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• Confronting the Crisis - Its Impact on the ICT Industry - February 2009
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Message from the ITU Secretary-General
  • 1. Executive Summary
    • Key Findings
    • Immediate Impact
    • Information and Communication Technologies
    • Investing in the Future
  • 2. A Story of Crash, Crunch and Crisis
    • 2.1 Origins
      • And the Culprit is...
      • Percentage change in real GDP in high-income and developing countries, 1980-2010
      • Insight 1: Is This Crisis Any Different?
    • 2.2 A Gloomy Economic Outlook
      • Insight 2: Will ICT-Producing Economies be Spared from the Economic Downturn?
      • Real GDP Growth for OECD and ICT-producing Economies,
      • Box 1: News and Views from the Corporate Sector
  • 3. Prospects and Challenges for the Global ICT Industry
    • Insight 3: Challenging Times for the Tech Sector
    • Insight 4: Crises and Creative Destruction
  • 4. Impact of the Financial Crisis
    • 4.1 Investment and Financing
      • Slowdown in Telecom Carriers Capex, 2003-2013
      • Insight 5: Capex is Safe, At Least for Now
      • Insight 6: The Impact of the Crisis on Foreign Investment in Telecommunications
    • 4.2 How Will Consumer Demand Respond?
      • Insight 7: Economic Downturn Exacerbates Fixed-Mobile Substitution
      • Insight 8: Key Trends Driven by the Crisis
    • 4.3 Telco Strategies
      • Insight 9: Telcos in Transformation
      • Growth of Flat-rate Pricing Strategies for Broadband Internet, 2004-2008
    • 4.4 Regulation
      • The Rise of Regulation and Competition
      • Competition in Selected Services, Globally, 2007
      • Insight 10: Impact of Current Economic Uncertainty on Regulation in the UK
    • 4.5 Eco-ICTs
      • Insight 11: Saving Money is as Important as Saving the Planet
    • 4.6 WSIS Targets and Connecting the Next Billion
      • Growth in Worldwide Mobile Subscribers, 2000-2008
  • 5. Technologies
    • 5.1 Mobile Telephony
      • Insight 12: Trends In Mobile Business
      • Insight 13: Outlook for The Mobile World
      • Insight 14: Limited Impact on Mobile Communications in Developing Countries
      • Insight 15: How Mobile Investment Can Lead the World out of Financial Crisis
    • 5.2 WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE)
      • Insight 16: How Does the Crisis Impact WiMAX and LTE Ecosystems?
      • Insight 17: Growth Despite Adversity - Limited Impact on WiMAX Network Deployments
    • 5.3 Broadband Internet and NGN
      • Growth in the Global Market for Internet, 2002-2008 (ITU)
      • Insight 18: Prospects for Broadband in the Recession
    • 5.4 Satellite Technologies
      • Insight 19: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Satellite Industry
  • 6. Conclusion: Investing in the Future
  • Appendix 1: Notification of Number of Satellite Filings per Administration, 2007-2008
  • Appendix 2: Coordination Requests of Number of Satellite Filings per Administration, 2007-2008
  • List of Abbreviations and Acronyms