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PLUNKETT’S
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INDUSTRY
ALMANAC
2011

The Only Comprehensive

Guide to the Telecommunications Industry

Jack W. Plunkett

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PLUNKETT'S
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2011

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CONTENTS

A Short Telecommunications Industry Glossary x
Introduction 1
How To Use This Book 3
Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Telecommunications Industry 7
1) Introduction to the Telecommunications Industry 7
2) A Brief History of Deregulation 9
3) Local Landline Service Suffers; Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack 10
4) 3G Cellular Systems, Including EV-DO, Are Enhanced/HSPA+ Offers High Speed
Competition to 4G 11
5) Wi-Fi Accelerates 12
6) WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi 13
7) BlackBerry Use Soars, but Competition Grows 14
8) Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch Sell 50 Million Units, Raise User Expectations and Deliver
Mobile Entertainment 15
9) Chinese, Indian and African Cellphone Markets Skyrocket 16
10) VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom 16
11) Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China 18
12) New Technology Will Give Fiber-Optic Network Owners a Break on Costs 18
13) TV over IP—Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market 19
14) Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction 20
15) Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Docsis 3.0 via Cable sets a 100 Mbps Standard 21
16) Cable Providers Compete Aggressively For Telephone and Internet Access Business 22
17) U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations 22
18) Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence 23
Chapter 2: Telecommunications Industry Statistics 26
Telecommunications Industry Overview 27
Quarterly Telecommunications Industry Revenue by Class of Customer, U.S.:
1st Quarter 2009 - 1st Quarter 2010 28
Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 29
Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Breakdown of Revenue by Type of Customer,
U.S.: 2005-2008 30
Top 10 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, U.S.: 2008-2009 31
The Baby Bells Then & Now 32
Household Wired Telephone Subscribership, U.S.: November 1983-November 2009 33
Average Annual Household Expenditures for Telephone Service, U.S.: 1981-2008 35
Average Monthly Household Telecommunications Expenditures by Type of Provider,
U.S.: 1995-2007 36
Annual Personal Consumption Expenditures on Telecommunications, U.S.: 1980-2009 37
Number of Payphones, U.S.: 1997-2007 38
Telecommunications Resellers, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 39

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Cellular & Other Wireless Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses,
U.S.: 2005-2008 40
Top Mobile Operators by Number of Subscribers, Worldwide 41
Internet Access Technologies Compared 42
Wireless Standards & Speeds 43
Satellite Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses: 2005-2008 44
Paging, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 45
Internet Service Providers: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 46
Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2002-2010 47
Cable & Other Program Distribution, Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 48
Cable & Other Program Distribution, Estimated Cable System & Multichannel Video Distribution
Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2008 49
U.S. Cable Network Statistics, 1986-2009 50
Top 25 U.S. Multichannel Video Programming Distributors as of March 2010 51
Quantity & Value of Quarterly Shipments of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.:
1st Quarter 2009-1st Quarter 2010 52
Imports & Exports of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 2004-1st Quarter 2010 54
Top 10 Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Companies, Worldwide: 2008-2009 55
Employment in the Telecommunications Industry, U.S.: 1990-2009 56
Chapter 3: Important Telecommunications Industry Contacts 57
Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites
Chapter 4: THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 450:
Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 85
Industry List, With Codes 86
Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 88
Alphabetical Index 100
Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 104
Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 108
Index of Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 111
Index of Firms with International Operations 119
Individual Profiles on each of THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 450 123
Additional Indexes
Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 574
Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 576