“Despite global economic uncertainty, the telecommunications industry is showing strong revenue growth, which is being driven by consumer Internet usage and business mobility solutions. These are enabling new applications,” says Fran Caulfield, Research Director for Insight Research.

“Even amidst so much economic uncertainty, the fact remains that telecommunications is a key factor in economic growth. Telecommunications facilitates socio-economic advancement and is a critical utility for economic development, much like water and energy,” Caulfield concluded.

According to the new industry market study, says that the global telecommunications industry continues to expand as spending by consumers and businesses for wireless services fuels industry revenue growth.

“The 2012 Telecommunications Industry Review: An Anthology of Market Facts and Forecasts” notes that wireless subscriber growth, particularly in Asia and other emerging markets, will raise wireless revenues by 64 percent from current levels, while wireline revenues show only modest growth.

Nearly all of the growth in both sectors is expected to occur in broadband services, with wireless 3G and 4G broadband services projected to grow at a compounded rate of 24 percent over the forecast period and wireline broadband services projected to grow at a 13 percent compounded rate over the same forecast horizon.

In addition to regional and sector forecasts, the report provides an assessment of the key drivers of this growth, including industry trends, network infrastructure and access technologies, telecom services, and enterprise telecom markets. An excerpt, table of contents, and ordering information are available online at http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/review12.asp .

This comprehensive 352-page report is available immediately for $1,195 (hard copy). Electronic (PDF) reports can also be ordered online.

The market research report notes that in this period of slow economic growth and reduced spending on basic telecommunications and IT services, many enterprises will find that purchasing managed services is a cost-effective alternative to increasing internal staffing. The study predicts that revenues associated with the managed services market will nearly double from nearly $140 billion in 2012 to $266 billion in 2016.

Insight’s newly-released market analysis report, “Managed Services in an IP World: Global Opportunities for Wireless and Wired Networks 2011-2016″ includes full segment details for North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia and Pacific Rim, and Latin America.

The study differentiates and forecasts five managed service segments: managed data center services, managed infrastructure, managed LAN services, managed WAN services, and managed mobility services. In addition to the revenue forecasts for these market segments, forecasts are provided for various market subdivisions, including managed IP VPNs, security services, VoIP, LAN extensions, WLAN extensions, managed cellular services, hosting and cloud services.

“Stability has returned to the telecommunications industry and with the continued shift to wireless and cloud-based services we are forecasting strong revenue growth in the managed and outsourcing services segments,” says Fran Caulfield, Research Director for Insight Research.

“As enterprises shift their applications to the cloud and as more users access these applications via mobile devices, the level of complexity involved in managing these moving targets increases. Buying a suite of Managed Services can get the enterprise around the complexity-the local IT manager can outsource the most difficult tasks to a service provider, and probably get the job done faster and at a lower cost,” Caulfield concluded.

An excerpt of this market research report, table of contents, and ordering information are online at http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/manserv11.asp . The report is available immediately for $4,695. Electronic (PDF) reports can be ordered online. Visit our website at www.insight-corp.com or call 973/541-9600 for details.

Understanding and targeting the increased spending power of the Hispanic American, African American, and Asian American communities will be crucial for telecommunications providers over the next five years.

“US Hispanic Use of Telecommunication Services, 2011-2016″ takes a close look at the purchasing habits and telecommunications usage patterns of the Hispanic segment of the US population. The study emphasizes that the Hispanic market exhibits above-average consumption of mobile content. The study further reports that nearly 82 percent of all Hispanic respondents now have cell phones, and that Hispanic households on average spend $103 monthly on cell phone service – twice as much as the average household spends on wireline services.

“Hispanics have surpassed the African American population as the largest minority group in the US, and Hispanic purchasing power is now growing at nearly twice the rate of the general population,” says Fran Caulfield, Research Director at Insight Research.

“Fueled by strong population growth and higher technology penetration, Hispanics are heavy social-networking users. There are over 32 million Hispanics online today, their usage grows faster than other groups, they are more connected, and they will demand unique services to match their evolving needs,” Caulfield concluded.

“US Hispanic Use of Telecommunication Services, 2011-2016″ examines spending and usage patterns of Hispanics for wireline, calling cards, cellular, and international services, and compares these spending patterns to those of the general population as well as other minority segments, including Asian Americans and African Americans.

An excerpt of this market research report, table of contents, and ordering information are online at http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/hisp11.asp .

This 350-page report has everything and is available immediately for $4,695. Electronic (PDF) reports can be ordered online. Visit www.insight-corp.com or call 973-541-9600 for details.

“The emerging markets for millimeter wave systems are so diverse, people involved in these technologies haven’t really been talking to each other,” says Thintri president, J. Scott Moore.

Systems using millimeter waves, at the upper end of the microwave spectrum, from roughly 20 GHz to 300 GHz, are breaking out of specialty applications like scientific research. Thanks to steady technology development over the last couple of decades that is bringing down cost, millimeter waves are now being exploited, or soon will be, in a broad range of markets that include security, defense, telecommunications, consumer products, medicine and health, manufacturing, and construction and infrastructure.

