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BuddeComm have now released the second edition of our USA report, as part of the our annual research. This report comprehensively covers the key areas of interest including:

• Key trends
• Market overview
• Regulatory environment
• Major fixed network operators
• Telecommunications infrastructure
• Public data communications services
• Internet
• Broadband networks and services
• Content and e-Services
• Wireless communications
• Broadcasting

See this documents 'Table of Contents' for more details.
1.		TELECOMMUNICATIONS – MARKET ANALYSIS – 2003
1.1		Key developments in the US telecom market
1.2		Telecommunications market
1.2.1		Overview
1.2.2		Regulatory environment
1.2.3		Infrastructure
1.2.4		Data market
1.2.5		Internet and online markets
1.2.6		Broadband market
1.2.7		E-commerce
1.2.8		Wireless communications
1.2.9		Broadcasting market
2.		KEY STATISTICS AND MARKET OVERVIEW
2.1		Key statistics
2.2		Telecommunications market
2.2.1		Overview
2.2.2		Telecom downturn in 2001-2002
2.2.3		More positive outlook in 2003
2.3		Trends and developments
2.3.1		Change in the industry
2.3.2		Merger activity continues
2.3.3		Merger/acquisition data
2.4		Local competition
2.4.1		Overview
2.5		New networks and services
2.5.1		AT&T and cable
2.5.2		Broadband networks
2.5.3		Wi-Fi services
3.		REGULATORY OVERVIEW
3.1		The US landscape
3.1.1		Key players in US regulatory environment
3.1.2		The legal foundations of competition policy
3.2		Telecommunications Act 1996
3.2.1		Overview
3.2.2		Key pro-competitive provisions of the Telecom Act
3.2.3		Highlights of the Act
3.2.4		Competition policy in practice in the US
3.3		Significant events since the Act
3.3.1		Court challenges to the Act
3.3.2		Growth of the Internet/IP telephony
3.3.3		Merger and acquisition activity and new players
3.3.4		At last competition arrived
3.3.5		FCC Triennial Unbundled Network Decision of 2003
3.4		Current state of competition
3.4.1		Local competition
3.4.2		RBOCs offering interLATA long-distance
3.5		Status of key components of the Telecoms Act
3.5.1		Access charges
3.5.2		Universal service fund
3.5.3		Unbundling network access
3.6		Foreign competition
3.7		The FCC and satellite services
3.8		Number portability
3.8.1		Toll-free numbers
3.8.2		Local number portability
3.8.3		Wireless local number portability
4.		TELECOMMUNICATIONS – MAJOR OPERATORS
4.1		Telecom operators
4.1.1		Overview
4.1.2		Local operators
4.1.3		Long-distance
4.1.4		Callback operators/international resellers
4.2		Major players
4.2.1		AT&T Corporation
4.2.2		BellSouth Corporation
4.2.3		SBC Communications
4.2.4		Sprint
4.2.5		Qwest Communications
4.2.6		Verizon Communications
4.2.7		MCI (WorldCom)
5.		TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
5.1		Local and national infrastructure
5.1.1		Deployment of fibre optic networks
5.1.2		Switching and transmission technologies
5.1.3		DWDM
5.1.4		Ethernet
5.1.5		Infrastructure trends
5.2		US stakes in international infrastructure
5.2.1		Submarine cable networks
5.2.2		Satellite networks
6.		FIXED NETWORK VOICE SERVICES
6.1		Local
6.1.1		Fixed network
6.1.2		Local market
6.2		Long distance and international
6.2.1		USA long-distance calling market
6.2.2		USA international calling market
6.3		Enhanced voice services
6.3.1		Payphones
6.3.2		Enhanced voice services
6.3.3		Calling cards
6.3.4		Audiotex
6.3.5		Toll-free market
7.		PUBLIC DATA AND INTERNET
7.1		The data market
7.1.1		Overview
7.1.2		Market trends
7.1.3		Leased lines
7.1.4		X.25
7.1.5		SMDS
7.1.6		ISDN
7.1.7		Frame relay
7.1.8		VANs
7.1.9		VPNs
7.1.10		ASPs
7.2		The Internet market
7.2.1		Market overview and statistics
7.2.2		ISP market
7.2.3		IP telephony
8.		BROADBAND NETWORKS AND SERVICES
8.1		Broadband market overview
8.1.1		Broadband Internet
8.2		Cable modems
8.2.1		Market drivers
8.2.2		Regulatory issues
8.3		DSL
8.3.1		Market overview
8.3.2		VoDSL
8.4		Wireless broadband
8.4.1		Market overview
8.5		Internet via satellite
8.5.1		Overview
