This latest forecast is an update to the IPTV Global Forecast – 2007 to 2011 published April 2007. It incorporates the most recent information on IPTV deployments, including:
-The current and planned deployments of IPTV services by large carriers in Europe. -The current and planned IPTV deployments by competitive and smaller carriers in Europe. -The current state of IPTV deployments at AT&T, and Verizon in the U.S. -The initiation of IPTV trials in China and India. -The success of a number of early IPTV deployments in Canada, Europe, and Asia. -We are forecasting that the number of DSL subscribers will grow from 218 million in 2007 to 353 million in 2011, a compounded annual growth rate of 13 percent. These DSL subscribers are the base for the IPTV subscribers shown in Figure 1-1.
Europe remains the leading region, and its subscriber numbers have increased versus the April 2007 forecast. Asia's prospects have continued to improve, as tests in China and India have blossomed into successful deployments. We believe that Asian and European subscriber numbers will steadily grow closer over the period of this Forecast.
