Cable Telephony an Integral Part of the Industry's 'Triple Play' Bundle, Reports In-Stat/MDR.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2003 Cable telephony See cable telephone. services continue to proliferate pro·lif·er·ate v. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring. as cable TV operators expand their video, data and voice service portfolios, reports In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com). 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. the high-tech market research firm, worldwide cable telephony subscribers are on track to top the 10 million mark by the end of 2003, and are forecasted to rise to more than 19 million in 2007. In addition to the growing number of users around the world, recent announcements marking the first U.S.-based cable telephony service deployments using Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP) technology, have made this year an important one for voice services in the cable industry. Today's market for cable telephony services continues to be strongly influenced by consumer discontent with incumbent telephone service providers, in addition to the fact that most circuit-switched cable telephony is less expensive than the service offered by the local phone company. However, In-Stat/MDR cites that the most powerful market driver for cable telephony today is the bundling of telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. service with existing digital video and high-speed data services, something that has proven to be very attractive to today's cable TV subscribers. "The cable TV service bundle has played an important role in the growth of cable telephony," said Mike Paxton Michael De Wayne Paxton (born September 3, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1977 through 1980. He batted and threw right handed. , a senior analyst with In-Stat/MDR. "At the same time, significant challenges remain as cable operators attempt to further scale their voice services across their networks." These challenges include allocating sufficient capital to expand the service in an atmosphere of reduced investment, and marketing cable telephony service beyond residential users to the business community. In-Stat/MDR has also found that: -- Europe continues to account for the lion's share of cable telephony subscribers. As of late 2003, there were approximately 5.9 million cable telephony subscribers in Europe, in comparison to 2.7 million in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . -- Worldwide revenues from cable telephony service are projected to hit $3.7 billion in 2003, and rise to more than $6 billion in 2007. -- "Voice over Broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). " VoIP-based telephony services will play a small, but important, role in North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. cable telephony services. These services, offered by companies like Vonage and Net2Phone, allow smaller cable operators to provide telephony services without large infrastructure investments. The report, "Cable Telephony Service: The Third Leg of Cable's 'Triple Play' Bundle" (#IN030711MB), examines and updates cable telephony services provided by cable TV operators. It covers market and industry drivers for cable telephony, examines network architectures and discusses existing technology standards. The report focuses closely on the transition from circuit-switched cable telephony services to VoIP services, and forecasts worldwide cable telephony subscribers and revenues through the year 2007. In addition, it also forecasts installed cable telephony lines and the growth of "Voice-over-Broadband" cable telephony subscribers over the next five years. To purchase this report, or for more information, please visit: http://www.instat.com/catalog/Ccatalogue.asp?id=39 or contact Erin McKeighan; emckeighan@reedbusiness.com or 480-609-4551. The report is priced at $2,495. 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