Mar 4 2013
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "USA - Fixed and Wireless Broadband Market - Insights Statistics and Forecasts" report to their offering.
The US still trails its OECD counterparts in terms of broadband penetration, speed and affordability. Nevertheless, the market is currently witnessing significant investment activity in fibre deployments, HFC upgrades and mobile broadband network rollout. Much of the investment in fibre is being undertaken by a significant number of smaller players and municipalities rather than the two key telcos, which are concentrating on a hybrid fibre/copper network and limiting future upgrades beyond what has already been achieved. Broadband services in most regions still lack effective competition, with the AT&T and Verizon managing an effective duopoly in many areas of the country. Municipal activity, often geared at breaking this stranglehold and introducing competition and innovation, continues to be stymied by lobbying pressure from these main telcos, which has led to almost half of the states banning or restricting municipal or state-led infrastructure projects.
This report provides overviews, analysis, relevant statistics and subscriber forecasts on the US cable, DSL, FttH, WiFi and WiMAX broadband markets.
Key developments:
- Verizon stops selling stand-alone DSL service
- NTIA reports on 2012 funding progress
- FCC revises rules to allow WCS license holders to use 30MHz of spectrum in the 2.3GHz band
- WhiteFi launches using analogue TV spectrum
- FCC issues Gigabit City Challenge'
- Telcos' operating and financial data to September 2012
- Market developments to February 2013.
Companies included in this report include:
Clearwire; Sprint; AT&T Verizon; MetroPCS; US Cellular; Qwest; CenturyLink; Frontier; Windstream; Fairpoint; Cincinnati Bell; Comcast; Google; HughesNet; ViaSat
Key Topics Covered:
1. Synopsis
2. US broadband market
3. Policy and regulation framework
4. Cable broadband
5. Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
6. PLC
7. Fixed wireless broadband
8. E-services
9. E-commerce, m-commerce and online advertising
10. Forecasts