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USA - Mobile, Broadband, Digital Media and ForecastsNEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: USA - Mobile, Broadband, Digital Media and Forecasts http://www.reportlinker.com/p0578483/USA---Mobile-Broadband-Digital-Media-and-Forecasts.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Mobile_Telephony Broadband and 4G networks spearhead telecommunication market developments Buddecomm's latest USA Annual Publication, '2010/11 Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in the USA', details the fixed-line, mobile and broadband markets in the USA. The publication also examines Internet trends and the emergence of new telecommunication services such as VoIP and IPTV. The report also profiles developments in the broader digital economy, including smart energy grids and the nascent e-health, e-government and e-education sectors. US mobile subscriber numbers increased to over 300 million by early 2011. Although penetration levels are reaching saturation, mobile data revenues increased by around 23% year-over-year to December 2010 and are expected to continue to grow at very high rates between 2010 and 2015. Increases in data ARPU in particular are largely offsetting the ongoing decline in ARPU for voice services. In early 2011 the US was still trailing its OECD counterparts in terms of broadband penetration, speed and affordability. Nevertheless, the market is currently witnessing significant investment activity in FttH deployments, DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades, mobile broadband network rollout and municipal wireless broadband activity. Despite the growing developments in FttH, WiMAX and 3G networks, broadband service in most regions is still generally limited to one DSL and one cable operator. Strong subscriber and revenue growth rates during 2010 have confirmed VoIP's position as a widely used telecommunications service in the US. This report contains overviews, analyses and detailed statistics of the US fixed-line, mobile and broadband markets including their sub-markets such as DSL, cable, FttH, wireless broadband, utilities broadband, the Internet, VoIP and IPTV. Key Highlights: The US mobile industry has shown considerable growth since 1999, reaching over 96% subscriber penetration by early 2011. By early 2011 the big-three mobile operators (AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel) held around 79% of the market, and the big-four (including T-Mobile) around 90%. In March 2011, however, AT&T announced it had agreed to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telecom, a deal which would consolidate AT&T as the dominant wireless provider in the US with the acquisition of a further 33 million subscribers. Meanwhile Verizon is expected to increase its market share during 2011/12 following the launch of its iPhone offering in February 2011. The launch came after more than four years during which AT&T enjoyed exclusivity with the hot-selling iPhone. Furthermore, the strong growth of Android will also aid subscriber growth of Verizon, the primary carrier of Android handsets in the US. The Android handsets have also underpinned Verizon's data revenue growth of around 25% in 2010.Following the decisions by AT&T and Verizon to adopt LTE as their 4G platforms, the Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX network appeared to be rethinking its strategy. In August 2010 Clearwire announced plans to conduct trials of rival 4G LTE technology, in the hope of creating a 'multi-mode WiMAX/LTE network'. Similarly, in June 2011 Sprint revealed plans to deploy LTE technology over a 15 year period. By early 2011 cable subscriber numbers surpassed 42 million, with growth slowing from around 12% in 2008 to around 6% in 2010. Meanwhile, DSL subscriber numbers approximated 34 million with growth rates of around 3% being somewhat lower than the previous year of 6%. Hence