The Stratecast Operations, Orchestration, Data Analytics & Monetization (ODAM) analyst team has completed its annual assessment of both the global communications service provider (CSP) monetization market and the global CSP financial assurance market. The monetization market includes the key business management functions of: billing mediation, poli...

Global smart grid investment is likely to grow rapidly. By 2025, a complete transformation to a smarter grid is unlikely but the process would have gained pace with major changes underway in grid automation, demand-side management, and Big Data analytics. Revenue growth will be the fastest in Europe. Demand response and advanced metering infrastruc...

North Americas video market ended the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with an estimated 112.4 million subscribers; a decrease of 1.4 million subscribers when compared to the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14). More than half of those subscribers (54.0%) come from cable providers, while the other half come from IPTV (14.0%) and satellite (32.0%) providers.

North Americas primary line voice market ended third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with an estimated 84.5 million access line and VoIP (Voice over IP) subscribers. VoIP services are generating the only growth, as providers continue to shift consumers away from access line services.

North America’s wireless market ended the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with an estimated 368.7 million subscribers, an increase of 14.6 million subscribers from 3Q2014, for a 4.1% Year-over-Year (YoY) increase. Revenue for the market increased by $2.5 billion YoY, to end the quarter with $66.0 billion.

This Report defines the key business drivers and market trends relative to end-to-end billing, and those specifically for mediation, rating & charging, other core billing, policy, interconnect & settlement, and partner management.

The North American Residential Broadband Tracker has been reformatted to reflect feedback received from Stratecast's clients. The new format provides detailed information for several companies in the consumer communication services market for US and Canada. The aggregated data - delivered by country, technology, and company - includes subscriber, r...

The North American Residential Multichannel Video Tracker has been reformatted to reflect feedback received from Stratecast's clients. The new format provides detailed information for several companies in the consumer communication services market for US and Canada. The aggregated data—delivered by country, technology, and company—includes subs...

The North American Residential Primary Line Tracker has been reformatted to reflect feedback received from Stratecast's clients. The new format provides detailed information for several companies in the consumer communication services market for US and Canada. The aggregated data—delivered by country, technology, and company—includes subscriber...