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The Verizon FiOS/AT&T U-verse story has been an engineering and capital expenditure story for several years; now it is a marketing story. Verizon has what is arguably a superior product, at least in terms of bandwidth delivery, and Verizon has achieved a 3:2 dominance in the market over AT&T. However, in the last three quarters, AT&T has been outselling FiOS by substantial (35%-40%) margins. Why is this happening? This report will look in to some of the marketing differences to seek the answers. It will also explore the many other differences between theses two services.


Many of the world’s telcos are now involved in redefining the way they do business, and the kind of network they need in their planned new environment. This series of reports will be a “how to” manual as well as a report on activities by the various major players, and forecasts for the resulting next-generation
network. The seires consists o
f the following reports:


NEW!
Google and the RBOCs 2010 - This fifth, and latest, report in the Telecom Business Transformation Series focuses on the perceived strategies of Google and the RBOCs. The RBOCs that we will focus on are Verizon and AT&T and to a lesser extent Qwest. The report will use these companies’ public announcements and private interviews and the author’s years of experience in this area to develop a view of their strategies, comments on the strategies and likely outcomes. The report will provide forecasts on all the topics of interest.

Next-Generation Carrier's Network - Planning for Business Transformation
This is a comprehensive report on how to approach transformation planning, and on the next generation network that is the result of transformation planning. This is the all-encompassing report that covers all of the related topics. It is the keystone to the Information Gatekeeper’s Series on Transformation Planning.

Next-Generation Carrier’s Network - Architectures, Economics, and Forecast
This report is devoted to discussing and forecasting the NGN. It discusses the major systems and technologies that will be involved; it provides forecasts for the most important of these technologies; it discusses architectural options; it forecasts market impacts on the NGN, including capital forecasts and economic analysis of major NGN options; and it provides a detailed listing of many of the major vendors of the NGN.

The Telecommunications Market Today

This report is devoted to telecom business transformation and next-generation networks. This is a general report on the status of today’s (2009) telecommunications market, with an emphasis on those changes that are driving the market. It includes extensive forecasts, especially CapEx forecasts.

Business Transformation Planning
This report is a how-to report on the transformation planning process. It contains the directions on how a transformation project must start and on how to accomplish it. It includes quotes from exclusive interviews with some of the best thinkers in the business today.


R-OADMs: From the Core to the Edge -Our focus for this report is the edge ROADM. There are forecasts (probably the first available anywhere), application sketches, complete vendor coverage, technology discussions, etc — all aimed at the edge ROADM.

The Edge ROADM Revolution - This report details where the industry is in beginning the new ROADM revolution, from the “Core to the Edge.” This revolution will bring ROADMs to virtually every central office and head-end in the US, and in many parts of the world. The forecasts included herein detail that expansion.

ROADM Components - One of the first reports to ever cover components for Edge ROADMs – includes application descriptions; quantity, price and market forecasts; Vendors; and technologies.

IGI has recognized the Advanced Access Architecture thrusts of the major US carriers as one of the most important events in telecommunications in history. Now we are issuing a series of reports that focus on narrower aspects of Advanced Access Architectures to allow our customers to select reports that specifically address the business issue or issues of concern to them. These include:

"Advanced Access Architectures 2008: AT&T, Verizon and Qwest Plans and Forecasts” - This report is the most comprehensive report yet issued on the subject of Advanced Access Architectures.

FTTP/ FTTN: The RBOCs' Advanced Access Architectures - Equipment and Fiber Requirements” This report provides detailed quantitative information about the amount of fiber and equipment subsystems to implement the AAA plans. It also provides our separate forecast as to what the RBOCs will actually do in AAA, and the fiber and equipment needed to implement that forecast.

Cost Analysis of RBOC’s Advanced Access Architectures: FTTP, FTTN, FTTC,” covers all aspects of the costs of AAA. It will provide models to allow the reader to evaluate various schemes to shift from one architecture to the other, and to develop hybrid architectures.

Bandwidth Needs Analysis of the RBOCs' Advanced Access Architectures: FTTP and FTTN.” develops a forecast for the bandwidth needed in the local loop, and then evaluate various schemes to achieve that bandwidth. It will particularly review PONs and FTTN approaches

Overbuild: The New RBOC Advanced Access Architecture Strategy?. Verizon is currently placing fiber cable for Advanced Access Architecture (FiOS) in AT&T franchise areas in north Texas. It may sound a note that can drastically change the industry.

POF Top 10
This report researches the IEEE 802.16e technology and markets. Early forecasts that commercialization of 4G technologies will start not before 2010 are now being reconsidered, and several 4G technologies have already been introduced, either on a commercial or trial basis.

POF Top 10
This brand new market study from IGI Consulting will illumniate the top opportunities for POF in the coming year, including: automotive, industrial controls, consumer electronics, home networking, aircraft, data centers, super computers, SAN/LAN, medical applications and fabrics.

