Sections
Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
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Cover | 1 | 8 |
CONTENTS | 9 | 2 |
Glossary | 11 | 24 |
INTRODUCTION | 35 | 2 |
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 37 | 4 |
Chapter 1 | 41 | 19 |
Introduction to the Telecommunications Industry | 41 | 2 |
A Brief History of Deregulation | 43 | 1 |
Local Landline Service Suffers; Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack | 44 | 1 |
3G Cellular Systems, Including EV-DO, Are Enhanced/HSPA+ Offers High Speed Competition to 4G | 45 | 1 |
Wi-Fi Accelerates | 46 | 1 |
WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi | 47 | 1 |
BlackBerry Use Soars, but Competition Grows | 48 | 1 |
Apple s iPhone and iPod Touch Sell 50 Million Units, Raise User Expectations and Deliver Mobile Entertainment | 49 | 1 |
Chinese, Indian and African Cellphone Markets Skyrocket | 50 | 1 |
VOIP Use Soars and Threatens To Revolutionize Telecom | 50 | 2 |
Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China | 52 | 1 |
New Technology Will Give Fiber-Optic Network Owners a Break on Costs | 52 | 1 |
TV over IP Telecom Companies Enter the Television Market | 53 | 1 |
Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction | 54 | 1 |
Last Mile Challenges Tumble; Docsis 3.0 via Cable sets a 100 Mbps Standard | 55 | 1 |
Cable Providers Compete Aggressively For Telephone and Internet Access Business | 56 | 1 |
U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations | 56 | 1 |
Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence | 57 | 3 |
Chapter 2 | 60 | 31 |
Telecommunications Industry Overview | 61 | 1 |
Quarterly Telecommunications Industry Revenue by Class of Customer, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2009 - 1st Quarter 2010 | 62 | 1 |
Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 | 63 | 1 |
Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Breakdown of Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2008 | 64 | 1 |
Top 10 Wired Telecommunications Carriers, U.S.: 2008-2009 | 65 | 1 |
The Baby Bells Then &Now | 66 | 1 |
Household Wired Telephone Subscribership, U.S.: November 1983-November 2009 | 67 | 2 |
Average Annual Household Expenditures for Telephone Service, U.S.: 1981-2008 | 69 | 1 |
Average Monthly Household Telecommunications Expenditures by Type of Provider, U.S.: 1995-2007 | 70 | 1 |
Annual Personal Consumption Expenditures on Telecommunications, U.S.: 1980-2009 | 71 | 1 |
Number of Payphones, U.S.: 1997-2007 | 72 | 1 |
Telecommunications Resellers, Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 | 73 | 1 |
Cellular &Other Wireless Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 | 74 | 1 |
Top Mobile Operators by Number of Subscribers, Worldwide | 75 | 1 |
Internet Access Technologies Compared | 76 | 1 |
Wireless Standards &Speeds | 77 | 1 |
Satellite Telecommunications, Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses: 2005-2008 | 78 | 1 |
Paging, Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 | 79 | 1 |
Internet Service Providers: Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 | 80 | 1 |
Number of Business &Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2002-2010 | 81 | 1 |
Cable &Other Program Distribution, Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2008 | 82 | 1 |
Cable &Other Program Distribution, Estimated Cable System &Multichannel Video Distribution Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2005-2008 | 83 | 1 |
U.S. Cable Network Statistics, 1986-2009 | 84 | 1 |
Top 25 U.S. Multichannel Video Programming Distributors as of March 2010 | 85 | 1 |
Quantity &Value of Quarterly Shipments of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 1st Quarter 2009-1st Quarter 2010 | 86 | 2 |
Imports &Exports of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 2004-1st Quarter 2010 | 88 | 1 |
Top 10 Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing Companies, Worldwide: 2008-2009 | 89 | 1 |
Employment in the Telecommunications Industry, U.S.: 1990-2009 | 90 | 1 |
Chapter 3 | 91 | 28 |
Chapter 4 | 119 | 38 |
INDUSTRY LIST, WITH CODES | 120 | 2 |
INDEX OF RANKINGS WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 122 | 12 |
ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 134 | 4 |
INDEX OF U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE | 138 | 4 |
INDEX OF NON-U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 142 | 3 |
INDEX OF REGIONS OF THE U.S. WHERE THE FIRMS HAVE LOCATIONS | 145 | 8 |
INDEX OF FIRMS WITH INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS | 153 | 4 |
Individual Profiles On Each Of THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 450 | 157 | 450 |
ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 607 | 34 |
INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN &MINORITIES | 608 | 2 |
INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 610 | 31 |