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Hype Cycle for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2008
27 November 2008
 
Elroy Jopling   Elia San Miguel   Fernando Elizalde   Andrew Frank   Amanda Sabia   Tole J. Hart   Mike McGuire   Carolina Milanesi   Sandy Shen   King-Yew Foong   Stephanie Baghdassarian   Andrew Chetham   Jouni Forsman   Patti A. Reali   Nick Ingelbrecht   Annette Zimmermann  

The consumer communications services market covers a huge, rapidly evolving area. Innovation and growth prospects continue to be primarily centered around applications and now will be influenced by developments in adjacent industries such as consumer electronics, mobile devices, media and Internet.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 What You Need to Know
    
 The Hype Cycle
    
 The Priority Matrix
    
 On the Rise

    
 Consumer Telepresence
    
 Ultra-High-Speed Mobile Networks
    
 Ultra-High-Speed Broadband Internet
    
 Mobile Portal VoIP
    
 At the Peak

    
 Over-the-Top TV
    
 Vendors' Mobile Services
    
 Mobile Advertising
    
 FMC: Consumer Voice Services
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

    
 Network DVR
    
 Consumer Portal VoIP
    
 FMC: Consumer Applications
    
 Mobile Community
    
 Mobile Gambling
    
 Mobile TV Broadcasting
    
 IPTV
    
 Mobile TV Streaming
    
 Climbing the Slope

    
 Location-Based Services
    
 Full-Track Music Streaming and Downloading
    
 Entering the Plateau

    
 Mobile Video on Demand
    
 Appendixes

    
 Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2008
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2008
 

Figure 3. 
 Hype Cycle for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2007
 



Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2009
24 July 2009
  
Hype Cycle for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2008
27 November 2008
  
Hype Cycle for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2007
6 July 2007
  




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