MUMBAI: Asia-Pacific telcos are forecast to see service revenues from DSL, fibre broadband and IPTV rise from $52.5 billion in 2010 to $79.5 billion in 2016.
Significant revenue growth will come from fibre broadband and IPTV services, offset slightly by some declines in broadband DSL.
The report by ABI research notes that India is discussing a broadband plan built around a national fibre optic network that has the potential to improve broadband penetration and other services – if the country can get past political and regulatory hurdles.
Cable companies in the region will see revenues decline slightly, from $51 billion to $49.5 billion, with increases in cable broadband offsetting some loss of pay-TV revenue to telco-provided IPTV and satellite. In sum, telcos will see revenue growth of 51 per cent and cable companies a fall in revenues by 3 per cent.
ABI research practice director Jason Blackwell said, “Managers at international companies are all aware of the fabulous opportunities in Asia where population growth and economic growth meet, and the potential for technology adoption seems endless. At the same time, country-to-country variations and different business norms make understanding the opportunities, and engaging to win, very difficult”.
ABI Research senior analyst Sam Rosen said “Both China and India have significant regulation unfolding which will shift the balance of power between telcos and cable companies. China’s Triple-Play Net Convergence initiative has already started to force the consolidation of provincial level cable operators to serve populations of approximately 20 million – up from small regional operators serving hundreds of thousands to a few million,” says. “India is discussing a broadband plan built around a national fiber optic network that has the potential to improve broadband penetration and other services – if the country can get past political and regulatory hurdles.”
ABI Research’s ‘Pay TV and Broadband Markets in China, India, Japan and Asia-Pacific’ study provides a country-by-country snapshot of telecommunications technologies (with the most attention paid to television subscriptions and fixed wired broadband subscriptions in China, India and Japan) along with discussions of the specific market dynamics and unique ways of doing business in these countries and other important countries in the region.
