Australia - Telecoms Market Analysis - Top Trends Moving Into 2016- Jsb Market Research

Australia - Telecoms Market Analysis - Top Trends Moving into 2016

Released On 21st July 2015

This annual publication provides  telecoms market analysis moving into 2016. It includes forecasts, overviews and discussions on:

Industry consolidation and cost cutting set to continue;

Video streaming puts pressure on the quality of the NBN;

Mobile broadband traffic explosion driven by transactions initiated by smartphone devices;

Telco industry slow in its transformation;

Winners are assets and people light and use horizontal collaboration and the sharing economy;

New opportunities in: healthcare, education, government services, smart grids, smart cities, connected homes, wearable technologies, IoT and M2M;

Telstra is taking a leadership role in some of these developments, not just here also internationally;

NBN – FttH passed 1 million, FttN roll out start in all earnest after a 3 year delay in 2016;

LTE (4 ½ G) is fuelling developments in IoT and M2M;

Data analytic capabilities are opening up opportunities for new wealth creation and new jobs;

Well connected communities are leading the trend towards smart cities;Data retention and web blocking laws will not solve the cybercrime problems.

Researchers:- Paul Budde, Henry Lancaster

Current publication date:- July 2015 (28th Edition)

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