Broadband (and maybe wireless) could be the future for small telcos

Broadband and wireless services will be critical to future growth and profitability for small telcos--and the 2010 Telergee Alliance Benchmarking Study underscores that important reality, as well as some of the challenges involved in growing those business lines.

Virtually the only small telco revenue source that saw an increase between 2008 and 2009 was Internet service, which grew 5.5% and represented about 12.4% of the average small telco's total 2009 revenues, according to the Telergee data.