February 2008
FebruaryFeb 29 Friday 08
Time Online Continues to Replace TV Use
If you have an Internet connection, then chances are you are spending much more time surfing the Web than watching a TV.
A new IDC study of consumer online behavior found that the Internet is the medium on which online users spend the most time (32.7 hours/week). This is …
FebruaryFeb 28 Thursday 08
One Trillion Dollar Voice & SMS Advantage
According to Portio Research, forecasts predict that 2008 will be the year that the worldwide mobile phone industry becomes a one trillion dollar industry. For an industry to go from zero to 1 trillion in just 20 years is a staggering achievement, equal to a CAGR of …
Web 2.0 to Personalize Customer Experience
The inability of most telecom network operators to deploy robust subscriber information management platforms could put them at a serious marketplace disadvantage -- compared with next-generation service providers that are primed to attack the telecom services sector …
FebruaryFeb 27 Wednesday 08
Broadband Multimedia Advertising Platforms
It certainly isn't going to be business as usual within the American advertising sector. New multimedia platforms in the U.S. will capture $12.6 billion in advertising revenue by 2012, according to the latest market study by Parks Associates.
Broadband multimedia …
Mobile Phone Handset Online Retail Market
Respondents to Informa Telecoms & Media's "Mobile Distribution and Retail Industry Survey 2007" believe that online unit sales of mobile phone handsets will surge to 21 percent of total devices sales by 2012.
The survey reveals the industry's burgeoning belief in online …
FebruaryFeb 26 Tuesday 08
Available FireWire is Unused by Consumers
How people connect their computer to digital media recording and playing devices is evolving. The proliferation of digital interfaces on PCs in the past 10 years has led to specialization, as well as an increasing number of choices for consumers, according to the latest …
FebruaryFeb 24 Sunday 08
Wireless Enterprise Solutions Gain Demand
A survey of IT managers in the UK, France and Germany has identified strong demand for wireless and mobile solutions from Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) to multi-national brands.
Andrew Brown, Director of the Wireless Enterprise Strategies service, commented, …
Online Media Continue Advertising Windfall
Advertising revenue continues to follow consumers online. As more and more people spend time on the Internet, companies are redistributing advertising dollars from traditional media to online media to follow this key trend.
In its quarterly wrap-up report, IDC says total …
Intro to Mobile Social Network Communities
Mobile Social Networking is already an established service in some regions of the world, but in 2008 and beyond new features are attracting larger numbers of users and permitting new business opportunities.
Mobile Social Networking is now a global phenomenon with …
FebruaryFeb 23 Saturday 08
Few Users Adopt Converged Mobile Phone
I use a separate mobile phone and pocket PC, by choice. The conventional wisdom within the portable device industry is that consumers have a preference to use converged devices, meaning single devices that combine the functionality of previously separate mobile devices, …
FebruaryFeb 22 Friday 08
In-Home Networked Consumer Electronics
A home communications network is slowly becoming a mainstream phenomenon. We are in the multimedia phase of home networking that has begun to blend in networked consumer electronics (CE) devices, or networked media devices, according to the latest market study by …
Online Video Growth Creates New Primetime
Nielsen Online announced the full release of their VideoCensus. Early findings reveal differences in how men and women consume video content and that online there is a new prime-time.
"The growth projections for both online video consumption and video advertising revenue …
FebruaryFeb 21 Thursday 08
Differences in Online Video and TV Users
If you still believe that the term "mass media" has relevance in marketing, and that television viewership decline is a meaningless anomaly, then the following details regarding the fragmentation of the consumer marketplace is likely of no interest to you. Otherwise, …
FebruaryFeb 20 Wednesday 08
Predicting Semiconductor Industry Growth
The semiconductor industry has been experiencing relatively balanced growth over the past few years, and In-Stat anticipates that this will continue throughout their forecast period.
In-Stat says there will be some variation in growth rates among the end-use segments in …
FebruaryFeb 19 Tuesday 08
China's Mobile Multimedia Phone Users
M:Metrics announced the first large-scale study of mobile media consumption in China, the world's largest mobile phone market. According to the M:Metrics December Benchmark Survey, mobile entertainment is popular among the Chinese, with 34.8 percent reporting they …
Move to Fixed Mobile Convergence via SIP
Operators are now rolling out converged services on fixed and mobile networks, converting trials to commercial deployments. 2008 will see another spate of trials, as femtocell technology begins to become available.
The move to FMC infrastructure is a natural evolution …
FebruaryFeb 16 Saturday 08
One Billion Mobile Phones Shipped Globally
By 2010 annual mobile handset shipments will have increased by almost 25 percent, reaching a figure in excess of 1.4 billion units worldwide -- according to a recent market study by Understanding & Solutions.
Last year, over 1.1 billion units were shipped globally, with …
European Seniors Want Different Mobiles
The latest benchmark analysis from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Lab evaluates the physical and differentiated accessibility features desired by European wireless users over the age of 60 in Europe.
The Nokia 2630 was preferred mostly due to its clear screen, …
Alignment of Business Technology at SMBs
Looking broadly at the small and medium-sized business (SMB) technology market over the next 12-18 months, IDC expects a variety of evolutionary and even revolutionary changes that will drive opportunities on a worldwide and regional basis as broader economic issues …
Consumers Watch Ten Billion Videos Online
ComScore released its December 2007 report revealing that U.S. Internet users watched more than 10 billion videos online during the month, representing the single heaviest month for online video consumption since comScore initiated its tracking service.
Top-ranked video …