Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2008-2012- Internet Access Spending: Wired and Mobile

Internet access spending: wireless and mobile

Internet wired and mobile access consists of fees paid by consumers to Internet service providers and to wireless carriers for Internet access via mobile devices, whether provided as a stand-alone service or as part of a bundle. Figures include neither the purchase of content such as music nor spending on entertainment content downloaded over the Internet or through mobile phones, which is included in the respective content chapters. Internet access is a key driver of entertainment and media spending in most segments.

A sampling of global facts and forecasts:

• "With telephone companies now distributing television programming, competition between cable operators and telephone companies has become more intense, and will drive the US broadband market."
• "In EMEA, wireless upgrades, 3G rollouts and flat rate pricing will drive mobile access, which will be the fastest-growing components of the market."
• "In Asia-Pac, infrastructure investment will expand landline telephone reach in some countries and boost dial-up in the near term. This will result in dial-up returning to modest growth between 2010 and 2012, but not enough to prevent dial-up from suffering a 0.9 percent compound annual decline between 2007 and 2012."