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		<description><![CDATA[ Analysis of the opportunities and challenges for network service providers in delivering voice, data, video, hosted applications, broadband and converged services like VoIP to consumers and businesses. Detailed coverage of leading players with market segmentation, forecasts and disruptive-technology analysis. ]]></description> 
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: Carrier Operations and Strategies Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Dataquest Research Catalog contains information on Gartner Dataquest research for clients of the Carrier Operations and Strategies Worldwide product. Recently published research documents are listed as well as plans for upcoming research deliverables. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: Consumer Services Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Dataquest Research Catalog contains information on Gartner Dataquest research for clients of the Consumer Services Worldwide product. Recently published research documents are listed as well as plans for the upcoming research deliverables. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: Enterprise Network Services Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Dataquest Research Catalog contains information on Gartner Dataquest research for clients of the Enterprise Network Services Worldwide product. Recently published research documents are listed as well as plans for upcoming research deliverables. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Western European Communications Service Providers' Revenue Sees Worrying Dips in 1H09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The first half of 2009 saw organic revenue declines for the majority of Western European communications service providers with a pattern of competitive and economic issues affecting them. Longer term, re-establishing a period of sustained revenue growth will be difficult for them. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: North American CSPs Poised to Accelerate Capital Spending]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Leading North American communications service providers invested cautiously in the first half of 2009. However, steady financial performance and the improving economy supports signs for a spending acceleration later in the year. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Operations Support Systems, Worldwide, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The sentiment for technology change dominates the OSS industry in the anticipated competitive environment. Significant OSS modernization from an end-to-end integration perspective is required, which creates complacent opportunities for vendors in this innovative market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Mobile Advertising Bucks Ad Spending Trend]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mobile advertising spend will increase in 2009, and will continue to grow. This report looks at what key trends are driving this market, who is advertising and why. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Next Phase of Growth in Worldwide Consumer Fixed Broadband; Emerging Markets Take the Lead]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Looked at globally, broadband connectivity in the home is far from hitting market saturation; though several developed country markets are now highly penetrated. During the next five years, the number of new connections coming from emerging markets will be twice that of those from mature markets. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Reshaping Enterprise Communications Markets, Worldwide, 2009 and 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Enterprise communications providers can adapt as customer spending slows by marketing cost-saving products and pay-as-you-go services, slashing contract costs and targeting public-sector stimulus cash. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Impact Ranking of Consumer Mobile Applications, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The research looks at the impact of consumer mobile applications on the market over a three-year time span until 2012 and identifies high-impact offerings and driving factors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Global Telecommunications Market Take, June 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Revenue from telecom services and equipment grew by 5.7% to $1.9 trillion in 2008, as the historic shift between mobile and fixed services continued to grow, with rollout in emerging markets as a key supporting trend. The total market will exceed $2.1 trillion in 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Emerging Telecom Providers' Business Models Show Stable Performance Despite Worsening Global Economy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's research shows that, on average, the business model performance of providers operating in emerging markets has improved. Benchmarking their recent and past trends against six critical performance measures will help senior managers develop strategies that enable "best in class" performance. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Communications Service Providers' Key Business Indicators Remain Stable Despite Global Economic Recession]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's evaluation of 35 leading communications service providers indicates that most providers are well-positioned to weather the economic recession as solid financial and operational performance in 2008 sustains their business model flexibility. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Forecast Assumptions for IPTV Subscribers and Revenues, Asia/Pacific, Japan and Western Europe, 2007-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This report highlights the regional and some country-specific market developments and assumptions behind our recently published forecasts for the Internet Protocol television services markets in Asia/Pacific and Japan, and Western Europe. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Downturn in IT Spending Stabilizes and Outlook Improves in 3Q09 Forecast Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In this 3Q09 forecast update, we have halted a year's worth of downward revisions to the IT spending growth outlook for 2009 and 2010. This reflects both supply and demand indications that economic and business conditions are improving because a measure of stability has returned to the market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Telecom Market, Worldwide, 2007-2013, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The global telecom market will decline by 4.0% in 2009 before returning to growth in 2010. This report describes the market model and assumptions behind the forecast and analyzes the forecast outcome. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Telecom Operations Management Systems (BSS, OSS and SDP), Worldwide, 2006-2013 (3Q09 Update)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This report examines changes in market conditions and their correlation with forecast assumptions, as reflected in the 3Q09 update of the worldwide forecast for TOMS for 2006 to 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Telecom Operations Management Systems (BSS, OSS and SDP), External Spending Worldwide by Country, 2006-2013, 3Q09 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ External spending is expected to grow by between 5% and 7% annually over the next five years. The Middle East and Africa and Asia/Pacific regions will growth fastest. