DUBLIN, Ireland, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14696) has announced the addition of Top Ten Telecommunications and Communications -- Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2005 to 2010 to their offering.

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The top ten telecommunications markets have shifted to become communications markets. This is the result of convergence of voice and data networks to digital transport of voice, video, and data signals on the same network. Transport over existing TDM infrastructure is being replaced with transport over IP infrastructure.

The move to digital signal transport has bought significant diversity to the markets. Companies that failed to embrace new technology have had significant market declines, like Lucent and Nortel. Other companies have moved to achieve dominance in a particular arena. Alcatel dominates digital subscriber loop technology (DSL). Fujitsu dominates the Sonet markets, increasing the value of those.

Cisco has continued to push the Ethernet and IP standard adding voice and applications capability on top of the routers and switches, giving those systems more value in the market and making them communications equipment, that extend beyond Internet equipment.

Nokia, Motorola, and Ericsson continue to bring style and increased functionality to the wireless markets, creating growth and new demand. Fujitsu has been developing the capability of WiMAX 802.16 fixed wireless standard, creating the opportunity to develop fixed wireless metro markets. These comments illustrate the variety evolving in communications markets. Each market participant has fund a way to achieve differentiation in the new communications equipment markets.

Huawei from China has developed as a strong market presence, creating the opportunity to achieve the level of global market participant. The low cost of and high quality of the Huawei communications equipment is challenging every other market participant to move up the value stack to provide more functionality for customers.

Worldwide telecommunications and communications equipment market forecasts, shipments in dollars analysis indicate strong growth in very large existing markets. Markets at $197.6 billion in 2005 are anticipated to reach $446.9 billion by 2010. The top ten telecommunications equipment provider markets at $166 billion in 2004 are forecast to reach $381 billion by 2010.

This new report covers the following key topics: - Top Ten Telecommunications Equipment Provider Market Forecasts - Telecommunication Market Index 2000 to 2004 - Increasing Average Revenue Per User - Wireless Networks - Impact of Competition - Market Growth Dynamics - Multimedia Markets - Web Services - Market Makers - Marketing Globally - Internet Traffic - IP Telephony Service Solutions - Strategies to Improve Performance - Demand For Total Solutions - Customer Financing Arrangements - Converged Voice and Data Networks Companies Profiled: - Nokia - Motorola - Siemens - Alcatel - Avaya - Cisco Systems - Ericsson - Fujitsu - Huawei Technologies - Intel - Lucent Technologies - NEC - Nortel - Samsung - UT Starcom

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