Disruptive technologies and the wireline telco

Publication Date	June 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	16
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00899

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Summary

This is part three in our series of four reports, which look at the disruptive trends facing the wireline telco. This report identifies the various disruptive technologies and how they will affect the telco.

Content

Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Key messages
Fibre and Long Term Evolution are the biggest potential disruptors
Business case hard to build for some technologies
ICT convergence provides opportunities for service providers
Disruptive network technologies
Introduction
IP multimedia subsystem
VoIP
Ethernet
LTE
WiMAX
Fibre (FTTx)
Disruptive IT technologies
Web 2.0 or web-based platforms
Virtualisation
Cloud computing
Open source software
Implications for telcos
ICT convergence provides enabling technologies and opportunities for SPs
Greater network efficiencies on the whole
What be will be the most disruptive and when?
List of Tables
- Table 1: Drivers and barriers to deploying disruptive network technologies
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Disruption to the telco from the various technologies
- Figure 2: FTTB/H is the biggest positive disruptor to the wireline telco
- Figure 3: Disruption timeline