While integrated telecom services continue to be futuristic in concept, perceived consumer demand for these services is growing, reports In-Stat -- Over half of the respondents to an In-Stat consumer survey indicated a desire to purchase integrated services. Integrated services will allow providers to actually tie what have been disparate networks together (primarily landline, wireless, and voice) and offer a new class of services. Cell-phone/landline integration continued to have the highest positive response, with 62 percent of respondents indicating an interest in purchasing this service, as compared to 51 percent respondent interest in a 2004 survey. "The meaningful way of tying the pieces of telecom services together has quickly evolved from simply single-bill bundling to talk of integrating the various networks customers use into unified, experience-based service offerings," says Amy Cravens, In-Stat analyst. The survey also revealed that the 18 to 34-age bracket, as well as those with household incomes of $100,000 or more, are most willing to pay for integrated services.
The global semiconductor industry is experiencing a historic acceleration driven by surging investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and computing power. According to the latest IDC worldwide market study, 2025 marks a defining year in which AI's pervasive impact reconfigures industry economics and propels record growth across the compute segment of the semiconductor market. Semiconductor Market Development IDC’s latest data reveals an insightful projection: The compute segment of the semiconductor market is on track to grow 36 percent in 2025, reaching $349 billion. This segment, which encompasses logic chips powering CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators, will sustain a robust 12 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2030. These numbers underscore not only current momentum but a structural shift driven by large-scale adoption of AI workloads spanning cloud, edge, and on-premises deployment models. The scale of investment is unprecedented. As organizations ...