1. 10+ Gbps broadband speed, a prevalent speed at the core of the cloud, is now being demanded closer to the cloud’s edge, to connect enterprises and other network nodes.
2. DOCSIS 3.0 combined with dense metro network footprints among MSOs will change the nature of competition for enterprise broadband services.
3. Video consumption amongst consumers will continue to drive an unprecedented growth in bandwidth usage in the home.
4. With the emergence of 4G LTE, historically disparate wireless network standards will begin merging into a globally scalable network platform.
5. The popularity of social networking is driving competitors in the wireless industry, including handset makers and applications developers, to consider a next generation of “unified messaging” on handsets.
6. Disparate handset application universes create barriers and switching costs for users and consternation among carriers who are ceding market power to handset OEMs.
7. Smartphones will begin enabling voice applications in the enterprise.
8. Recent consolidation of competitive local carriers points to more consolidation in the future.
9. Communications services companies will become more application-centric and focus on the consumer’s share of wallet, giving less consideration to network access methods.
10. Unbridled power consumption in data centers will come under increased scrutiny.

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