POF Top 10
In contrast to the glass optical fiber business, the Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) business in 2008 is booming. There is an excitement in the air that is causing companies to reassess their strategies with regard to POF. New companies are entering the field from China, Taiwan, Japan, U.S, Europe, Brazil, Korea, Australia and Ireland as an indication of the widespread interest in POF.

POF Market & Application Series
Eleven new reports and tutorials each focusing on a different aspect of POF markets and technology.


POFWORLD West 2010
Coming Fall 2010 | Santa Clara, CA
One of the main focal points of POFWORLD WEST 2010 will be "POF in Short-Distance Applications.” There is a growing need for high-speed, low-cost interconnects in a wide range of applications, including supercomputers, data centers, storage area networks, home networks, terminal devices, in-box, box-to-box, rack-to-rack, and on circuit boards, to name only a few.
IGI e-TelecomBriefings
Webinar Archives Now Available
Building on its Executive Telecom Briefings series, Information Gatekeepers Inc. (IGI) has launched a new series of e-TelecomBriefings. The webinar series will focus on market opportunities in hot market areas such as Mobile Internet Data, Active Optical Cables, Smart Grids, IPv6, Next Generation Networks, Bandwidth Needs in the Access Networks, and Telecom Antitrust Enforcement Prospects. The webinars will be taught by experts without the bias often encountered in sponsor based webinars. Two new topical series of webinars are presented below, the first on Military & Aerospace Fiber Optics Markets, featuring new technologies such as WDM-LAN, Integrated Optics, and Plastic Optical Fibers. The second series will focuson Emerging Telecom Markets such as China, India and Iraq.

01.20.10 - Now Available :
Google and the RBOCs 2010

01.11.10 - Download Free:
Clif Holliday's Holiday Horoscope 2010

01.08.10 - Download Free:
Review of Clif Holliday's Holiday Horoscope 2009

12.7.09 - Pre-order Now::
Active Optical Cables Market Report 2010

10.22.09 - Now Available :
Fiber vs. Copper Battle for Cabling Systems Market

9.22.09 - Now Available :
POF 2009 Conference Proceedings (CD-ROM)

5.11.09 - Now Available :
Second Quarter 2009 High-Speed Access Report

7.28.09 - Just Announced :
Business Transformation Planning

7.1.09 - Now Available :
Next Generation Carrier's Network - Architectures, Economics, and Forecasts

6.24.09 - Now Available :
The Telecommunications Market Today

6.22.09 - New Certified Report :
Economic Recession Impact on the SCS Market

6.11.09 - Free Download :
Potential Applications of POF For Commercial & Military Aircraft

6.10.09 - Now Available :
Next Generation Carrier's Network - Planning For Busisness Transformation

5.11.09 - Now Available :
First Quarter 2009 High-Speed Access Report

4.23.09 - Now Available :
Telecom & Photonics Opportunities
In The Obama Stimulus Plan Digital Proceedings

2.5 - 4.0G Newsletter
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Africa & the Middle East Telecom
12 issues, $1240 / $1340 international
Asia-Pacific Telecom
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
ATM/ Gigabit
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Broadband Monthly Newsletter
12 issues, $695 PDF delivery
China Telecom
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
European Telecom: East & West
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
FTTX Monthly Newsletter
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Fiber Optics & Communications
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Fiber Optic Sensors & Systems
12 issues, $675 / $725 international
Fiber Optics Weekly Update
52 issues, $695 / $745 international
Green Data Centers & Internet Business
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
High Speed Access Report
4 issues, $695 / $745 international
Home Networks
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
India Telecom
12 issues, $695 / $745international
India Weekly Telecom News
50 issues, $1395 PDF delivery
IPTV Monthly Newsletter
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Iraq Telecom
12 issues, $995 PDF delivery
Latin America Telecom
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Military & Aerospace Fiber Optics
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Mergers and Acquisitions
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Mobile Internet
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Optical Networks / WDM
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Photonics Components and Subsystems
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
POF (Plastic Optical Fiber)
6 issues, $395 / $425 international
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Russian Telecom Monthly Newsletter
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
SAN/LAN
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Submarine Fiber Optic Communications
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Telecom Standards
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
VoIP
12 issues, $645 e-mail
WiFi/ WLAN
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
WiMAX Monthly New letter
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
Wireless Satellite & Broadcasting
12 issues, $695 / $745 international
xDSL
12 issues, $695 / $745 international

POF Directory:The Definitive Who's Who in the POF Industry
POF Sourcebook: More than Just a Directory

Directory of Homeland Security
The Worlds Largest Compilation of US Security Organizations and Personnel.

Who's Who In Optical Networking
An detailed look at the big players.

Telecom Terms
A Glossary of over 8,000 Telecom Terms for the Telecom Industry

Telecom Orgs
The largest on-line directory of alliances, organizations and trade associations in the telecom industry.

International Fiber Optics Yellow Pages

Telecom Calendar
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