Every January we make predictions about the major issues in the IT industry for the year ahead.
Business take-up is key to early growth.
UMTS license costs force all providers to seek partners to cover costs. After two years of disappointing trials, Christmas sales via the Internet finally take off. Mobile and Internet divestiture devalues incumbent telcos stock value and limits their growth or transformation capabilities. Broadband dark fibre long distance prices level out, as local access prices become determining factor The role of regulators becomes even more important in forcing incumbents into cheap connections as most of the alternative ADSL providers fail. Three long distance network carriers merge, seek partners or go out of business.