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Here is a $2950 research paper on RBOCs. LMDS is covered in the research. Article is nothing great, but it is another small piece of information.
Good to be back. Left Florida between storms. Evidently returned home in time to enjoy the same storm a second time.
Still long and strong on this stock. Agree it makes more sense then present options. Hope potential clients see it in the same light. We need to produce some cash flow with the present infrastructure. Have a gut feeling that auction delay threw management strategic plans off target & it is giving them some difficulties with financial people. This should be solved with auction.
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Subj: Frost & Sullivan: Business Is Booming For RBOCs in the...
Date: 98-02-03 09:51:18 EST
Frost & Sullivan: Business Is Booming For RBOCs in the Business Sector, But How Will They Stay Ahead of Their Competition?
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Businesses are using wireless, enhanced calling and Internet Services to a greater extent than ever before, while markets for core business telecommunications services such as voice telephony and data services continue to grow.
According to new strategic research from Frost & Sullivan (www.frost.com), U.S. RBOC Business Telecommunications Service Strategies, many business telecommunications services markets have been re-energized, as competitors attempt to strengthen their hold on these most lucrative accounts. In order to capitalize upon newly opened markets while enduring minimal customer erosion in core areas, telecommunications services providers need to gain a quick understanding of these services markets, as well as the needs and concerns of its users.
The relative size of the market has grown considerably over the past few years and is expected to continue climbing for the duration of the forecast period. The bulk of revenues in the telecommunications business services markets are still derived from voice telephony services, which include local service, local toll service, and long distance service. Revenues from these combined services during 1996 surpassed $68.2 billion. At an aggregate level including data, wireless, and operator and calling cards the business telecommunications services market surpassed $108 billion in revenues during 1996.
This study is the second in a series of U.S. RBOC Strategic studies. In addition to covering the business services markets, Frost & Sullivan has examined the residential and wholesale markets in 5416-60 U.S. RBOC Residential Telecommunications Service Strategies and 5641-60 U.S. RBOC Wholesale Telecommunications Service Strategies.
"The overall competitive structure for business telecommunications services has changed substantially with the passage of the Telecommunications Act," says Telecommunications Industry Analyst Mike Perez. "Whereas in the past, many of these service industries were isolated from one another due to the new telecommunications services landscape promises a far greater degree of competition."
The new competitive environment has fostered a noted increase in merger and acquisition activities including mergers between the RBOCs and mergers between IXCs. Companies that fall behind strategically, risk losing market share to more informed competitors.
In general, the business telecommunications services market has experienced more intense competition than its residential counterpart. This is due in part to the more lucrative nature of business users for such reasons as stability of accounts and greater demands by such users for value-added services. In fact, in several telecommunications industries, the residential sector has been abandoned completely by some service providers in order to pursue and specialize in business accounts.
"Above all, service providers must discover methods to profit from the tremendous growth found in most of these services markets without resorting to price wars," says Perez. In sum, business users place a much higher value on functionality and convenience than do residential consumers, which suggests that service providers capable of offering a full range of services at a reasonable price will enjoy the highest levels of success."
The technologies reviewed include asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL),asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), centrex, code division multiple access (CDMA),digital data system (DDS), frame relay, frequency division multiple access (FDMA), fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), hybrid-fiber coax (HFC), global system for mobile communications (GSM), integrated services digital network (ISDN), local multipoint distribution service (LMDS), multichannel multipoint distribution service (MMDS), near video-on-demand (NVOD), open video system (OVS),private branch exchange (PBX), personal communications service (PCS), switched digital video (SDV), T1, time division multiple access (TDMA), video on demand (VOD), and generic digital subscriber line (xDSL).
