"We believe there's a long-term growth story in the wireless telecom industry, where users are expected to surpass wireline customers by the end of this year in the next five to seven years, they should reach 2.5 billion strong," says Martchev.
But it will be new wide-area wireless-broadband technologies, rather than Wi-Fi, that will form the basis of the new wireless local loops.As this survey has argued, the three trends currently driving the telecoms industry are wireless, broadband, and the convergence of voice and data, telecoms and information technology.
Likewise Tony has been involved for over 18 years in the mobile, wireless, telecom and satellite industries.
Wheeler, who had headed cable and wireless industry associations, was accused of being a telecoms industry plant — though those accusations would ultimately fall extremely wide of the mark.
He believes that the excesses of the technology boom during the late 1990s, which continued until early 2000, could take several years fully to work their way through the system.Mr Milunovich says the health of the technology industry depends largely on three sectors: "wireline" telecoms; wireless telecoms; and personal computers.
In a recent submission to America's Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which oversees the telecoms industry, the Department of Justice urged it to make sure that the smaller wireless operators get a share of low-frequency bands in a future auction of spectrum given up by television stations.
More consolidation loomed in the telecoms industry.
WHAT has come over the telecoms industry?
The state of wireless telecoms is a classic example.
Many in the telecoms industry asked this after Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile operator, announced on April 4th that it would sell its 44% in SFR, the number two wireless carrier in France, for nearly €8 billion ($11 billion).
Wireless telecoms provider Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL) experienced a particularly strong third quarter for exports.
