Market research firm Forward Concepts announced the release of a report on the worldwide broadband market, including DSL and cable modem technologies. The report, which is based on data collected from over 50 countries, predicts total subscriber growth, subscriber revenues, equipment revenues, and semiconductor revenues through 2006. The report notes that the market has recently been stalled, but is now entering a phase of rapid growth that will result in nearly 200 million subscribers and over $4 billion in revenues expected worldwide by 2006.

Here are some excerpts from a statement from Forward Concepts summarizing the report's findings . . .

The report points out that the market for DSL and Cable Modem equipment and semiconductors has gone through a high-tech boom-and-bust cycle from 2000 through 2002, and is now entering a new phase of opportunity for exciting new products. Beginning in 2003, new equipment and chips incorporating the latest ADSL2, ADSL2+, and DOCSIS 2.0 standards will begin to have a significant impact on the market and on the capability of system operators to offer advanced triple-play, voice, video and data services.

The report concludes that the global market for DSL and Cable Broadband has grown dramatically from only 14 million subscribers in 2000 to over 57 million in 2002. The report indicates that although growth rates will moderate somewhat, the number of DSL and Cable Broadband subscribers will still exceed 192 million by the end of 2006. The report also projects that the resulting subscriber revenues will exceed $80 billion annually by 2006. This revenue growth opportunity represents a key strategic objective for the telecom companies and cable operators competing for broadband subscriber market share in the increasingly deregulated and competitive communications marketplace. With traditional phone revenues declining, cellular markets saturating and telephone and cable companies looking for new sources of growth, broadband revenues are becoming a strategic imperative.

By 2006, the report forecasts that the global DSL and Cable Modem equipment market will exceed $4 billion and the broadband-specific semiconductor market will exceed $800 million. The report catalogs the major equipment suppliers and provides a detailed description of chipsets from each of the key chip suppliers.

The 235-page report, titled Broadband in the Local Loop: Global Edition, includes 105 figures and 37 in-depth tables and is priced at $2,750 (USD).

 
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