Moore adds, “the opportunities for companies who enter the millimeter wave arena are significant and wide-ranging as more cost-effective technologies, such as silicon germanium and CMOS integrated circuits adapted to millimeter waves, are bringing millimeter wave systems to mass markets and smaller, but critically important, markets.”

For example, millimeter wave systems are already being deployed at airports for passenger screening. Similar systems are being used in inventory control and loss prevention, where companies are avoiding loss at warehouses due to employee theft. In loss prevention alone, addressable markets are in the hundreds of thousands of installations.

Millimeter wave telecommunications links are bringing broadband access to buildings otherwise inaccessible to optical fiber, with performance near that of optical fiber but at a fraction of the cost. The same links bring inexpensive broadband capability to enterprise and campus networks, and redundancy to critical optical fiber networks.

Consumer multimedia products will benefit from millimeter wave technologies that will allow wireless transfer of high definition video and other media within the home, and eliminate the tangle of cables around most home multimedia systems. Automotive radar systems at 24 GHz and 77 GHz are rapidly becoming established in mainstream, affordable cars.

Millimeter wave perimeter and surveillance radar for intrusion detection is moving outside defense to government and commercial use, such as protection of key assets like diplomats and executives.

Other markets, while not yet established, offer significant growth potential. Wireless patient monitoring for conditions like sleep apnea and other respiratory disorders will offer not only improved accuracy and capability but eliminate intrusive and uncomfortable wires. Construction and infrastructure will benefit from the ability to check structures for cracks and other defects, even under coatings or wallpaper, or detecting leaks in pipelines, vessels and other structures.

About Thintri, Inc.

Founded in 1996, Thintri, Inc. (www.thintri.com), is a full-service consulting firm, based in New York and directed by J. Scott Moore, Ph.D.

Thintri’s services include business intelligence, market research, technology transfer and technology assessment, and in-depth, off-the-shelf market studies on promising emerging technologies. Topics of focus have included medical and industrial imaging, optical networks, materials and coatings, semiconductor devices, industrial logistics, security, thermal management, energy, and a host of others.

According to Insight Research’s market analysis study, “Carriers and Ethernet Services: Public Ethernet in Metro & Wide Area Networks, 2011-2016,” Ethernet’s central driver continues to be its ability to meet seemingly endlessly growing bandwidth demands at lower cost and with greater flexibility than competing services. While the emergence of new high-bandwidth 40- and 100- Gigabit/s services is proceeding slowly, due largely to high current equipment prices, these will become increasingly important during the 2011-2016 forecast period.

Ethernet services are marketed under various names: transparent or native LAN, Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, GigE, metro Ethernet, Ethernet private line, Ethernet virtual private line, Layer 2 virtual private network, Ethernet access, and virtual private LAN service.

“Wireless backhaul is the fastest-growing sector within the Ethernet marketplace,” says Robert Rosenberg, president of Insight Research. “Ethernet can provide the necessary backhaul at lower unit costs and with greater flexibility than the older technology. The market continues to be paced by voracious bandwidth demands from its longstanding key verticals such as finance, schools, government and healthcare-whose data transmission requirements continue to grow rapidly,” Rosenberg concluded.

“Carriers and Ethernet Services: Public Ethernet in Metro & Wide Area Networks, 2011-2016″ examines carrier Ethernet market spending and usage patterns by topology (E-line, E-LAN, and access), regional domain (metro, wide-area, and access), retail/wholesale, and various bandwidth levels.

An excerpt of this carrier Ethernet services market research report, table of contents, and ordering information is available online at http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/ethernet11.asp . This 162-page report is available immediately for $4,695 in an electronic format (PDF) and can be ordered online.

In “See Your Customers Through an Ethnographic ‘Lens on Life,’” Winn will explain how financial services companies can discover a comprehensive view of individuals’ lifestyles, behaviors and attitudes through a well-designed ethnographic research program.

Where: ABA Marketing Conference, Marriott Baltimore Waterfront in Baltimore, MD. When: Monday, September 19, 2011; 10:15 – 11:45 a.m.;
Speaker “Meet and Greet” Spotlight from 12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

CMI’s Winn will share case studies from financial institutions and other industries to demonstrate the valuable benefits of ethnography:
* Deepen your understanding of how and when you can accomplish strategic marketing research initiatives with ethnography.

* Based on specific business issues in financial services, learn tips for customizing the ethnographic approach.

* Witness how financial institutions bring their customer segments to life, develop and test new products, and improve marketing strategies and sales communication as a result of ethnographic insights.

ABA’s Marketing Conference provides insights on marketing in the financial industry. ABA represents banks of all sizes and charters, and is the voice for the nation’s $13 trillion banking industry and its 2 million employees.

CMI is a full-service marketing research company that combines comprehensive market research expertise with marketing insight to provide clients with a deep understanding of their customers by identifying the choices they make and why. Since 1989, CMI has delivered unique solutions to uncover opportunities, optimize marketing strategies, and improve performance for clients in consumer and B2B markets.

CMI’s experienced team of market research consultants leverages a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods and technologies to translate research into insights and insights into actions.

