Datamonitor's Fixed Line Telecoms: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the fixed line telecoms industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global fixed line telecoms market grew by 0.9% in 2006 to reach a value of $521.9 billion.

In 2011, the market is forecast to have a value of $555.2 billion, an increase of 6.4% since 2006.

The market grew by 4.2% in 2006 to reach a volume of 1,065.9 million subscribers.

In 2011, the market is forecast to have a volume of 1,291.6 million subscribers, an increase of 21.2% since 2006.

The voice only segment generates 66.1% of the market's value.

The Americas region accounts for 43% of the global market's value.

AT&T, Inc. accounts for 12.4% of the global market's value.

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Market Definition

The fixed-line telecommunications market is valued as the revenues obtained by operators for voice telephony and other non-voice information transmission using fixed lines (wirelines), rather than wireless systems. Only revenues from end-users are included, with revenues from other operators, as in wholesale transations, excluded. Market volumes are for the number of fixed-line subscribers. All currency conversions were carried out at constant 2006 average annual exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprises Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.