"TechTrends" highlights hot issues, trends or developments that affect the telecommunications marketplace. The e-Newsletter complements our 2004 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast by providing timely industry data and analysis four times a year.
Topics Covered in the October 2004 edition include:
- WiMAX. Will it transform the industry? - Asia/Pacific leads as fastest growing telecommunications market China. More than $500 million was spent in 2003 to upgrade the broadband infrastructure, and in 2004 broadband penetration in China more than doubled to 18 million. India. Reductions in tariffs on imports, relaxation of foreign ownership restrictions and lower prices result in aggressive promotion of the industry. South Korea. The government plans to spend $2 billion through the remainder of the decade with the goal of making the Internet 50 times faster by 2010 than it is today. Japan. The wireless market remains one of the most sophisticated in the world, driven largely by the popularity of data services.
