TIA MARKET REVIEW M

Description / Abstract: OVERVIEW

Aggressive fiber deployment during the past two years will limit incremental growth during the next four years.

Growing penetration of smartphones and tablets and rollouts of 4G wireless networks will boost data traffic.

Surging Internet and mobile traffic will require high levels of ongoing infrastructure investment.

Spending on wireless data will propel overall wireless services spending even as subscriber growth slows.

In the enterprise, investment in more bandwidth to accommodate surging data traffic requirements and increased storage needs will stimulate spending.

Cloud computing will open up the market to increased use of applications by more companies. Growth in equipment spending to support these applications will offset the substitution effect of shifting premises-based equipment to the cloud.

Data center construction will grow in the near term and remain high throughout the forecast period.

Cost savings and productivity gains will continue to stimulate the conferencing market.

An expanding economy will support growth in telecommunications spending during the next four years.