Advanced Data Services Are Telcos' Best Weapons in Gateway Turf War, Says ABI Research.OYSTER BAY Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , N.Y. -- Telephone companies' strategies to replace lost voice-subscriber revenues and combat the cable industry by offering broadband services are reaching a critical period, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research. "Broadband Residential Gateways," a recent report from the NY-based analysts, addresses leading broadband gateway solutions offered by IC and CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment vendors. It discusses regional growth patterns in light of leading broadband technologies, subscriber penetration and current and future market dynamics. Broadband subscriptions are growing at better than 10% per quarter in North America, and even faster in parts of Asia. While the broadband market is far from saturated, says Vamsi Sistla, the firm's director of broadband and residential entertainment technologies research, the initial type of demand -- for simple Internet access and Web browsing -- has largely been met. "The next generation of broadband users will be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. added applications," he believes. "To cash in on the excitement, applications-driven companies should offer added layers of service, such as VoIP, video-on-demand, and eventually video telephony, while much of the industry is still only offering basic connections." Telcos are going after cable video subscribers. "They have made their intentions very clear," declares Sistla. "They want to claim their share of the market and they feel it's the right time." This is confirmed by the many telcos in North America and overseas that are offering video over DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary services, and in deals like the recent SBC-EchoStar agreement to build a new set-top-box able to access movies from existing movie-download services. But two factors are needed for continued success: content owners' aggressive desire to sell their properties this way, and a readiness by telcos and service providers to build the low-end STBs and residential gateways that can access them. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. Their market research products can be found on the Web at www.abiresearch.com, or by calling 516.624.3113. |
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