TMT Trends: Predictions, 2006 - A Focus on the Telecommunications Sector

Welcome to the 2006 edition of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s (DTT) Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) predictions for the global telecommunications sector.

These predictions are the result of comprehensive research throughout 2005, the principal elements of which include:

• input from DTT’s member firms’ 5,000 TMT partners, directors and senior managers around the world;

• conversations with DTT’s member firms’ clients;

• dialog with leading industry and financial analysts.

Accompanying each of these ten predictions is the DTT TMT group’s bottom line: the suggestions to the sector for exploiting each key development that the coming year holds. DTT’s TMT group trusts that this guidance makes this report a valuable reference for your company. On behalf of DTT and the TMT practices of its member firms, may I take this opportunity to wish you all the best for 2006.