This statistic illustrates the findings of a 2014 online survey among qualified utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders on their plans to replace, upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years. Some 63 percent of respondents from the electric utility sector said they were planning to do so. The main reasons for doing so include providing support for smart grid initiatives and the mobile workforce, as well as upgrading obsolete infrastructure.
Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' plans to replace, upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years
Qualified utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The source does not specify the age of respondents.
The original question read as follows: "Are you planning on replacing, upgrading or building communications infrastructure in the next 5 years?"
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Black & Veatch. (May 5, 2015). Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' plans to replace, upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/446445/utilities-that-are-planning-to-replace-upgrade-or-build-communications-infrastructure/
Black & Veatch. "Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' plans to replace, upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years." Chart. May 5, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/446445/utilities-that-are-planning-to-replace-upgrade-or-build-communications-infrastructure/
Black & Veatch. (2015). Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' plans to replace, upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/446445/utilities-that-are-planning-to-replace-upgrade-or-build-communications-infrastructure/
Black & Veatch. "Smart City: North American Utility, Municipal, Commercial and Community Stakeholders' Plans to Replace, Upgrade or Build Communications Infrastructure in The next 5 Years." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/446445/utilities-that-are-planning-to-replace-upgrade-or-build-communications-infrastructure/
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Smart city: North American utility, municipal, commercial and community stakeholders' plans to replace, upgrade or build communications infrastructure in the next 5 years [Graph], Black & Veatch, May 5, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/446445/utilities-that-are-planning-to-replace-upgrade-or-build-communications-infrastructure/