Market Participants include: A & Z Consulting, Inc., Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc., AirTouch Communications, Inc., AirTouch Paging, ALLTEL Corporation, America Online, Inc. (AOL)., American Paging, Inc., American Personal Communications, L.P. (APC)., Ameritech Cellular & Paging., Ameritech Corporation, Ameritech New Media, Inc., ANS Communications, Arch Communications Group, Inc., AT&T Corporation, AT&T Wireless Services, AT&T WorldNet, Axcess Global Communications Corp., BBN Corporation, Bell Atlantic Corporation, Bell Atlantic Communications Inc., Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions, Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, Bell Atlantic Paging, Inc., BellSouth Cellular Corporation, BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth Mobility Inc., BellSouth Personal Communications, Inc., Blue Moon Internet Services, LLC, Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc., Cable & Wireless Communications, Inc., Call America Business Communications, Cascade Operator Services, Inc. , Century Communications Corporation, Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc., CERFnet, Cincinnati Bell, Inc., Citizens Utilities Company, ClearTel Communications, Inc., Communications Central, Inc., CompuServe, Inc., CompuWeb, Concentric Network Corporation, ConQuest Operator Services Corporation, Consolidated Communications, Inc., Corpsite, CT Communications, C-TEC Corporation, CUE Paging Corporation, Cybergen, Davel Communications Group, Inc., Digex, Inc., Digi-all, DRH Internet Services, EarthLink Network, Inc., Electric Lightwave, Inc., Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Operator Services, Executive Telecard, Ltd., Excel Telecommunications Inc., First Data Teleservices, Fone America, Inc., Frontier Corporation, GE Information Services, Inc., GeoMall (Spectral Media), GTE Corporation, GTE Wireless Services, HarvardNet, TheFBI.net (the Hideout), Hiway Technologies, Inc., Host4u.com, Hypercon, Inc., IBM Global Network, IDT Internet Services, Infonet Services Corporation, Integretel, Inc., Intellicall, Inc., Inter-Link 2000 Web Services, Intermedia Communications, Inc., International 800 Telecom, Internet Advertising Solutions, LCI International, Lincoln Telecommunications Company, LinkUSA Corporation, MCI Communications Corporation, MCIMetro, Metrocall, Inc., MFS Communications Company, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Mindspring Enterprises, Inc., Modern Solutions, National Operator Services, Inc., National Telecom USA, Inc., NETCOM On-Line Communication Services, Network Operator Services, Inc., Nevada Bell Telephone Company, New Age Communications, Inc., NEWSPAGER COMNET, Inc., North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc., NTR.Net Corporation, Omnipoint Communications, Inc., ONCOR Communications, Inc., One Call Communications/Opticom, One-2-One Communications, Inc., Online Services USA, Inc., Operator Service Company, Pacific Bell Internet Services, Pacific Bell Mobile Services (PBMS), Pacific Internet, Inc., Pacific Telecom, Inc., PageAmerica Group, Inc., PageMart, Inc., Paging Network Inc. (PageNet), PhoneTel Technologies, Inc., Polar Communications Corporation, Powertel PCS Partners, L.P., Preferred Networks Inc., PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., Priority Communications Inc., Prodigy Services Company, ProNet Inc., PSInet, Saturn Services, Inc., Seiko Communications Systems, Inc., Shore.Net, SimpleNet, SkyTec Inc. Internet Solutions, SkyTel, SmarTalk Teleservices, Inc., SNET Mobility, Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation (SNET), Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Sprint, Sprint PCS, Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, SBC Communications, PowerSurge Technologies, Inc. (StarHosting), Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), TeleMedia International, Inc., Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., Teleport Communications Group, Teletouch Communications, Inc., Teltrust, Inc., TriStar Web Creations, TSR Paging, Inc., U.S. Link, U.S. Long Distance (USLD), U.S. Signal Corporation, US WEST, Inc., US West Communications Group, US West Media Group, UUNET Technologies, Inc., Value Added Communications, Inc., Viatel, Inc., Web Depot, Western Communications, Western Wireless Corporation, and LDDS WorldCom.
Frost & Sullivan is an international marketing consulting company that monitors the post-production hardware and software industry for market trends, market measurements and strategies. This ongoing research is utilized to update a series of research publications such as #5416-60 U.S. RBOC Residential Telecommunications Service Strategies & #54641-60 U.S. RBOC Wholesale Telecommunications Service Strategies, and to support industry participants with customized consulting needs.
Visit Frost & Sullivan's web site: frost.com
Report: 5640-60 Publication Date: January 1998 Price: $2950
SOURCE Frost & Sullivan
CO: Frost & Sullivan
ST: California
IN: PUB TLS |
