Jeff Pulver's Blog Offers Internet Communications Predictions for 2007

Jeff Pulver's Blog Offers Internet Communications Predictions for 2007

MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeff Pulver's blog entry of today highlights his Internet Communications predictions for 2007. Members of the media may view today's blog entry at: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/

2007 Predictions for Internet Communications Industry

It's that time of year again -- the time for people to share their predictions for the year ahead. To get the ball rolling, below are some of my predictions for 2007. I welcome your thoughts.

First some trends affecting the worldwide VoIP Industry:

* While the hype surrounding Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) will grow
during 2007, the FMC marketplace will continue to stagnate until such
time that software becomes widely available for dual model phones that
offer seamless roaming across unaffiliated wifi/wimax hotspots.

* Despite the point above, during 2007, voice over broadband service
providers will continue to announce their mobile strategies.

* Enterprises will start to federate their communication networks.

* Growth will continue in IP Peering between service providers.

* "Disposable Numbers" will become a fad adopted by social networkers.

* Abuse of publicly available "click to call" services will suffer the
scrutiny of local consumer services groups.

* Despite the continued growth of the cable operators' market share in
the worldwide voice over broadband marketplace, we will continue to
see entrepreneurs attempt to launch independent voice over broadband
service providers.

* Visual Communication services will matter in 2007.

* VoIP public policy concerns will continue in geo-political pockets
around the world, and we will see a growing divide between countries
that enable Internet communications and countries that stifle
innovation.

* The PSTN starts to morph into the IP-based public communications
network of the future.

* Cable Operators will start to deploy solutions that connect their
voice subscribers to 3G Mobile Networks.

* TDM services will continue to be "end-of-lifed". All Telecom operators
will be IP-based within 5-7 years.

And now for some trends affecting the world of TV, Film and Entertainment:

* 2007 will be the year of Internet TV. Every TV network, film studio,
and content creator will start to adopt a direct to the Internet and
direct to the pda strategy.

* 2007 will be the year we hone in on viable revenue models for
Internet-delivered TV.

* As the revenue models gel, both content creators and advertisers will
begin to recognize the value of direct to the Internet as a better
means of advertising and catching eyeballs through Internet-delivered
content.

* Users will also recognize the value of the Internet as a better means
to access content than traditional broadcast and cable delivery
systems.

* We'll see the next iteration of Internet-based place-shifting occur in
video delivery.

* The battles over digital rights and copyright protection may begin to
be resolved.

* Although regulators and legislators will begin to better appreciate
the power of IP technology to dramatically improve emergency response
and disabilities access capabilities, Lobbyists and Policymakers and
traditional telecom and video providers in the US will continue to try
to apply legacy rules and regulations on Internet based applications,
be it voice, television or radio. See the first significant regulator
attempts to regulate indecency and other content on the Internet.

About Jeff Pulver

Jeff Pulver is one of the true pioneers of the Internet Communications industry with more than a decade of hands-on experience in IP Communications and innovation. He is the chairman of pulver.com, pulvermedia, CEO/Chairman of Network2 (http://www.network2.tv/ ), the industry standard VON conferences, and the publisher of The Pulver Report and VON magazine. Additionally, Mr. Pulver is the founder of a number of IP Communications companies. Mr. Pulver has testified before the FCC, the United States Congress, and numerous agencies that have a growing interest in IP Communications. Mr. Pulver is committed to the future of IP Communications and is featured often in the media as a true expert in his field.

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