Broadband and Internet Intelligence Centre

The Broadband & Internet Intelligence Centre provides in-depth coverage of the strategic, regulatory, consumer and technological trends defining the market for fixed broadband, digital media and the connected home and tracks KPIs for 200+ markets.

2012 Research Agenda

Analysis:

Future of the TV settop box
Second-screen strategies
CDN strategies
Consumer cloud storage and digital lockers
(Mobile broadband) pricing strategies
Customer experience management
Backhaul demand and addressable market
Mobile CDN strategies
App stores
SWOTs of leading US West Coast Internet service providers and OTT players
Cloud TV
Superfast broadband applications
Ex-pat OTTtv
Churn and customer loyalty
Lean telco
Carrier Wi-Fi
Operator tablet/connected device business models
Net-neutrality update
Evolving multiplay (Broadband everywhere)
The tablet market – Sizing up the appeal opportunities and challenges
LTE devices beyond handsets
Mobile broadband devices – MIDs, MCDs and smartbooks
Mobile broadband devices – Netbooks and notebooks
WWAN – enabled e-reader markets
The rise of HTML5
Tablet business models and screen sizes
Monetising OTTtv
Connected home retail
Next-generation access
NGA network collaboration
Rural broadband
Online and OTT video advertising
Customer economics
Emerging market mobile broadband pricing
OSS/BSS outsourcing strategies
IP cable convergence
Multiscreen strategies
Telco TV strategies
Home gateways
Retail and distribution
Impact of broadband on capex + capex forecasts
Mobile operator content strategies

Market Data:

Digital media development index

Compiled from public domain sources, including vendor websites, news sites and reference lists. Updated quarterly.
Public WLAN hotspots

Public WLAN hotspots listed by region, country and operator, along with charts and graphs analysing country and regional totals.
Telecoms Operator Content delivery network services

Content delivery network (CDN) initiatives from telecoms operators, by operator, service name, type of operator, home market, target market, market entry, partners/acquisitions, and investment.
Digital content finance index

Track the digital content revenues of some of the largest and most prominent companies in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Updated quarterly.

Connected home scorecard

Score the relative prospects for success of the key players in the connected home. The scorecard is based on 28 key factors that will determine the success of each device, the home networking technologies scorecard features 13 factors.

Conditional access systems contracts

Contains over 400 conditional access systems (CAS) vendor contracts in over 90 countries, organized by region, country, operator and TV platform.

Internet-enabled devices and corresponding services

Tracks announced Internet-enabled devices and the content services they provide access to, by manufacturer, service name, announced video services, other Internet applications and geographic availability.

OTT and video online tracker

Tracks users and usage for the largest online video and VoD services around the world.

Forecasts:

Connected device forecasts

Connected device forecasts for sales and install base.

Multiplay readiness forecasting tool

Track the potential for multiplay bundles in 46 of the world’s most-populated countries, by enabling users to compare forecasts for users and households subscribed to portable broadband and fixed broadband services, mobile handset and digital pay-TV, including dual- and triple–play services.

Internet services and traffic interactive forecasting tool

View and chart the entire output of Informa Telecoms and Media’s Internet traffic forecasts. Choose unique combinations of services, geographic regions and output metrics for display. In total, 20 services are forecast, across 13 markets and 8 regions. The tool also contains three scenarios (Core, Conservative & Aggressive) to help you understand the level of risk that exists within this dynamic area.

Cord cutting households

Cord-cutting refers to pay TV subscribing households that cancel/lapse their pay TV subscription, driven by an intention to use their broadband connection to view OTT as an alternative to pay TV.

Multiscreen readiness index

Track the potential for multiscreen services in 46 of the world’s most-populated countries. The services arw based on forecasts for three key forms of service delivery to mobile, PC, and TV screens: mobile broadband, fixed broadband and pay TV.