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: IPTV Subscribers and Service Revenue, Western Europe, 2007-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Subscriptions to Internet Protocol TV services will hit around 11 million by the end of 2009, generating annual service revenue of more than EUR 1.7 billion for the first time in Western Europe. By the end of 2013 there will be over 19 million IPTV subscribers in the region. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Telecom Market, Worldwide, 2007-2013 (3Q09 Update)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The global telecom market will decline by 4% in 2009 as a result of the financial crisis, but will return to sustainable growth from 2010, eventually rising to a market size of $2.2 trillion in 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Telecom Operations Management Systems (BSS, OSS and SDP), Worldwide, 2006-2013 (3Q09 Update)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The global market for business support systems, operations support systems and service delivery platforms will decline slightly in 2009 and then grow at a compound annual rate of 3% until 2013. The markets of Asia/Pacific and the Middle East and Africa will grow fastest. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Mobile Services, Worldwide, 2004-2013 (3Q09 Update)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ With consumer confidence being restored, fueled by strong economic indicators, signaling the transition to global recovery, we have increased our global mobile services forecast compound annual growth rate for 2009 to 2013 by 0.4% from 4.5% to 4.9%.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Consumer Fixed Voice, Internet and Broadband Service Revenue, Worldwide, 2007-2013 (3Q09 Update)]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The consumer voice, broadband and Internet access market is proving resilient in the current economic downturn. As a result, we have increased our revenue forecast by about 1.5% per year from 2010 through 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Carrier Infrastructure and Operational Services Contracts, Worldwide, 1H09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In the first half of 2009, most managed services and outsourcing engagements involved maintenance and spare parts tasks, as well as services to design and implement third-generation mobile network upgrades. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Top 20 IPTV Carriers, Worldwide, 1H09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ By the end of June 2009, two Internet Protocol television carriers had passed the 2 million subscribers mark. Western Europe remains the largest market for IPTV, notably France. Outside of Europe, the U.S., China and South Korea have the largest IPTV deployments. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Telecom Operations Management Systems (BSS, OSS and SDP), Worldwide, 2006-2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The top 25 vendors of business support systems, operations support systems and service delivery platforms generated 53% of the revenue in 2008, showing that the market remained fragmented. Amdocs and Accenture led the field with $2.6 billion each. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Telecom Service Provider Revenue and Demand Performance, North America, 1H08]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. economic slowdown had negligible effect on the revenues of North American telecom service providers in the first half of 2008. With some exceptions, they again registered higher revenues and growing demand for their services. This report also details Telmex's performance in Latin America. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Carrier Portfolio Assessment: Expansion Required Across the New Value Web to Increase Economic Rent]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The value of traditional telecommunications is changing due to the introduction of broadband-enabling Internet Protocol-based service delivery from new players. Carriers need to change their portfolios to reflect the new value Web and invest in lateral areas to generate revenue. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Mobile Network Infrastructure, Worldwide, 2007]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Worldwide revenue amounted to $49 billion in 2007. The leading vendor was Ericsson with a revenue share of 28.9%, followed by NSN with 20.9%, and Alcatel-Lucent with 15.5%. The gap between Ericsson and other players means that Ericsson's overall lead should remain unchallenged in the near future. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Enterprise Wireless LAN Equipment, Worldwide, 1Q08]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Revenue increased by 6% on 4Q07 and by 23% on 1Q07. In the midsize and large enterprise segment, coordinated access points accounted for 59% of access point shipments (up from 46% in 1Q07), and Cisco gained 1 percentage point in revenue share from 4Q07. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Top 20 IPTV Carriers, Worldwide, Year End 2007]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ At the end of 2007 only 16 of the top 20 carriers had more than 200,000 subscribers to their Internet Protocol television services. They were led by two French providers -- France Telecom, with more than 1.1 million subscribers and Free Telecom with 950,000 subscribers. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Mobile Connections, Latin America, 4Q07]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Mobile connections in Latin America grew sequentially by 7.8% to 378.6 million, reaching a penetration rate of 66.2% in the fourth quarter of 2007. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Share: Cellular Services, Asia/Pacific and Japan, 4Q07]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The number of cellular connections in Asia/Pacific and Japan increased from 1,254 million in 3Q07 to 1,332 million in 4Q07, a 6.2% increase. Most of this growth came from India, China and the Rest of Asia countries. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Three Steps to Improved Customer Life Cycle Management for Telecom Service Providers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Consumers pass through many stages in evaluating, purchasing, using and deciding their loyalty to a product or service. By addressing their needs at various points along this "life cycle," telecommunications service providers can greatly improve the customer experience and reduce churn. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: LTE Versus HSPA+; Which Is More Compelling?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The current state of the global economy has raised questions about the business case for Long Term Evolution, and encouraged companies to explore alternatives like High-Speed Packet Access Evolution. It has also led code division multiple access operators to consider Evolved High Rate Packet Data. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Convergent Charging Vendor Selection; Who's Doing What? Huawei]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Communications service providers need to be meticulous when tendering requests for information and requests for proposals for convergent charging. This study is an addition to our series that compares and evaluates solution architecture, and functionality and scope of 23 convergent charging vendors. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Convergent Charging Vendor Selection; Who's Doing What? eServGlobal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Communications service providers need to be meticulous when tendering requests for information and requests for proposals for convergent charging. This study is an addition to our series that compares and evaluates solution architecture, and functionality and scope of 23 convergent charging vendors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: New Revenue Opportunities for Telecom Carriers, 2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Telecom carriers must pursue opportunities in services beyond telecommunications due to the rapidly changing marketplace and to avoid being sidelined by nontraditional competitors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: How and Why Telecommunications Carriers Must Pursue Cloud Services Opportunities Now]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Telecommunications carriers need to effectively leverage their hosting and data center infrastructure assets now if they are to play an important role in the cloud services supply chain. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: How BT, Qwest and IBM Tackle Cloud-Based UCaaS Service Delivery]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Communications service providers and system integrators require automated service delivery capabilities to manage the complex provisioning of cloud-based unified communications offerings. BT, IBM and Qwest have seen provisioning savings of up to 60% via automated UC service delivery platforms. ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Turning Mobile Broadband Growth Into Profit in Western Europe]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Driven by plummeting prices and unlimited data caps, broadband adoption has soared in Western Europe. But operators need to turn traffic into revenue to make growth sustainable. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Why Communication Service Providers Need to Use APIs to Expose Their Networks]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Application programming interfaces let communication service providers expose network and service functions to third-party developers, fostering service innovation and new revenue streams. Standardized interfaces also help carriers create and organize their services internally. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Methodology Guide: IPTV Service Forecast and Business Model Definitions, Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document is designed to accompany Gartner's 2009 market size forecasts for consumer Internet Protocol TV subscribers and revenue. It includes our definitions of IPTV services and business models, and the methodology and geographic segmentation used in developing these forecasts. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: CSPs Have an Opportunity to Compete Successfully in the Application Store Marketplace]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Application store ownership by communications service providers is a hot topic that is attracting global interest. We examine the advantages for CSPs of providing application stores, and the pitfalls. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Scorecard for Vendors of Long Term Evolution Network Infrastructure]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Long Term Evolution will be a key technology for wireless broadband, though initially more suited to enterprise than consumer applications. This document offers guidance to LTE vendors and mobile network operators. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Wireless Providers Increase Equipment Subsidy Bet in North America]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In North America, provider subsidization of wireless equipment is growing at a faster rate than equipment revenue from customers, a trend that is likely to be exacerbated with increased adoption of smartphones and integrated devices. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: BSS, OSS and SDP Vendors Need Nimble Strategies to Sustain Future Growth]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Numerous economic and technological forces through 2008 have shaped the global market for operations support systems, business support systems and service delivery platforms. This report provides an analysis of the leading vendors and the economic environment that influences their position. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Top 30 Communications Service Provider Rankings, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In this research, we display the revenue, share and recent growth of the top 30 telecom communications service providers worldwide from 2005 to 2008. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Service Providers Need Short-Term Alignment of Marketing, Operations and Technology]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The economic environment calls for more effective offerings in a short time. Using cooperative management, service providers need to bring together marketing, technology and operations. People with different backgrounds need to share a common analysis framework to succeed. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Telecom Service Provider Revenue and Demand Performance, Asia/Pacific and Japan Developed Markets, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Demand and revenue for telecommunications services is mixed among the leading Asia/Pacific and Japan service providers (developed markets) in 2008. Erosion in traditional telephony revenue is continuing but this is generally compensated by growth in broadband and mobile services. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Next-Generation Service Delivery Platform Market Overview and Strategic Scorecard for Vendors, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As telecom carriers look to generate new revenue, while still controlling costs, NG SDPs are high on their agendas. These platforms support the business case for new converged services without requiring heavy investment in telecom networks and IT. Gartner evaluates 12 key vendors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Methodology Guide: Communications Service Provider Business Model Performance Scorecard]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner assesses the business model performance of leading communications service providers in North America, Western Europe and Asia/Pacific annually, and an assessment of providers in selected emerging markets is being introduced. This research analyzes the detailed, underpinning methodology. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Methodology Guide: Consumer Fixed Voice, Internet and Broadband Services, Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This guide is designed to accompany Gartner's 2009 market sizing forecast for consumer fixed voice, Internet and broadband services. It includes an overview of Gartner's definitions of consumer fixed services, as well as the methodology and geographic segmentation used in developing these forecasts. ]]></description>
		
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=168026&ref=g_rss]]></link>
  	 <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Insight: Forecast Assumptions for IPTV Subscribers and Revenues, Asia/Pacific, Japan and Western Europe, 2007-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This report highlights the regional and some country-specific market developments and assumptions behind our recently published forecasts for the Internet Protocol television services markets in Asia/Pacific and Japan, and Western Europe. ]]></description>
		
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