8.6		Broadband over powerline
8.6.1		Trials underway
8.7		Cable telephony
8.7.1		Overview
8.7.2		Major cable telephony players
9.		E-SERVICES
9.1		E-commerce
9.1.1		Overview
9.1.2		E-commerce regulatory issues
9.1.3		Online shopping
9.1.4		Online retailing
9.1.5		Financial services/online trading
9.1.6		Online travel
9.1.7		Online automotive market
9.1.8		Online banking
9.1.9		Online gambling
9.1.10		B2B e-commerce market
9.2		E-advertising
9.2.1		Recovery on the way
9.3		E-content
9.3.1		Online Publishers Association Market Spending Report
9.4		E-entertainment
9.4.1		Internet TV
9.4.2		Video streaming
9.4.3		Internet radio
9.4.4		Digital music
10.		WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
10.1		Overview of USA wireless market
10.1.1		Record growth in 2001
10.1.2		Slow growth in 2002
10.1.3		The year of wireless data – 2003
10.1.4		Mobile statistics
10.1.5		PCS versus cellular service in the USA
10.1.6		Significant market trends
10.2		Market issues in the USA mobile market
10.2.1		ARPU
10.2.2		Pricing
10.2.3		Churn
10.3		Mobile regulations in the USA
10.3.1		Spectrum for wireless phones/high-speed Internet
10.3.2		Broadband wireless spectrum licences auction
10.3.3		Lifting of the Cap
10.4		Infrastructure
10.4.1		Cellular mobile infrastructure
10.4.2		Third generation mobile
10.4.3		Wireless towers
10.5		Major cellular operators
10.5.1		Consolidation in the US mobile market
10.5.2		Major mobile operators in the USA
10.5.3		Future trends in the US mobile sector
10.6		Prepaid services
10.6.1		Market overview
10.6.2		How prepaid works
10.6.3		Features and limitations of prepaid
10.6.4		Profile of US prepaid users
10.6.5		Benefits to carriers
10.6.6		Prepaid offerings – selected US carriers
10.7		Wireless data
10.7.1		Overview
10.7.2		Basic demand drivers
10.7.3		Evolution of standards and growth of enterprise software
10.7.4		Revenue potential
10.7.5		Wireless data classifications
10.7.6		Digital mobile and PCS
10.7.7		Wireless data services
10.7.8		Conclusion
11.		WIRELESS BROADBAND
11.1		Wireless LANs (Wi-Fi)
11.1.1		Introduction
11.1.2		Wireless LAN ROI study
11.1.3		WLAN hot spots
11.1.4		Emerging Wi-Fi and WLAN technologies
12.		MULTI UTILITIES MARKETS
12.1		Utilities and telecommunications
12.1.1		Market overview
12.2		Electric utility/telecommunications retail efforts
12.2.1		Overview
12.2.2		Electric and joint meter reading
12.3		Powerline communications
12.3.1		Overview
12.3.2		FCC enquiry into broadband over powerline
12.3.3		Worldwide powerline telephony subscriber forecasts
12.4		Utilities and the Internet
12.4.1		Internet strategies
13.		BROADCASTING
13.1		Satellite TV
13.1.1		Market overview
13.1.2		Advantages of DBS versus analogue cable
13.1.3		Major players
13.1.4		Satellite broadband
13.1.5		MMDS
13.2		Terrestrial, cable and digital TV
13.2.1		Broadcasting market
13.2.2		Digital TV
13.2.3		Datacasting
13.2.4		Cable TV
13.3		Interactive TV
13.3.1		Market analysis and overview
13.3.2		Interactive TV categories in the USA
13.3.3		Enhanced television
13.3.4		TV-based Web access
13.3.5		Programming-on-demand
13.4		Interactive advertising
13.4.1		Advertising revenues
13.4.2		Interactive TV consumer services and advertising
14.		GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS
Exhibit 1 – Keystones in telecommunications – 1969 - 2003
Exhibit 2 – Planned telecom offerings by major competitor
Exhibit 3 – Significant mergers and acquisitions – 1997 - 2003
Exhibit 4 – Potential acquisition targets
Exhibit 5 – Significant telecom deregulation milestones – 1969 - 2003
Exhibit 6 - Fourteen point checklist RBOCs must meet to enter InterLATA LD market
Exhibit 7 - Unbundled network elements - September 1999
Exhibit 8 – CLEC merger and acquisition activity – 2000 and 2001
Exhibit 9 – CLEC bankruptcies – 2001 - 2003
Exhibit 10 – Selected fibre optic submarine cable systems
Exhibit 11 – CLEC merger and acquisition activity – 2000 - 2001
Exhibit 12 – Key milestones in Internet development – 1962 - 2003
Exhibit 13 – Abilene Project
