The telecoms industry continues to transform

The telecoms industry continues to transform and during the economic downturn persists; growth in many sectors of the vast telecoms industry continues. Consumers are after all enamoured by mobile research, with smart phones and improved infrastructure having fuelled the continuing uptake of mobility around the world. The number of Internet users as well continues to increase as the penetration of both fixed and mobile broadband becomes more accessible. Should the contingency arise, people are using the Internet differently than a few years ago, when search services were the primary activity. In 2011, the use of social media has become one of the most popular online activities.

The Internet browsers people like to use has as well expanded; during for many years Internet Explorer was consistently the most popular browser worldwide with around 70% or more market share, this has now changed remarkably. More recent entrants like Firefox and Google Chrome now capture a large portion of this market.

In 2011 mobile handset sales as well continue to grow, even though the rate has declined since 2010. Android Operating System is embedded in smart phones and continues to rise in popularity, overtaking the Apple iOS in terms of global market share.

The mobile broadband market is gaining momentum

The mobile broadband market is gaining momentum and the key reason for this growth is the fact that due to competition and a saturated mobile voice market, the operators have been forced to offer very competitive capped data packages. Non-SMS mobile data is now growing due to both the emergence of smart phones and better wireless broadband technologies. Mobile broadband apps in particular have been enthusiastically embraced by consumers around the world. A stream of new Apps and services are being released in areas entertainment, travel and finance and as well m-health; m-education; m-social networking; m-gaming in short on. The key players in this market have emerged over the past couple of years and include both Internet media and mobile industry leaders.

Improved innovation solutions have led to a robust VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) market in recent years and this growth continues in spite of the economic downturn, due primarily to the fact that VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) offers a cheaper alternative. During security and reliability concerns all in all need to be resolved; consumers and business are turning to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) in an effort to save costs and there are now millions of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) users worldwide. Japan, China and the USA continue to be some of the world's hottest markets for IP telephony. Over the last couple years, Europe has as well become a prime innovator in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services, whether stand-alone, bundled as a triple play offer, or through fixed-mobile convergence packages. Mobile VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and international long distance services are as well becoming a key area of focus, particularly in Europe and North America.

- The use of VoIP services is becoming more popular and China has quickly established itself as the world's biggest user of VoIP services.

The global social media leader

- Facebook remains the global social media leader and has expanded its offerings beyond just social communication. Nevertheless while Facebook has managed to capture the largest share of the market in recent years, the industry is not sitting nevertheless and new social networks are again emerging just as Google+.

- The messaging industry generates hundreds of billions in revenue each year, with SMS/PSMS accounting for the majority; around 7 trillion text messages will be sent in 2011.

- In 2011, global satellite industry revenue has more than doubled since 2003 when revenue reached only $74 billion. Satellite services is leading growth in this sector

Our new report, Worldwide Telecoms - Key Statistics for a Changing Sector, provides an important insight into the trends occurring in the global telecoms sector. The report at first provides a summary of key worldwide telecoms statistics and trends, including the number of fixed lines; mobile subscribers; 3G subscribers; text messages sent; Internet users and worldwide broadband subscribers, including satellite services. The report as well includes global financial data including worldwide telecoms capital expenditure and overall telecoms spending and revenue. It identifies the top 25 carriers' worldwide and top 15 carriers in emerging markets, along with outsourcing market statistics.