Market Research

Verizon, AT&T, Level 3 Rank in Global Ethernet Leaderboard

U.S.-based carriers Verizon, AT&T and Level 3 Communications made Vertical Systems Group's 2012 Global Ethernet Leaderboard, ranking 3, 5 and 7, respectively. ...More
March 28, 2013
Posted in News, Ethernet/ MPLS
IT Spending to Reach $3.8T Worldwide in 2013, Gartner Says

Spending on mobile devices, data center and software will go up while telecom spend will remain flat. ...More
March 28, 2013
Posted in News
U.S. Private Line Revenue to Plateau, Insight Research Says

The $35 billion U.S. private line services market is expected to decline 1 percent annually over the next five years, as the shift to packet-based services offsets demand for higher bandwidth private lines. ...More
March 27, 2013
Posted in News
Finally! T-Mobile USA Confirms No-Contract iPhone 5 Release Date

Amid a flurry of announcements, T-Mobile also announced its new 4G LTE network is live in seven cities and that its iPhone 5 comes with a payment plan since it doesn't give the generous subsidy offered by its competitors. ...More
March 26, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
AT&T's BlackBerry 10 Launch 'Tepid,' 'Disappointing'

Analysts' reactions are less than inspiring. ...More
March 25, 2013
Posted in News
Apple's iPhone Smokes Samsung Galaxy S3, Others in Customer Satisfaction

A J.D. Power and Associates' study shows that overall satisfaction among smartphone customers has increased over the years while satisfaction among traditional mobile phone customers has remained the same. ...More
March 25, 2013 By Arselia Gales
Posted in News
More SMBs Adopt BYOD Policies

A large amount of small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) are developing Bring Your Own Device policies according to a recent iGR study. ...More
March 22, 2013 By Arselia Gales
Posted in News
Partnering Trends Between Telecom and IT Channels — 2013

Channel Partners and CompTIA teamed up for the third time to conduct an in-depth survey exploring the nature and health of partnerships between traditional IT solution providers and telecom services agents. ...More
March 22, 2013
Posted in Reports
Bigger AT&T Shared-Data Plans Could Mean 'Sticker Shock'

With its expanded shared-data plans, is AT&T's end game "clearly to train customers to swallow a fee"? In the end, they could benefit small businesses. ...More
March 21, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
IT Services Market Ended 2012 on a Low Note

Last year marked the worst IT services contract activity since 2002 and performance in the last three months of 2012 fell below the levels seen at the end of 2011. ...More
March 18, 2013 By Arselia Gales
Posted in News