Exhibit 14 – Components of network convergence
Exhibit 15 – Drivers of high-speed Internet
Exhibit 16 – Overview of physical distribution networks for high-speed services
Exhibit 17 – US cellular protocols and primary operators
Exhibit 18 –North American GSM Association operator members
Exhibit 19 – Alltel – key statistics
Exhibit 20 – Cingular Wireless – key statistics
Exhibit 21 – Verizon – key statistics
Exhibit 22 – AT&T Wireless – key statistics
Exhibit 23 – Sprint PCS – key statistics
Exhibit 24 – T-Mobile – key statistics
Exhibit 25 – Nextel – key statistics
Exhibit 26 – US Cellular – key statistics
Exhibit 27 – Major mobile operator’s SMS plans – 2002
Exhibit 28 – 802.11 – Wireless LAN
Exhibit 29 – 802.11a and b
Exhibit 30 – Wi-Fi certification
Exhibit 31 – Wi-Fi security technologies
Exhibit 32 – Listed energy information/energy management services
Exhibit 33 – US PLC trials
Exhibit 34 – DirecTV overview
Exhibit 35 – DirecWay and StarBand service comparisons
Exhibit 36 - Sprint/MCI WorldCom MMDS purchases – 1999
Exhibit 37 – FCC requirements for transition to digital transmission
Exhibit 38 – Digital HDTV
Exhibit 39 – High-speed teletext
Exhibit 40 – Interactive TV categories
Exhibit 41 – Cost and functionality of competing DVR units in the USA
Table 1 – Broadband subscribers by technology – 1999 - 2002
Table 2 – Prepaid subscriber growth – 1998 - 2002
Table 3 – Top five US cable providers – September 2002
Table 4 – Country statistics – 2002
Table 5 – Telephone network statistics – 2002
Table 6 – Internet provider statistics – 2002
Table 7 – Internet user and PC statistics – 2002
Table 8 – Broadband statistics – 2002
Table 9 – Mobile statistics – 2002
Table 10 – Broadcasting statistics – 2003
Table 11 – National telecommunications authorities
Table 12 – Number of reporting CLECs and ILECs – 1999 - 2002
Table 13 – Top 10 US cable providers – March 2003
Table 14 – Telecommunications revenue - services provided to end-users – 2001
Table 15 – Local service revenues by competitor type – 1997 - 2001
Table 16 – Fixed telephone lines in use – 1996 - 2002
Table 17 – Access lines by technology type – 2002
Table 18 – Service providers by business type – 1997 - 2001
Table 19 – ILEC end-user switched access lines by customer type – 1999 - 2002
Table 20 – CLEC access line growth – 1996 - 2002
Table 21 – Total CLEC revenue estimates – 2001 - 2005
Table 22 – Total CLEC capital expenditures – 1997 - 2002
Table 23 – Total CLEC market capitalisations – 1996 - 2001
Table 24 – Share of total toll service (long-distance) revenues – 1998 - 2001
Table 25 – AT&T revenue by service – 2000 - 2001
Table 26 – BellSouth revenue by service – 2000 - 2001
Table 27 – SBC revenue by service – 2000 - 2001
Table 28 – Sprint revenue by service – 2000 - 2001
Table 29 – Qwest revenue by service – 2000 - 2001
Table 30 – Verizon revenue by service – 2000 - 2001
Table 31 – WorldCom revenue by service - 2000 - 2001
Table 32 – Fibre spending by carriers in the US – 2001 - 2005
Table 33 – High-speed lines (over 200Kb/s in at least one direction) – 2000 - 2002
Table 34 – Yearly OC-3 lease prices on major US routes – 2000 - 2002
Table 35 – Growth of the top US Internet routes – 1999, 2002
Table 36 – US Cable industry construction/upgrade expenditure – 1996 - 2003
Table 37 – Top 10 cable TV operators in the US – 2002
Table 38 – Status of cable networks – 1998 - 2003
Table 39 – Homes passed with fibre – 2002 - 2004
Table 40 – Top US stakeholders in submarine cable systems – 1997, 1999
Table 41 – Fibre optic submarine cable investments by region – 1997, 1998/2003
Table 42 – Transoceanic bandwidth capacity (Gb/s) – 2000 - 2004
Table 43 – Key local market indicators – 2000 - 2002
Table 44 – US telecom industry revenue by service – 1998 - 2001
Table 45 – Local, wireless and toll revenue growth – 1994 - 2001
Table 46 – Fixed telephone lines in service and teledensity – 1996 - 2002
Table 47 – Household telephone subscribers – 1995 - 2002
Table 48 – ILEC Access line growth – 1997 - 2002