CMI serves primarily Fortune 1000 clients. The company is ranked on the Inside Research top 10 fastest growing marketing research firms in the U.S. For more information about CMI, visit http://www.cmiresearch.com .

Harllee was most recently the financial manager for Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, Inc. Earlier positions include controller and director of finance roles at several professional services and accounting firms. Harllee is a certified public accountant and earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Virginia Commonwealth University.

About CMI:
CMI is a full-service marketing research company that combines comprehensive market research expertise with marketing insight to provide clients with a deep understanding of their customers by identifying the choices they make and why. Since 1989, CMI has delivered unique solutions to uncover opportunities, optimize marketing strategies, and improve performance for clients in consumer and B2B markets.

CMI’s experienced team of market research consultants leverages a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods and technologies to translate research into insights and insights into actions. CMI serves primarily Fortune 1000 clients.

The company is ranked on the Inside Research top 10 fastest growing marketing research firms in the U.S. For more information about CMI, visit http://www.cmiresearch.com .

In 2011, telecommunications carriers and third-party software developers worldwide are expected to generate just over $35 billion in new revenue by helping build and deploy Web 2.0 services, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.

The term Web 2.0 is shorthand for a rapid deployment service paradigm used to create new applications for downloading to smartphones, applications that that run inside the service provider’s network to provide enhanced services, and applications built outside the service providers’ networks using APIs exposed by the service provider to couple their capabilities to other new applications.

Those deploying Web 2.0 services assume that their applications are built to be combined, with exposed interfaces that facilitate this, and a strategy of encouraging third party developers to combine these pieces into new applications that will benefit the end user.

“After more than 20 years of false starts with the IN, Parlay, and IMS architectures, along comes Web 2.0 and carriers finally have an architecture-independent software that developers are embracing. This architecture quickens the pace of new applications deployment and thereby boosts network usage, so we think carriers will soon be lining up to support Web 2.0,” says Robert Rosenberg, Insight Research.

“With a projected compounded annual growth rate of 30 percent and with new revenue opportunities for mobile operators, fixed line operators, VoIP providers and the apps developers themselves, we see opportunities for all to get a slice of the pie,” Rosenberg concluded.

An excerpt of the “Web 2.0, Mobility and Fixed Line Applications: The Revolution in New Applications Development, 2011-2016″ market research report, table of contents, and ordering information are online at http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/web2011.asp .

This 139-page report is available immediately for $3,995 (hard copy). Electronic (PDF) reports can be ordered online. Visit our website – http://www.insight-corp.com – or call 973/541-9600 for details.

The NewMR Ethnography Virtual Event is an international webinar series exploring ethnographic market research strategies ranging from traditional ethnography to video ethnography and “netnography.” Laura will be the first of four speakers featured in the online session from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on May 25, 2011.

Laura will discuss an immersive approach to uncovering brand opportunities. The path to greater brand resonance requires marketers to understand the myriad ways that consumers relate to and experience their brand, product or service. She will explain how an authentic observational framework may be used to tackle complex strategic marketing issues. This framework goes beyond traditional research approaches, leveraging the principles of cultural anthropology and a creative combination of research methods to understand the brand category in new ways within the full context of consumers’ lives.

For more information and to register online visit http://newmr.org/page/ethnography-1 .

About CMI:
CMI is a full-service marketing research company that creates competitive advantages for clients by turning research data into strategic insights and recommendations that drive business results. Since 1989, CMI has delivered unique solutions to uncover opportunities, optimize marketing strategies, and improve performance for clients in consumer and B2B markets. CMI’s experienced team of market research consultants leverages a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods and technologies to help clients align products, services and strategies with customer needs.

CMI serves primarily Fortune 1000 clients and is currently ranked on the Honomichl Top 50 list of the country’s largest marketing research organizations and Inside Research list of fastest growing market research companies in the U.S. For more information about CMI, visit www.cmiresearch.com .

The main disadvantages include the risk of using software that infringes intellectual property rights, and using the software outside the terms of the software’s license.

By quickening the time to market for new services, open source software has already had a profound impact on the telecommunications industry, and while such impacts are not being trumpeted loudly in the trade press or being discussed openly by the carriers, they are nonetheless real.

“Purchasing traditional commercial proprietary software to implement new service platforms typically means high initial costs and greater on-going support costs, less flexibility, and operating within a closed architecture,” says Robert Rosenberg, Insight Research Corp. President. “Open source revolves around a community of developers and users that keep open source software alive and fresh because the community keeps evolving the code, and this kind of continuous attention really shortens a new product development cycle,” Rosenberg concluded.

“Open Source Software Impacts on Telecom Services, 2011-2016″ segments the markets by U.S. as well as global region for OSS/BSS functions including network management, CRM, trouble management, and billing. Forecasts are also provided for spending on IP equipment software loads. Professional services and support services revenues related to OSS/BSS functions are also forecast.

An excerpt of the “Open Source Software Impacts on Telecom Services, 2011-2016″ market research report, table of contents, and ordering information are online at http://www.insight-corp.com/reports/open10.asp .

This 187-page report is available immediately for $3,995 (hard copy). Electronic (PDF) reports can be ordered online. Visit our website, or call 973/541-9600 for details.