Residential Voice, Data, and Video Services in North America

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According to a new report from Infonetics, the residential services market in North America is in a swift transition.

According to a new report from Infonetics, the residential services market in North America is in a swift transition. The decline of traditional fixed-line voice service and the rise of broadband access, video, and mobile data is speeding up. PC-based mobile broadband subscribers will surpass all other types of Internet access subscribers by 2013. Residential voice and Internet services are no longer tied to a physical household and operators can customize services for individual members of a household and compete on a nationwide basis versus a specific fixed territory.
Key developments:
• Service provider revenue from voice services (including VoIP and mobile voice) decreased 5% in 2009, while broadband access and video service revenue increased 5% and 6%, respectively
• Forecasts for the North American residential voice, video and Internet access services market is expected to grow to $271 billion by 2014
• Broadband access for residential services for North American service providers is expected to grow at a 13% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2009 to 2014, driven by both fixed and mobile broadband solutions
• In 2009, 70% of North American voice subscribers were mobile; by 2014, that number will grow as an increasing number of consumers go mobile-only
• 55% of all residential mobile subscribers in North America are customers of either AT&T or Verizon
• The dominating cable operators have lost some revenue market share to satellite (DBS) and telco IPTV providers.
• Video services represent significant future revenue for service providers, but it comes at a high cost of programming and lower margins than voice services.
• For more info see: http://www.infonetics.com/
See also:
http://www.budde.com.au/Research/USA-Telecommunica...
http://www.budde.com.au/Research/USA-Telecoms-Wire...
http://www.budde.com.au/Research/USA-VoIP-Market-A...