Table 49 – CLEC Access line growth – 1997 - 2002
Table 50 – Average local rates business/residential – 1995 - 2002
Table 51 – Local service revenues by competitor type – 1997 - 2002
Table 52 – Total end-user lines reported – 1999 - 2002
Table 53 – Access lines by technology type – 2002
Table 54 – Percentage of Zip Codes with CLECs – 2000 - 2002
Table 55 – Long-distance revenues – 1996 - 2001
Table 56 – Interstate long-distance revenues – 1996 - 2001
Table 57 – Interstate switched access minutes – 1992 - 2002
Table 58 – Dial equipment minutes – 1992 - 2001
Table 59 – Total toll service revenue and market share by competitors – 1996 - 2002
Table 60 – Toll services CPI and PPI – 1996 - 2002
Table 61 – Household toll calls – 2000 - 2002
Table 62 – Average revenue per minute for interstate toll service calls – 1992 - 2001
Table 63 – Interstate per minute access charges in cents per minute – 1992 - 2002
Table 64 – Total US retained international revenue (selected years) – 1982 - 2001
Table 65 – US billed international revenue (major carriers) – 2001
Table 66 – US traffic by destination – 2001
Table 67 – International traffic and revenue billed in the USA, selected regions – 2001
Table 68 – US international long-distance calling to Canada and Mexico – 1995 - 2001
Table 69 – Total payphone services market revenue – 1997 - 2001
Table 70 – Total payphones in service – 1997 - 2003
Table 71 – Total payphone revenue by operator type – 2001
Table 72 – Total payphone provider revenue – 1997-2002
Table 73 – Total payphone coin-only revenue by operator type – 2001
Table 74 – Number of payphones owned by LECs and independent operators – 2003
Table 75 – Unified communications market subscription revenue – 2001 - 2006
Table 76 – US calling card market revenues – 1998-2005
Table 77 – Toll-free numbers – 1993-2003
Table 78 – Leased line service revenues – 2000, 2003
Table 79 – ISDN basic and primary rate market revenues – 2002, 2006
Table 80 – Frame relay service ports and revenues – 2001 - 2007
Table 81 – ATM service ports and revenues – 2001 - 2007
Table 82 – US carrier IP VPN services revenue – 2000, 2003
Table 83 – ASP market revenue – 2001 - 2006
Table 84 – Internet users – 1996 - 2002
Table 85 – Internet user forecasts – 2000 - 2006
Table 86 – Average cost of 30 hours Internet usage per month – 2001
Table 87 – Internet activities – 2002
Table 88 – Internet host computers – 1999 - 2001
Table 89 – Internet subscribers by access technology – 2001 - 2002
Table 90 – ITU Mobile/Internet Index
Table 91 – Average Web use – 2003
Table 92 – Internet usage by race/ethnicity – 2002
Table 93 – Internet usage by household income – 2002
Table 94 – Internet usage by education level – 2002
Table 95 – Internet online activity – 2001
Table 96 – Household usage patterns by age – 2002
Table 97 – E-mail usage – 1996 - 2006
Table 98 – Ad-supported e-mail services subscribers – 1997 - 2000
Table 99 – Number of ISPs – 1997 - 2002
Table 100 – Top ISP subscribers and market share – 2002
Table 101 – Subscriber values (selected ISPs) – 2003
Table 102 – AOL and MSN customer growth – 2001 - 2002
Table 103 – Cost of voice packet call versus voice circuit call – 1998, 2003
Table 104 – Retail VoIP market minutes of use and revenue – 2001 - 2007
Table 105 – Cable telephony VoIP subscribers – 2002 - 2007
Table 106 – Growth of IP-VPN market – 2001 - 2005
Table 107 – US carrier IP VPN services revenue – 2002
Table 108 – Broadband subscribers by technology – 1999 - 2002
Table 109 – High-speed lines by type of provider – 2002
Table 110 – Percentage of zip codes with high-speed lines in service – 1999 - 2002
Table 111 – Broadband subscriber forecasts – The Yankee Group – 2002 - 2007
Table 112 – Broadband subscriber forecast – Strategy Analytics – 2002 - 2008
Table 113 – Broadband pricing (selected operators) – 2003
Table 114 – What broadband users and non-users want – 2002
Table 115 – Cable modem subscribers – 1998 - 2002
Table 116 – Cable modem subscribers by operator – March, September and December 2002
