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DATAQUEST CONCLUSIONS<br />

Major obstacles continue to hinder ISDN's acceptance as a true standard for<br />

telecommunications in Europe. Time is running out as newer, more aspirant MAN and<br />

LAN technologies threaten to rob ISDN's markets in large corporate environments.<br />

So who will use the ISDN? The brightest future lies with small business and<br />

residential Basic Rate subscribers for whom no alternative to ISDN exists. Small<br />

business users will benefit from a wide range of bearer services (telephone, packet<br />

switch, telex, facsimile) provided through a single physical socket. Further, the<br />

economic impetiK for Basic Rate will strengthen as the number of small businesses in<br />

Europe increases and the trend toward residential teleworking starts to grow.<br />

If the standards and tariffs hurdles can be overcome, we believe that ISDN's<br />

momentum will recover in Europe and bring a probable two- to threefold increase in<br />

ISDN semiconductor revenue.<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />

We would like to thank Dataquest's European Telecommunications Industry Service<br />

for sharing their insight and estimates on ISDN line takeup in Europe.<br />

ESAM Newsletter © 1989 Dataquest Incorporated January<br />

Jonathan Drazin

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