Gartner predicts that by 2012, the ratio of mobile to fixed connections will exceed 4-to-1. "We now forecast that revenue in the mobile sector will top $1 trillion by 2010," said Mr Hahn. "Our breakdown of services clearly shows that fixed voice is in decline, but mobile voice, though currently growing, will also stagnate as a proportion of the market by 2012. The baton has clearly been passed to data services in the legacy sector."

From a regional perspective, North America has been the largest telecommunications market, but Asia/Pacific is forecast to surpass North America in telecom revenue in 2008. North American telecom revenue is forecast to total $511.6 billion in 2008, a 4.5 per cent increase from 2007. The telecom market in Asia/Pacific is projected to reach $513.1 billion in 2008, up 8 per cent from 2007. Meanwhile, the Middle East and Africa will be the fastest-growing region with a CAGR of 8.6 per cent between 2007 and 2012.

"Traditional telecom service providers and equipment manufacturers are seeing convergent trends eroding their margins while rising Asian players and other entrants eat away at their share within the total market," said Mr Hahn. "Telecom service providers and equipment manufacturers alike must prepare growth plans that transform their offerings and their organisations. Growth in legacy markets is ebbing fast, and the only way to maintain it will be via the scope to offer converged solutions, to provide service in non-traditional sectors and to enter and win in emerging markets whose profile is very different from more-mature regions."

A detailed breakout of the telecom forecast is in the Gartner report "Global Telecommunications Market Take, June 2008". The report is on Gartner's Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=728111&subref=advsearch.

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