The growing popularity of broadband telephony is both good and bad for traditional telephone companies, the report said.
Its rollout of the so-called 21st century network is well underway and will broadband telephony, TV as well as applications for the digital home.
Following sustained growth in demand for broadband and home telephony since it entered the home communications market six years ago, Sky has built a business with 4.2 million broadband customers and 4 million telephony customers (as at 31 December 2012).
ENGADGET: Sky to buy Telefonica UK's fixed phone line and broadband business for up to ?200 million
Best Buy is not buying any of Carphone Warehouse's broadband or telephony operation, which trades under the TalkTalk and AOL brands.
The dividend is being increased 20% and the total number of Sky customers - for TV, broadband and telephony - is 10.3m, up from 9.9m.
The transaction will make Sky the second-largest provider in the UK broadband market, building on its existing position as the UK's fastest-growing broadband and telephony business.
ENGADGET: Sky to buy Telefonica UK's fixed phone line and broadband business for up to ?200 million
What is quite striking is that the television, broadband and telephony offered by British Sky Broadcasting appears to be in the must-have category - or maybe BSkyB's services are a relatively cheap alternative to other forms of leisure.
Such services include broadband Internet access, telephony and on-demand video, and they help differentiate cable from its somewhat less expensive rival, satellite TV.
Intent on being Japan's top broadband operator (high-speed web, telephony and interactive TV), Softbank's BBTechnologies has already laid pipe for 85% of the population.
The telecommuting boom has been driven in part by the rapid penetration of broadband in the home, easier and cheaper forms of IP telephony, more robust VPN (virtual private network) software, plus a new generation of powerful laptops that are true desktop replacements.
Free Internet telephony, advanced wireless data networks and video-over-broadband are already gaining traction and proving how disruptive and powerful a telecom technology can be.
Like other telecommunications giants of DT's ilk, the onslaught of cellular and Internet-based telephony, along with cable operators offering triple-play packages of cable, broadband and phone services, has put a stranglehold on profits.
The company supplies broadband operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver converged IP video solutions, carrier-grade telephony, demand driven video, next-generation advertising, network and workforce management solutions, access and transport architectures and ultra high-speed data services.
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