At In-Stat, we take our annual predictions pretty seriously. Each year everyone, including our VP of Research, Research Directors, Custom Director and analysts get together to focus on the upcoming year.

Our predictions are based upon our vendor research, results from the more than 50 primary projects we conduct each year, our subject matter expertise and our instincts, born of our combined experience. We each come armed with what we see happening in the New Year. But most importantly, we discuss thoroughly and interactively what impacts these predictions are likely to have on the markets that we examine.

This free white paper includes prophetic insights on the following:

• A Featured Prediction from Principal Analyst Gerry Kaufhold – “High Definition TV Programming will Become Available via the Broadband Internet.”
  
• From Our Enabling Technologies & Semiconductors Team:
  
  • The Intel vs. AMD Rivalry
    
  • Nvidia
    
  • Microsoft Vista
    
  • PVRs
    
  • Global WiMAX Deployment and the Fate of “d” Vendors
    
  • PCs (Wireless USB, Macintosh Market Share)
    
• From Our Networks, Service Provision and Security Experts
  
  • Business Managed Services
    
  • Verizon’s Response to AT&T’s Acquisition of Calisma
    
  • Potential Deals from AT&T
    
  • Potential Deals from Alcatel
    
  • Ethernet Advances
    
  • Service Provider Response to the Growing Emphasis on Security
    
  • The Backlash Against "Network Neutrality"
    
  • A Shift in Focus for Service Providers
    
  • The Deployment of a 5000+ ZigBee Node Network
    
  • Global Suppliers of IMS Control Layer Software
    
  • Time Warner Communications, Comcast, and COX
    
  • The Venice Project’s P2P Video Project
    
  • Google, AOL & Vonage.
    
• Asia/Pacific
  
  • The Re-Organization of Major Telecom Operators
    
  • Changes in Advanced Mobile Markets like Japan and South Korea
    
  • WiMAX
    
  • HDTV Services
    
  • IPTV
    
  • The Expansion of iTunes and Real Networks into Other Asian Countries
    
  • Hot Target Counties for the Electronics and Semiconductor Industries
    
• China
  
  • 3G Licenses
    
  • Reorganization Among the China Telcos
    
  • The Take Off of the TD-SCDMA Industry Value Chain
    
  • The Ongoing Globalization of China's Telecom Industry
    
  • The Upgrade of China's GSM Network to "Edge"
    
  • Cable Carriers' 2-way DTV Network Reconstruction’s Impact on the IPTV Market
    
  • P2P Streaming and Internet Video Sharing
    
  • Handheld GPS Devices
    
  • LCD TVs
    
  • Enterprise IP Communications
    
• Revisiting 2006 -- Were In-Stat's Predictions on Target? (Wireless, Enabling Technologies & Semiconductors, Video, Consumers & Services, Asia/Pacific)