Research and Markets has announced the addition of USA - Broadband Market - Fibre to the Home Overview & Forecasts to their offering.

Years of unrealised fibre projects have left the USA trailing far behind Asia in the deployment of FttH networks. However, recent changes in US regulation, in the demand for high-speed broadband and for new entertainment media such as IPTV and in falling costs for FttH deployment have all improved the prospects for US FttH. In particular, the loss of voice and broadband revenue to the MSOs has forced the RBOCs’ hands and the USA is finally starting to witness a more concerted fibre deployment effort. Led by Verizon, the RBOCs are committing billions of dollars to building fibre networks. In addition, CLECs and municipalities continue to play an important role in FttH deployments. By mid-2007 FttH deployments in the US were growing at nearly 100% per annum. Over the next 10 years, the USA could catch up with Asia in FttH deployments. The issue then will be the degree of dominance which the RBOCs, aided by regulatory holidays and their mega-mergers, will gain not just in the infrastructure market, but also in the triple play services market.

Some Areas Covered:

• Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
• FttH network rollout
• Policy and regulation framework
• and many more...