, according to a research whitepaper by Parks Associates. Europe leads with nearly 60 percent of telcoIPTV households worldwide. The analysts define TelcoIPTV as landline-based multichannel and on-demand video services provided by a telephone operator. Free whitepaper.http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10253/ European Service Providers Drive Home Networking in Booming Worldwide Market, says Parks Associates- April 16, 2008 Home networking penetration worldwide will grow nearly 50 percent from 2006 to 2008, according to a new Parks Associates update on home networks in Europe. The research whitepaper finds that households with data networking solutions for broadband and file sharing, totaling 114 million at the end of 2006, will reach close to 170 million by the end of 2008. Free whitepaper.http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10252/ Fixed Mobile Convergence enables higher productivity, says Aberdeen Research- April 10, 2008 Best-in-Class organizations that have deployed Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions have benefited from significantly higher levels of employee performance and workflow efficiencies, according to a study by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks company, with underwriting from Siemens and Tango Networks. The report quantifies the benefits in employee performance of deploying a FMC solution. Free report, as of this posting.http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10239/ |