China and India lead worldwide telecom carrier capex and revenue growth

Jim O'Neill — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:15:50 -0400

CAMPBELL, California, July 7, 2008—Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reports that worldwide service provider capex (capital expenditures) totaled $248.8 billion in 2007, a 7% increase from 2006.

Infonetics’ report, Service Provider Capex, Opex, ARPU, and Subscribers: Worldwide, projects a spike in worldwide carrier capex in 2008, followed by a plateau in 2010 and a decline in 2011, and emphasizes that the weak US dollar is inflating current growth rates in Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, India, and Japan.

“Our capex analysis indicates we are in the fourth year of an investment phase, and we may be reaching the plateau this year in both North America and Europe, where large service providers’ capital intensity (the ratio of capex to revenue) will likely be as low as 12%. Meanwhile, China and India will drive a significant jump in carrier capex in 2008 as a result of network construction projects combined with currency appreciation against the US dollar. Both countries are still posting double-digit revenue growth in their native currencies, which, converted in US dollars creates a big spike in worldwide carrier revenue as well,” said Stéphane Téral, principal analyst at Infonetics Research and lead author of the report.

Other highlightsfrom the report:

Telecom service providers earned a combined $1.5 trillion in annual worldwide revenue in 2007, up 10% from 2006, with currency appreciation making up the bulk of the growth, while the rest came from wireless services
Carriers are increasingly investing in application software (vs. hardware) for media rich applications such as content, storage, and security for broadband based wireline and wireless services
Current investment drivers for carrier spending: convergence between IT, media, Internet, and telecom, which is adding new competitive pressures to carriers, and the shift from legacy TDM to next generation IP networks
The world's 10 largest service providers (ranked by 2007 revenue) are AT&T, Verizon, NTT, Deutsche Telekom, France Télécom, Vodafone, Telefónica, China Mobile, BT, and Sprint
The next largest service providers include Telecom Italia, Comcast, and KDDI, which, according to their most recent growth rates, are poised to join the top 10
The incumbent share of North American carrier capex jumped from 56% to 63% in 2007; MSOs are expected to increase their share of North American carrier capex by 2011
The Asia Pacific telecom industry is squeezed between 2 opposite market forces: a saturated market made of Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan characterized by flat to decreasing capex, and a fast growing market driven by China and India, characterized by double digit growth for both capex and revenue
Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) service provider revenue jumped 29% between 2006 and 2007
Mobile infrastructure makes up the bulk of total equipment capex in 2007, accounting for about 20%, followed by voice infrastructure, optical equipment, and broadband aggregation equipment
WiMAX equipment spending by service providers as a portion of total carrier capex has roughly doubled each year since 2004, and will continue to increase its share in the near term, driven by major WiMAX projects in the US, India, and Latin America

Infonetics’ report tracks revenue, capex, capex-to-revenue ratios, opex, ARPU, subscribers, and access lines of 154 public and semi-private/government-owned service providers. The report includes actual data and forecasts, market drivers, in-depth analysis, service provider demographics, and pivot tables for customizing analysis with data viewable by service provider, service provider type, and equipment category. Much of the data and analysis is updated monthly; the rest is updated biannually.

Infonetics publishes capex reports for North America, Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, Caribbean/Latin America (CALA), and Worldwide.

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Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international communications market research firm. Tracking emerging markets since 1990, Infonetics covers a broad range of service provider, product manufacturer, and enterprise and SMB markets, including network security, enterprise voice, unified communications, broadband networks, IPTV, IP video, mobile TV, optical networks, metro Ethernet, carrier routing and switching, wireless, FMC, VoIP, IMS, policy management, subscriber management, service management, carrier capex and opex, and more. Services include quarterly market share and forecasting, end-user survey research, service provider survey research, service provider capex analysis, and custom research and consulting.

InteleCom, Inc. to Target 1.1 Billion in Chinese Telecom Market

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:30:19 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- 09/13/07 --

InteleCom, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IECM) is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a Letter of Intent with two major companies in China, Panda International Information Technology Co. Ltd. and Shanghai NIU Telecom Ltd. The two companies will focus on the marketing of InteleCom's products and services through their sales and distribution channels to a potential market that includes all Internet, landline and mobile phone subscribers in China.

Panda International Information Technology Co. Ltd. is a subsidiary of Panda Electronics Group Company, Ltd., one of the most recognized names in electronics in China. The company has been listed among the top 100 largest electronics information enterprises in China for 20 consecutive years. "Panda" is the most recognizable trademark in China's electronics industry and was the first Chinese company to enter the international electronics market.

Shanghai NIU Telecom Ltd. is a subsidiary of KD Ontime Holdings Corp. Ltd., a telecom service provider established in 1998. KD Ontime provides VoIP service and VoIP technology support services to customers in China, Japan, Canada, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan and the U.S.

"Together the companies form a formidable marketing team in China where there are 170 million Internet users, 372 million landlines, and 508 million mobile phone users. All of these subscribers are potential VoIP customers through InteleCom's remote calling feature," stated John A. Roberts, Jr., CEO and Chairman of InteleCom, Inc.

For more information about Panda, please visit http://www.pandaie.com/index.asp. For more information about KD Ontime, please visit http://www.kdontime.com/. InteleCom previously announced that the Company has signed a global sales and distribution agreement with the Sakal Group, Israel's largest privately owned retail chain. This Joint Venture will market InteleCom's products and services through Sakal's numerous sales affiliates in other countries around the world.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â

About InteleCom, Inc.: InteleCom, Inc. has provided and marketed universally desirable, highly competitive telecommunication and Internet products and services worldwide since 1997. InteleCom's Internet phone service branded InteleFone is rated at the highest level for voice quality and clarity because the voice compression is processed through DSP chips located in the Internet phones and adapters. InteleCom's all encompassing vertically integrated VoIP service enterprise has entered the marketplace as a major global force and already has distributors and customers in over 120 countries around the world.

Statements contained in this news release, other than those identifying historical facts, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Safe Harbor provisions as contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relating to the Company's future expectations, including but not limited to revenues and earnings, technology efficacy, strategies and plans, are subject to safe harbors protection. Actual Company results and performance may be materially different from any future results, performance, strategies, plans, or achievements that may be expressed or implied by any such forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

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