According to the recent Infonetics survey, Service Provider Plans for IP Triple Play, service providers from the North American, European, and Asia Pacific geographic regions report that on average nearly 40% of their capital expenditures were spent on triple play network equipment in 2005.   The study reports that the majority of service providers in the study plan to further increase capex spending in the next 12 months on IPTV equipment, broadband CPE, broadband aggregation equipment, and voice over broadband equipment, and they expect revenue growth in all areas of triple play services in the next 12 months.   Jeff Heynen, directing analyst at Infonetics Research, said "With nearly 40% of their capex budgets going to triple play service infrastructure, service providers are sending a clear message that the combination of voice, data, and video services is a long-term differentiator for them."   Sample Findings from the Infonetics research include:  

• The top two drivers for respondent service providers deploying triple play services are:
  • 1) increased broadband revenue per user and
  • 2) new revenue streams
• 58% of respondents rate vendor interoperability a key technical challenge when rolling out triple play services
• The most pressing business challenge triple play service providers face is securing broadcast and on-demand video content; acquiring content is also a challenge
• Though more respondents currently use Cisco for their triple play aggregation, when it comes to unaided brand awareness for triple play infrastructure providers, Alcatel leads Cisco, and Microsoft is third

  Netcentrex is putting together their annual Triple Play Symposium, a three-city roadshow examining how triple play can be deployed to maximize business success. The dates of the Symposium are as follows:  

• 13th June: Dallas, TX
• 15th June: Boston, MA
• 21st June: Paris, France

  If you are a service provider looking to deploy a triple play or quad play strategy, you simply need to attend this symposium in any of the three cities convenient to you.

So it seems that global warming is responsible for much of what ails us. In fact Global Warming is getting worse and worse every day, and the best thing that we can do about it — aside from selling off our SUVs and moving to a warmer climate — is to go watch Al Gore’s new movie where he tells us that he was once the next president of the United States and that a vast right-wing conspiracy is responsible for the ill effects of carbon…   Or something like that.   Right as they might be — and the science has become so politicized it’s no longer possible to tell who’s right and who’s frankly LESS right — the shrill voices from both sides of the this argument are polarizing the fanatics and losing many people who regardless of their political viewpoints want to leave behind a better planet for their kids to inhabit.   I mean, who actually maintains as a goal on their ‘To-Do’ list to leave this place worse off for future generations?   Let me point out that for whatever reason — humanity-induced global warming or natural warming/cooling cycles of the Earth — I recognize that there is a lot wrong with our planet: We’ve overfished our oceans, polluted our water, misunderstood so much about nature and exacerbated the situation with greed, and so on. Humans are an odd bunch.

So, over the weekend, a German newspaper, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (sunday edition) reported that Siemens and Motorola were engaged in talks, one possible result of which is the complete takeover of Siemens COM, the german giant's telecom division.

Certainly the rumor mill has been rife with potential mergers and takeover targets since before the whole Lucent/Alcatel "merger of equals" affair began.

It will be interesting to see how this one plays out. Motorola defintiely brings a wireless pedigree to the relationship, but Siemens Mobile networks division is the leading group at COM.

The paper said a meeting of Siemens' board of supervisors could occur as soon as April 24.

Netcentrex today announced that it is again the lead sponsor for the 2nd Annual Triple Play Symposium.

The Triple Play Symposium, a multi-city event with venues in Dallas, Boston, and Paris, was launched in 2005 as a forum for triple play executives and technologists to learn and share best practices for successful triple play deployments.

Registration details and other information can be found by following this link.

Rick Thompson from Heavy Reading, Light Reading’s market research division, will serve as the host and moderator and provide an overview of the evolving triple/quad play market.