Table 117 – Broadband cable subscriber forecasts by operator – 2001 - 2007
Table 118 – DSL subscribers by major carrier – 1999 - 2002
Table 119 – Projected subscribers of fixed wireless services – 2002 - 2007
Table 120 – Satellite broadband subscribers – 2002
Table 121 – US cable telephony subscribers – 2000 - 2002
Table 122 – Projected cable telephony subscribers – 1998 - 2005
Table 123 – Comcast Corporation cable telephony subscribers – 2001 - 2002
Table 124 – Percentage of online buyers per age group – 2001 - 2002
Table 125 – Online holiday shoppers – 2000 - 2002
Table 126 – Online retail by selected category and percentage of total revenue – 2000 - 2001
Table 127 – B2C revenue forecasts – 2000 - 2006
Table 128 – Internet buyers – 2000 - 2006
Table 129 – Top 10 travel Websites – 2002
Table 130 – Online travel and e-commerce sales – 2001
Table 131 – Account aggregation services US customers – 1999 - 2004
Table 132 – Online gambling forecasts – 2000 - 2006
Table 133 – Value of B2B purchases – 2000 - 2006
Table 134 – B2B e-commerce revenue – 1998 - 2003
Table 135 – Online advertising revenue – 1999 - 2007
Table 136 – Digital music subscription sales – 2001 - 2006
Table 137 – Digital music usage by age – 2002
Table 138 – Mobile subscriber growth in the USA– 1994 - 2003
Table 139 – Mobile users in the USA – 2002 - 2007
Table 140 – Mobile market growth – revenue, roamer revenue and employees – 1994 - 2002
Table 141 – US mobile subscribers by network – 2000 – March 2003
Table 142 – Market share of selected operators – 2002 – 2003
Table 143 – Revenue, net debt and ARPU of selected operators – 2002 - 2003
Table 144 – Cell sites – 1994 - 2002
Table 145 – Average local monthly bill – 1995 - 2002
Table 146 – Digital subscribers by technology – 1999 - 2001
Table 147 – Number of cell sites in the US – 1994 - 2002
Table 148 – Capital investment in public wireless networks – 1994 - 2002
Table 149 – Leading US independent tower owners – 2002
Table 150 – Acquisitions/mergers – 1998 - 2002
Table 151 – Choice of carriers – US population – 2002
Table 152 – Prepaid subscribers in the US – 2000 - 2005
Table 153 – Selected operators pre-paid subscribers – 2002
Table 154 – Key performance metrics to judge Virgin Mobile’s success in the US
Table 155 – Mobile Internet users – 2000, 2003, 2005
Table 156 – Wireless mobile data network subscribers (millions) – 2000 - 2005
Table 157 – Network speed – 1999, 2001, 2003
Table 158 – Annual wireless location service users and revenues – 2001 - 2005
Table 159 – Wireless telemetry service revenue – 1999 - 2004
Table 160 – Wireless LAN end-user network equipment revenue – 1999 - 2003
Table 161 – SMS user estimates – 2002 - 2007
Table 162 –Wireless IM user estimates – 2002 - 2007
Table 163 – MMS user estimates – 2002 - 2007
Table 164 – US versus worldwide Internet and wireless Internet subscribers – 2000, 2002, 2005
Table 165 – Wireless gaming user estimates (thousands) – 2002 - 2007
Table 166 – Wireless hot spot networks by location – 2001, 2006
Table 167 – Powerline telephony subscribers worldwide (Gartner) – 2003, 2006
Table 168 – Powerline telephony subscribers worldwide (Informa) - 2002 - 2006
Table 169 – Satellite TV subscribers – 1998 - 2003
Table 170 – DBS subscriber estimates – 1999 - 2005
Table 171 – DTH market forecasts – 1998 - 2005
Table 172 – US broadcasting market overview – 2003
Table 173 – Digital TV revenue forecasts – 1999 - 2006
Table 174 – DTV stations by network – August 2002
Table 175 – US HDTV forecasts – 2008
Table 176 – Cable revenue from subscriber services – 1996 - 2002
Table 177 – Top 20 US cable networks and subscribers – January 2003
Table 178 – Top 10 US cable providers – March 2003
Table 179 – Digital cable subscribers – 1998 - 2003
Table 180 – Projected prime-time viewing patterns – 1999 - 2003
Table 181 – Various research companies’ forecasts for iTV households – 2000 - 2005
Table 182 – iTV services penetration of US households – 2001 - 2004
Table 183 – US interactive TV services – vital statistics
