Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2018

Jack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett Research provides analysis, statistics and other vital data on all major industry sectors, from InfoTech to Retailing to Banking and Nanotechnology. Plunkett's client list includes 10,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its website and around the globe by major booksellers and news distributors, including Bloomberg and ThomsonReuters. Jack Plunkett is the author of numerous books, including The Next Boom: What you absolutely, positively have to know about the world between now and 2025. This book won a 2011 gold medal in the Business Book Awards competition sponsored by Axiom and INC Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and CBS Marketwatch, as well as local and regional newspapers and national columnists. Plunkett received an Academic Book of the Year Award for his Plunkett’s Health Care Industry Almanac, and he was a regional finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards sponsored by Ernst & Young.

Introduction 1
How To Use This Book 3
Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Telecommunications Industry 7
1) Introduction to the Telecommunications Industry 7
2) Landline Subscribers Cancel Service; Bundled Services Pick Up Some of the Slack 9
3) 3G and 4G Networks Rollout Worldwide/5G on the Horizon/Massive Investments Required 10
4) Wi-Fi Enables Wireless Traffic Growth 11
5) Chinese, Indian and African Cellphone Markets Skyrocket 11
6) Wireless Service Subscriptions Worldwide Top 7.5 Billion 12
7) Handset Makers Adopt Android, Push Advanced 3G and 4G Smartphones 12
8) VOIP (Telephony over the Internet) Continues To Revolutionize the Telecommunications Industry 13
9) Telecom Equipment Makers Face Intense Competition from Manufacturers in China 14
10) Telecom Companies, Including AT&T and Verizon, Compete Fiercely Against Cable in the TV, Internet and Telephone Market 15
11) Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction 16
12) Global Internet Market Tops 3.5 Billion Users/Ultrafast Broadband Expands, both Fixed and Wireless 16
13) Telecommunications Systems Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence 17
14) Carriers Reinstate Unlimited Access Plans for Smartphones/Face Intense Subscription Price Competition 18
15) Light-Weight Satellites, Solar-Powered Drones and Giant Helium Balloons Studied for Internet Access and Whole-Earth Imaging 19
16) The “Internet of Things” (IoT) and M2M: Wireless Sensors to Boom, Aided by Nanotechnology 20
Chapter 2: Telecommunications Industry Statistics 23
Telecommunications Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview 24
Quarterly Telecommunications Industry Revenue by Class of Customer, U.S.: 4th Quarter 2015-4th Quarter 2016 25
Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Sources of Revenue, U.S.: 2013-2016 26
Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Breakdown of Revenue by Type of Customer, U.S.: 2013-2015 27
Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Estimated Sources of Expenses, U.S.: 2010-2015 28
The Baby Bells Then & Now 29
Total Retail Local Telephone Service Connections, U.S.: 2012-2015 30
U.S. Households With & Without Telephone Service, including Wireless: November 1983-July 2016 31
Annual Personal Consumption Expenditures on Telecommunications, U.S.: Selected Years, 1980-2016 33
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite): Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2013-2016 34
Top Mobile Operators by Number of Subscribers, Worldwide 35
Internet Access Technologies Compared 36
Wireless Standards & Speeds 37
Satellite Telecommunications: Estimated Sources of Revenue & Expenses, U.S.: 2011-2015 38
Number of Business & Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2011-2016 39
Exports & Imports of Telecommunications Equipment, U.S.: 2011-1st Quarter 2017 40
Employment in the Telecommunications Industry, U.S.: 1990-March 2017 41
Chapter 3: Important Telecommunications Industry Contacts 43
Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites
Chapter 4: THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 350: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 75
Index of Companies Within Industry Groups 76
Alphabetical Index 86
Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 89
Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 92
Individual Profiles on each of THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 350 95
Additional Indexes
Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 468
Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 470
A Short Telecommunications Industry Glossary 487