The Telecom Summit 2001, held in Dallas on April 25-27, surveyed over 200 executives and managers representing different areas of broadband to better understand the future direction of the broadband market. The keynotes and special breakout sessions focused on cable, DSL, broadband wireless access and voice over packet (VoP). A Web cast of this event can be viewed at http://webevents.broadcast.com/businessweek/webcast.
Additional industry views include:
High speed Internet access (47%) is most important to the growth of broadband for the home consumer.
By April 2003, 35 to 60 percent broadband households will be networked (50%).
Voice will remain the most attractive additional feature of DSL to drive more subscriptions (27%), closely followed by multimedia downloads of MP3 files, photos, videos, etc. (25%) and home networking (19%).
Enhanced digital services (toll quality voice, gaming, etc.) will not be widely deployed until two-three years from now (46%).
North America will continue to be the most important area for individual company growth over the next 12 months (59%) with Europe and Asia Pacific following (14% and 13%, respectively).
Asia Pacific except Japan will experience the strongest growth in broadband service over the next 12 months (42%).
DSL is expected to grow over 80 percent worldwide over the next year (59%).
Broadband wireless access will capture small to considerable market share from traditional broadband access methods such as cable and DSL (80%).
The Telecom Summit 2001 featured industry leaders and luminaries who provided attendees with information on the dynamic developments in broadband, and the specifics within several sectors of the broadband value chain including service providers; content providers; regulators; and OEMs for cable, DSL, broadband wireless, and home networking. Video of the summit can be viewed online at http://webevents.broadcast.com/businessweek/webcast.
