http://telecoms.tekrati.com/default.asp Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter News Service en-us Copyright 2005 Tekrati, Inc. All Rights Reserved. editor@tekrati.com (Barbara French) http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/Images/Tekrati_Logo_85x40.gif http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp 85 40 http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10275/ Barbara French, Tekrati The undersea cable business continues to be stuck in a cycle of feast, famine, and feast again, according to new data from TeleGeography. The Global Bandwidth Research Service reports that the undersea cable business is in the midst of a new investment boom, seven years after the first boom flooded the market with excess capacity. Even now, less than 25 percent of potential capacity on existing subsea cables on major subsea routes is active. Networks and Telecom Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:07:01 UT http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10255/ Barbara French, Tekrati Vietnam is the next China in terms of emerging hot economies, according to Yankee Group. Currently, Vietnam is fueling Asia-Pacific data connectivity demand, with a CAGR of 39.5 percent between 2007 and 2012. As total corporate data revenue rises in Vietnam, there is tremendous growth potential for the country's data networking market. Networks and Telecom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:08:26 UT http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10253/ Barbara French, Tekrati The number of households worldwide using telco/IPTV services grew from 4.7 million in 2006 to exceed 14 million in 2007, according to a research whitepaper by Parks Associates. Europe leads with nearly 60 percent of telco/IPTV households worldwide. The analysts define Telco/IPTV as landline-based multichannel and on-demand video services provided by a telephone operator. Free whitepaper. Networks and Telecom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:11:06 UT http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10252/ Barbara French, Tekrati Home networking penetration worldwide will grow nearly 50 percent from 2006 to 2008, according to a new Parks Associates update on home networks in Europe. The research whitepaper finds that households with data networking solutions for broadband and file sharing, totaling 114 million at the end of 2006, will reach close to 170 million by the end of 2008. Free whitepaper. Networks and Telecom Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:01:32 UT http://telecom.tekrati.com/research/10239/ Barbara French, Tekrati Best-in-Class organizations that have deployed Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions have benefited from significantly higher levels of employee performance and workflow efficiencies, according to a study by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks company, with underwriting from Siemens and Tango Networks. The report quantifies the benefits in employee performance of deploying a FMC solution. Free report, as of this posting. Networks and Telecom Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:11:44 UT