TNS: Cable Large-Business Market Share Climbs to 17 Percent

Cable service providers have been making inroads into the large-business market for voice and data services over the course of the past two years, according to business consulting and research provider TNS. Incumbent telecommunication companies are most vulnerable and at risk from these market incursions, which comes on the heels of cable companies´ success providing wired voice and data services to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Surveying some 6,500 businesses for its latest quarterly commercial market survey, TNS found that large companies spent 38 percent more on wired voice and data services from cable providers over the two-year period. The percentage of these revenues paid to cable providers rose from 12.2 to 16.9 percent during this time frame, TNS highlights.