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Regulators in the United Kingdom (OFTEL) learned well from the eleven European countries that implemented competitive DA/DQ schemes. Conversion has gone smoothly. Zelos Group expects only three major providers (and an equal number of “niche” players) to survive in a competitive environment.

This Roadmap Report details the market forces, drivers and inhibitors behind the growth in both call volumes in revenues, culminating in definitive regional forecasts based on projections for 212 countries worldwide. The conclusions paint a future broadly influenced by technological advances, growth in wireless subscriber base and fundamental changes in caller behavior.

TeleCommunications Systems, Inc. (TCS) Xypages adds ROI on the FCC-mandated investment. However, carriers still have to overcome concerns over privacy and the clumsiness of five-digit shortcodes for SMS-based queries, and TCS must secure carrier agreement regarding allocation of shared short codes.