The Future of Broadband 2010

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Introduction

This report focuses on forward-looking technologies and evolutions around the Internet world and the impact that they will have on broadband uptake. Even though some of these concepts and technologies are very much a longer-term view, concerned businesses (providers, Telco’s, broadcasting companies) need to be aware of some of the innovations in IT so they can form part of their longer-term broadband strategies. Although some parties believe that many technologies, such as Wi-Fi, fiber-to-the-home and Peer-to-Peer, will increase demand for broadband access, another view that is enlightened by Scenario Thinking reveals alternatives not so bright for this industry. It is important to examine a broad range of options, in order to prepare for different business options, not necessarily the ones that everybody expects from the current outlook of the market.