in early 2011 the US continued to linger at around 14th on the OECD broadband penetration tables, down from 4th place in 2001. In addition, the US ranks around 29th in the OECD in terms of average broadband speeds.Nevertheless, by early 2011 many cable operators had achieved their DOCSIS 3.0 upgrade homes-passed goals, with some companies shifting their focus to their hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) plants. Similarly, by March 2011 the number of homes passed by FttH was approximately 20.9 million. Of homes passed, over 7 million were receiving television, high-speed Internet and/or telephony services over these networks. During 2010 and early 2011 it became increasingly clear that mobile VoIP will become a major segment of the VoIP market over the coming years. For instance, a report released in mid-2011 found that almost 25% of Internet-using American adults were making telephone calls over the Internet via such providers as Skype and Vonage. Note: all dollar amounts are US$ unless otherwise stated. 1. Internet Market 1.1 Overview 1.2 Broadband development 1.3 Net neutrality 1.4 Internet trends and statistics 1.5 VoIP market 1.5.1 Overview 1.5.2 VoIP statistics 1.5.3 VoIP regulation 1.5.4 VoIP technology in the US 1.5.5 Major VoIP providers 2. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) Market 2.1 Analysis 2.2 Overview 2.3 FttH network rollout 2.4 Policy and regulation framework 2.4.1 National broadband plan 2.4.2 Network Neutrality regulation 2.4.3 Video franchise rules 2.5 Public (ILEC, CLEC and Municipal) FttH networks 2.6 RBOC FttH roll-out 2.6.1 Verizon 2.6.2 AT&T 2.6.3 Qwest 3. Broadband Market 3.1 Key Broadband highlights 3.2 US broadband market 3.2.1 Broadband market overview 3.2.2 Broadband market statistics 3.3 Policy and regulation framework 3.3.1 Network regulation Overview 3.3.2 Broadband stimulus package 3.3.3 FCC's National Broadband Plan 3.4 Cable broadband 3.4.1 Cable broadband overview 3.4.2 Cable broadband statistics 3.5 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) 3.5.1 DSL overview 3.5.2 DSL statistics 3.6 Fixed wireless broadband 3.6.1 Overview 3.6.2 WiFi 3.6.3 WiMAX 3.6.4 Municipal wireless broadband 3.6.5 Satellite broadband 4. Digital Media / Digital Economy 4.1 Overview and analysis 4.2 E-services 4.2.1 E-entertainment 4.2.2 E-health 4.2.3 E-government 4.2.4 E-education 4.2.5 Smart grids 4.2.6 Email 4.3 E-commerce, m-commerce and online advertising 4.3.1 E-commerce 4.3.2 M-commerce 4.3.3 Online advertising 5. Mobile Communications 5.1 Market overview and analysis 5.2 Mobile statistics 5.2.1 Market statistics 5.2.2 Mobile carrier statistics 5.2.3 ARPU statistics 5.3 Mobile broadband developments 5.3.1 Third Generation mobile (3G) 5.3.2 LTE 5.3.3 Wi-Fi-enabled phones 5.3.4 WiMAX-enabled phones 5.4 Mobile data applications 5.4.1 Overview 5.4.2 Mobile Internet 5.4.3 Mobile music 5.4.4 Mobile TV 5.4.5 Mobile VOIP 5.4.6 Non-voice messaging 6. Forecasts 6.1 Mobile forecasts 6.2 Broadband forecasts 6.3 FttH forecasts 6.4 VoIP market forecasts to 2015 7. Glossary of Abbreviations Table 1 - Worldwide Internet penetration by region - 2011 Table 2 - Select OECD countries' broadband penetration - 2001; 2010 Table 3 - Top ten ranking by country for Internet users - June 2010 Table 4 - US average monthly web usage - 2008 - 2011 Table 5 - Top 10 sectors by share of US Internet time - 2009 - 2010 Table 6 - Top 10 search providers and share of market - June 2010 Table 7 - Top ten US websites by parent company, audience and time spent - May 2010 Table 8 - Fastest growing web categories: visitors and monthly growth - March 2010 Table 9 - VoIP subscribers of major providers - 2007 - 2011 Table 10 - FttH homes passed and connected - 2001 - 2011 Table 11 - FttH market share by type of provider - 2006 - 2010 Table 12 - Broadband lines by major technology - 2005 - 2010 Table 13 - Top cable and DSL providers, subscribers and market share - 2011 Table 14 - Broadband subscribers and population penetration in selected OECD countries - 2001; 2010 Table 15 - USA broadband penetration and OECD ranking - 2001 - 2011 Table 16 - USA broadband speeds compared to top 5 OECD ranked countries - 2010 Table 17 - US cable industry infrastructure expenditure - 2000 - 2011 Table 18 - Top 10 cable MSOs' coverage, subscribers and penetration by technology - 2010 Table 19 - Subscribers for top cable modem providers - 2004 - 2011 Table 20 - DSL subscribers by major carrier - 2003 - 2009 Table 21 - Online US video usage - January 2011 Table 22 - Top US online video sites statistics - January 2011 Table 23 - Ten largest US social networking sites and forums - April 2011 Table 24 - Source of spam by country - 2010 Table 25 - Spam content pitched by category - 2011 Table 26 - Fastest growing US retail e-commerce categories - 2009 - 2010 Table 27 - Online retail sales - 2003 - 2011 Table 28 - Mobile banking growth by country - 2010 - 2011 Table 29 - Online advertising revenues and annual change - 2000 - 2011 Table 30 - Online advertising revenue by category - 2009 - 2010 Table 31 - Prepaid subscriber numbers and market share - 2008 - 2010 Table 32 - Mobile subscribers and penetration - 2008 - 2011 Table 33 - Mobile market ARPU, revenues, usage statistics and annual change - 2008 - 2010 Table 34 - Mobile market revenue, roamer revenue, ARPU and employees - 2000 - 2010 Table 35 - Mobile subscribers by major operator - 2002 - 2010 Table 36 - Mobile major operator subscriber market share - 2008 - 2011 Table 37 - ARPU of major operators - 2008 - 2010 Table 38 - Average local monthly bill and average local call length - 2000 - 2010 Table 39 - Forecast mobile broadband users and mobile services revenue growth - lower growth scenario - 2011 - 2016 Table 40 - Forecast mobile broadband users and mobile revenue growth - higher growth scenario - 2011 - 2016 Table 41 - Forecast broadband subscribers and penetration - lower growth scenario - 2010 - 2016 Table 42 - Forecast broadband subscribers and penetration - higher growth scenario - 2010 - 2016 Table 43 - Forecast FttH homes passed, connected and penetration - low growth scenario - 2011 - 2016 Table 44 - Forecast FttH homes passed, connected and penetration - high growth scenario - 2011 - 2016 Chart 1 - US Internet users and penetration - 2000 - 2011 Chart 2 - Total monthly US online searches - 2004 - 2010 Chart 3 - Cable VoIP subscribers - 2003 - 2011 Chart 4 - FttH Video homes connected - 2001 - 2011 Chart 5 - Non-RBOC and overall FttH take-up rates - 2002 - 2011 Chart 6 - Broadband (fixed and fixed-wireless) subscribers and penetration - 2000 - 2011 Chart 7 - Broadband (fixed and fixed-wireless) household penetration - 2000 - 2011 Chart 8 - US cable modem subscribers and annual change - 2000 - 2011 Chart 9 - DSL subscribers - 2000 - 2011 Chart 10 - Top 10 US online gaming sites - December 2010 Chart 11 - Zombie IPs by country - 2011 Chart 12 - Top 10 countries hosting malware - 2011 Chart 13 - Online advertising revenues share by industry category - 2009 - 2010 Chart 14 - Mobile subscribers and annual change - 2000 - 2011 Chart 15 - Customer churn rate of national carriers - 2001 - 2010 Chart 16 - Forecast fixed VoIP and mobile VoIP users - lower growth scenario - 2011 - 2015 Chart 17 - Forecast fixed VoIP and mobile VoIP users - higher growth scenario - 2011 - 2015 Exhibit 1 - Components of network convergence Exhibit 2 - Major telco VoIP developments Exhibit 3 - Major OTT VoIP developments Exhibit 4 - Status of RBOC fibre network build out Exhibit 5 - Cable broadband drives cable VoIP Exhibit 6 - Sprint 4G on the Clearwire WiMAX network To order this report: Mobile Telephony Industry: USA - Mobile, Broadband, Digital Media and Forecasts Mobile Telephony Business News More Market Research Report Check our Company Profile, SWOT and Revenue Analysis! 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