http://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?buck=Communications%2FCommunications+Market+Segments%2F&keyword=&lcol=en&access_type=All&container_type=All&resperpage=10&sortby=scoreIDC coverage of business network services, channels, comm leasing, small business telecom and data on worldwide internet and telecom markets.en-ushttp://cdn.idc.com/en_US/images/pageImg/idcLogoHome.jpghttp://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?buck=Communications%2FCommunications+Market+Segments%2F&keyword=&lcol=en&access_type=All&container_type=All&resperpage=10&sortby=scorehttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223906http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223906This IDC Flash discusses the two announcements made by the HomeGrid Forum, a nonprofit trade group that is promoting the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) G.hn (G.9960 and G.9961) standard. In the past week, the UN's ITU gave final approval for the G.hn standard, two new semiconductor suppliers joined the HomeGrid Forum, and the HomeGrid Forum completed a deal with the Broadband Forum to move forward on product interoperability and certification. As the G.hn standard moves forward, supporters still face several critical issues such as the timing of market adoption, competition from other networking standards, and the viability of the technology. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=TB20100624http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=TB20100624Join Jonathan Edwards, Unified Communications/Enterprise Communications Infrastructure Analyst for an exclusive dive into IDC's latest IP telephony (including IP PBX Systems, Lines and IP Desk Phones) market share and worldwide tracker and forecast data. On this telebriefing, IDC will wrap up all of the major 2009 and early 2010 happenings within the marketplace including: consolidation activity, the recession's impact on enterprise spending on IP telephony, where the market is headed from customer, seller and re-seller points of view as well as IP telephony's role within Unified Communications.Other key questions that will be answered include:How is Microsoft positioning OCS as an IP PBX replacement against the traditional vendors? How will they fare?How does the buyer's approach to purchasing and deploying telephony need to evolve?How does the vendor's approach to selling and delivering telephony need to evolve?What are customer's top priorities when it comes to evaluating IP telephony platforms, products and services and Unified Communications as a whole?What is the impact of IP telephony and UC on the enterprise network?Who are the leaders within this market today? Who will be the leaders tomorrow? Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223851http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223851This IDC update reviews the worldwide optical networking market for the first quarter of 2010 for revenue and market share by each optical segment. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223770http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223770This IDC update provides a high-level view of the quarterly results generated by IDC's United States Consumer Communications Services QView. IDC's United States Consumer Communications Services QView provides coverage of detailed market metrics such as subscribers, revenue growth, and market share for consumer wireline, wireless, data, and video services for each of the major U.S. service providers. This detailed quarterly tracker is delivered as an Excel file and is available to Consumer Multiplay Services clients for download.A limited version of this file is available to all IDC clients and is attached to this document. More details on broadband, video, and wireless subscribers and revenue can be accessed through the Consumer Broadband Market, Consumer Market: Video, and Mobile Consumer Services research programs. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=TB20100617http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=TB20100617With solutions for networked video entertainment in the home now being heavily marketed to consumers, what are their expectations and how have early adopters taken to it? This telebriefing dissects results from IDC's 2010 Connected Home survey of 1,500 consumer broadband subscribers, 1,000 of whom own a home network, the infrastructure necessary for networked entertainment in the home. The survey looked at consumers' use of and interest in networked video devices, their interest in moving Internet video into the living room, and the profile of networked video consumers.In this telebriefing, IDC's research analysts will answer questions such as:How does over-the-top Internet video in the living room change the dynamics with traditional pay TV services?What solutions for delivering Internet video to the television appeal most to consumers?What do consumers value most in networked video entertainment solutions?What motivates consumers to buy into networked video entertainment? Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223577http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223577This IDC study presents a cut of the results from IDC's 2010 Connected Home Survey, focusing on the results related to home networking and data applications on the home network. The survey was completed in May 2010 and included 1,526 respondents, all of whom are U.S. adults who subscribe to broadband Internet access at home."We previously bifurcated between households with PCs and those without and then those who were online and those who were not, but consumer technologies and behaviors around them have evolved, and today we distinguish between those with a home network and those without. But our survey finds that even though consumers have high levels of interest in networked applications in the home, they have little understanding of their home technology infrastructure, and this could impede the progress of solutions such as networked entertainment," said Jonathan Gaw, research manager of IDC's Connected Home program. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223745http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223745This IDC Insight presents 1Q10 pay TV subscriber results for the leading U.S. service providers across the cable, satellite, and telco TV segments. This document also highlights the trends of the quarter. Pay TV subscriber data is included for Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Charter, Cablevision, Mediacom, Insight, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Verizon, and AT&T. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223568http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223568This IDC Insight explores the key areas of strategic discussion at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's (NCTA's) annual trade show (held in affiliation with CTAM) in Los Angeles in May 2010. Beyond the thousands of attendees donning strange-looking eyewear to enjoy the marvels of emerging 3D television technology, there were also top cable executives discussing the industry's plans to grow market share in the small, medium-sized, and enterprise business arena. This document analyzes these strategies in the context of IDC's April 2010 U.S. SMB Telecom Competition Survey and our U.S. SMB Telecom Emerging Services Survey. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=JP3078702Shttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=JP3078702SThis IDC study, which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J10060102, presents a summary of a survey conducted among WAN managers of companies with 100 or more employees on various topics including the use of leased lines, IP VPN, wide area Ethernet, wireless data lines, overseas WAN implementation, network redundancy, and IT contracts/budgets. IDC Japan has conducted this survey for six consecutive years and has also compared the trends over time. "It is clear from this survey that many user companies believe that server/datacenter consolidation and thin-client implementation will lead to increased bandwidth of WAN lines. It is also clear that large companies tend to increase their overseas WAN budgets even in the recession. Carriers should recognize the upper layer technology/market trends and business trends of user companies and utilize this knowledge in the sales and development of WAN services," says Yoko Ono, senior market analyst, Communications, IDC Japan. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223529http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=223529This IDC Insight examines the market for managed WAN optimization services, highlighting Verizon's recent addition of Riverbed's solution to its managed network services portfolio. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT