| This is our second annual survey of communications industry executives, engineers and consultants, along with government officials, journalists, and academicians who focus on the communications industry. This year’s survey centers on the impact that the recession is having on the communications industry, and on sentiments about the way the Obama administration and Congress are working to expand broadband availability across the country. More than half of respondents say they expect, with the federal government now providing grants to fuel broadband deployment, that the nation will achieve universal broadband availability within the next five to 10 years. But one-fourth of participants believe it will take more than a decade to reach that benchmark. And WiMAX is by far considered the emerging technology that will generate the biggest change in communications market dynamics over the course of the year. Details on these and other results are illustrated in more than 20 charts and graphs.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Demographics
- Results
- --Business Outlook
- Most Popular Applications for 2009
- Technologies to Watch
- Which Sectors Are the Most Vulnerable?
- How to Weather the Storm
- Biggest Threats
- --Policy
- Net Neutrality
- Defining Broadband
- Conclusions
- Appendix I
- --Survey Questions & Responses
- Appendix II
- --Sample of Individual Comments
TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Professional Status of Participants
Figure 2: Industry Segments Represented*
Figure 3: Types of Companies, Organizations Represented
Figure 4: What residential services will draw the strongest customer growth in 2009?
Figure 5: Cable Digital Phone Net Additions
Figure 6: Which applications will experience the largest jump in usage in 2009?
Figure 7: Sentiments toward advanced video services, by industry sector
Figure 8: Which business services will generate the greatest customer growth in 2009?
Figure 9: Which emerging broadband technologies will generate the biggest change in market dynamics?
Figure 10: Which industry sector will suffer most from the recession?
Figure 11: RBOC Access Lines and Broadband Subscribers
Figure 12: What is the best business strategy for communications companies during the recession?
Figure 13: What currently is the biggest threat to the health of the U.S. communications industry?
Figure 14: What economic trend will hurt service providers the most this year?
Figure 15: What will be the most positive change in the industry this year?
Figure 16: Confidence levels on Obama administration/Congress handling of telecom policy
Figure 17: Support for using government grants to spur broadband deployment
Figure 18: Sentiments about open access requirements for service providers
Figure 19: What is the minimum data speed that should meet the definition of broadband?
Figure 20: When will the U.S. achieve universal broadband coverage?
Figure 21: Which technology deserves the most government investment?
Figure 22: How optimistic are you that the U.S. will hold a sizeable lead in telecommunications innovation by the end of the next decade?
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Scott Sleek
Scott Sleek, Director of Pike & Fischer's Broadband Advisory Services, oversees the day-to-day operations of our market research services and leads the development of analytical publications and briefings. As part of his duties, Scott serves as Managing Editor of our online newsletter Broadband Daily. Scott also oversees the development of all Research Reports & Briefs and manages the Trackers & Projections database. He regularly tracks subscriber growth, market penetration and revenue growth in the markets for high-speed Internet, packet-switched telephony, interactive TV, wireless data and other forms of broadband communications and entertainment. Scott also fields all requests for customized research and works closely with customers to fulfill their market data and analysis needs. Scott has more than 20 years of experience as a writer, editor and researcher. Contact Scott at 301-562-1530, x291 / ssleek@pf.com.
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