Table 184 – USA digital cable subscribers with VOD access – 2002 - 2008
Table 185 – USA – what VOD content viewers would watch – 2002
Table 186 – USA VOD – Pay-per-use versus monthly subscriptions – 2002
Table 187 – USA VOD revenue forecasts – 2001 - 2006
Table 188 – USA DVR market – 2001, 2003
Table 189 – USA DVR adoption by form factor (millions) – 2001 - 2006
Table 190 – USA PVR-enabled set-top box shipments (millions) – 2002 - 2008

• The US telecommunications market is stabilising in 2003, but a full recovery is still not expected until 2005 or 2006. The wireless and broadband markets are showing healthy growth, but fixed-line telecommunications is still a very low margin business. Broadcast services have shown little growth, but advanced services, such as digital TV and other interactive services continue to show steady growth. Regulatory decisions are having adverse impacts on competition across the whole sector, and the Triennial decision of 2003 looks like it will not speed up the growth of broadband Internet services as was initially hoped.
• The US telecommunications market has shown some resilience during 2002 and 2003 – with many operators stabilising previously declining revenues, and others attempting to reduce huge debt loads;
• The Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLECs) have finally made some inroads into the Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOCs) market shares, although they still trail by a large margin;
• Many of the companies that entered bankruptcy protection are still there – and some emerged from bankruptcy, while others closed their doors;
• The telecommunications infrastructure market has bounced back, and it is unlikely to rebound until 2004 or 2005 as the market adjusts to its new conditions;
• The market for enhanced voice services has slowed down over the past few years. The increasing penetration of mobile phones has helped to curb the usage of payphones, however the market for calling cards and toll-free numbers continues to grow;
• The Internet and online markets are still witnessing strong growth as demand for services continues. The Internet user population now nearly mirrors the general population in terms of user demographics. Broadband access services are beginning to become mainstream, allowing users to access richer content. E-commerce services are also still witnessing growth as Internet buying becomes a part of everyday life in many American households;
• The wireless communications sector experienced major consolidation between 1999 and 2001 although predictions of further consolidation in 2002/2003 did not materialise;
• Cellular mobile subscriptions reached 142.5 million in March 2003 bringing the nationwide penetration rate to over 50.8%. The increased functionality of digital wireless services is expected to fuel further growth of the wireless industry, with personal penetration forecast to grow to 60% by end-2003;
• Consumers continue to adopt new services and technologies in the television services industry and the US it is now leading the world in the convergence between television, the Internet and telecommunications as new interactive and digital services are beginning to roll out;
• The satellite TV market is currently facing a shake-up, as News Corp is attempting to acquire DirecTV from Hughes. The competitive effects of this merger, should it be approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), are not presently known. Satellite services have witnessed steady growth over the past five years although future revenue growth opportunities are believe to be in the provision of broadband Internet services;
• Wi-Fi (wireless LAN) services are emerging as the ‘next big thing’ in telecommunications, although early indications are that Wi-Fi is little more than a desperate attempt from ICT companies to try and rekindle some of the spirit of the telecommunications boom.

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