Abstract
The market for cable telephony services is maturing and worldwide subscriber
numbers are growing rapidly. In many markets around the world, cable TV
operators consider telephony service to be an integral part of their
telecommunications service bundle. This has led to increasing service
availability in North America, Europe, and in a few countries in Asia.
Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology has proven to be a key market
enabler for cable telephony services and subscriber growth. Generally less
expensive to provision than more traditional circuit-switched telephony, the
increasing availability of VoIP services in North America was directly
responsible for the almost two-fold increase in the number of North American
subscribers during 2006.
This report covers the market for cable telephony services around the world.
It discusses the business case for provisioning cable telephony services,
looks at the availability of the service, and breaks down cable telephony' s
cost structure by specific network architecture.
In addition, the report updates leading cable TV operator telephony service
strategies and presents the results of a US cable telephony subscriber
consumer survey that was conducted in December 2006.
The report provides forecasts for worldwide cable telephony subscribers, VoIP
cable telephony subscribers, and installed cable telephony lines through the
year 2011.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Cable Telephony Comes of Age
- The Cable Telephony Market in 2007
- Market Drivers for Cable Telephony
- Circuit-Switched to VoIP: The Continuing Development of Cable Telephony
- Cable Telephony Network Architectures
- The Circuit-Switched Network
- The "Switched-IP" Network Architecture
- VoIP Networks
- VoIP: The Basics
- The Connectionless Connection
- IP and the PSTN
- Types of IP Telephony
- VoIP in an HFC Network
- The IP-Enabled Cable Network Architecture
- The Twisted-Pair Overlay Network
- Cable Telephony Deployment Costs: Circuit-Switched vs. VoIP
- Technology Standards for VoIP-based Cable Telephony
- Cable Modem Technology Standards
- DOCSIS 1.1
- DOCSIS 2.0
- DOCSIS 3.0
- International Standards
- PacketCable
- PacketCable 2.0
- PacketCable Multimedia
- IPCablecom
- US Consumer Survey: Cable Telephony Service
- Key Findings of the Survey
- Which Cable TV Operator Provides Your Household' s Cable Telephony
Service?
- How Long Have You Had Cable Telephony Service?
- How Much Do You Pay Each Month for Cable Telephony Service?
- How Many Cable Telephony Lines Do You Have in Your Home?
- Is Your Cable Telephony Service a VoIP Service?
- How Many Times Has Your Cable Operator Made a Service Call to
Fix/Repair Your Service?
- How Satisfied Are You With Your Cable Telephony Service?
- Would You Recommend Cable Telephony Service to a Friend?
- Cable Telephony: Key Market Trends
- VoIP Subscribers Continue to Grow
- A Quad Play Update: Wireless Voice in the US Cable Industry
- Joint Venture Functions
- Cox Communication
- Time Warner Cable
- Comcast
- The Wireless JV Today: In-Stat' s Assessment
- Cable Telephony Service Providers
- North America
- United States
- Bright House Networks
- Comcast
- Cablevision
- Charter Communications
- Cox Communications
- Insight Communications
- RCN
- Time Warner Cable
- Canada
- Europe
- Virgin Media
- Liberty Global
- Other Operators
- ROW
- Australia
- Chile
- Japan
- Mexico
- Cable Telephony Forecasts
- Cable Telephony Subscriber Forecasts
- Cable Telephony Revenue Forecasts
- Related In-Stat Reports
List of Tables
- Table 1. Cable Telephony Market Drivers
- Table 2. Verizon vs. Cox Communications: Residential Telephony
Prices in Alexandria, Virginia
- Table 3. The Development Phases of Cable Telephony Technology,
2004- 2011
- Table 4. Cost per Subscriber: Circuit-Switched Service
- Table 5. Cost per Subscriber: VoIP Service (Premise Powered)
- Table 6. Cost per Subscriber: VoIP Service (Network Powered)
- Table 7. US Consumer Survey: Which Cable Operator Provides Your
Cable Telephony Service?
- Table 8. How Long Have You Had Cable Telephony Service?
- Table 9. How Much Do You Pay Each Month for Cable Telephony Service?
- Table 10. How Many Cable Telephony Lines Do You Have in Your Home?
- Table 11. Is Your Cable Telephony Service a VoIP Service?
- Table 12. How Many Times Has Your Cable Operator Made a Service
Call to Fix/Repair Your Service?
- Table 13. How Satisfied Are You With Your Cable Telephony Service?
- Table 14. VoIP-Enabled Cable Telephony: North American Subscribers
by Cable Operator
- Table 15. US Cable Telephony Subscriber Households by Operator,
March 2007
- Table 16. Worldwide Cable Telephony Subscriber Forecast, 2005- 2011
(Subscribers in Thousands)
- Table 17. US Cable Telephony Subscriber Forecast, 2005-
2011(Subscribers in Thousands) 47
- Table 18. Worldwide VoIP Cable Telephony Subscribers, 2005- 2011
(Subscribers in Thousands)
- Table 19. US VoIP Cable Telephony Subscribers, 2005- 2011
(Subscribers in Thousands)
- Table 20. Worldwide Cable-based Voice-over-Broadband User Forecast,
2005- 2011 (Users in Thousands)
- Table 21. Worldwide Cable Telephony Installed Lines, 2005- 2011
(Lines in Thousands)
- Table 22. Cable Telephony Penetration of Cable TV Households, 2005-
2011 (Worldwide Subscribers in Millions)
- Table 23. Worldwide Cable Telephony Service Revenue Forecast, 2005-
2011 (US$ in Millions)
- Table 24. US Cable Telephony Service Revenue Forecast, 2005- 2011
(US$ in Millions)
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Worldwide Cable Telephony Subscriber Forecast, 2003- 2011
(Subscribers in Millions)
- Figure 2. The Circuit-Switched Network
- Figure 3. The Switched IP Network
- Figure 4. The VoIP-Enabled HFC Network
- Figure 5. The PacketCable Network: Key Equipment
- Figure 6. How Long Have You Had Cable Telephony Service?
- Figure 7. How Many Times Has Your Cable Operator Made a Service
Call to Fix/Repair Your Service?
- Figure 8. Would You Recommend Cable Telephony Service to a Friend?
- Figure 9. Cable/Cellular Joint Venture Services: Mobilizing the
Triple Play
- Figure 10. Worldwide Cable Telephony Service Revenues, 2003- 2011
(US$ in Millions)
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