August 2008
AugustAug 31 Sunday 08
WiMAX in India and Other Developing Areas
India remains the biggest single hope for revenue and global influence for WiMAX, according to the latest market study by Infonetics Research.
Their assessment focuses on targeted regions and countries around the world that have strong potential for fixed and mobile …
Cable Telephone Service Trending Upward
Wireline phone service subscriptions continue to decline, but there's one exception to the downward spiral. Cable telephony subscriber growth continues to be strong, with almost 8 million new subscribers added around the world over the past 12 months, according to a …
Worldwide Demand for PC Microprocessors
Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the second calendar quarter of 2008 (2Q08) reached record levels again, according to the latest market data from IDC. The continued shift in demand raises questions about the long-term implications on the tech sector.
Despite the …
UK Policy Changes Required for Broadband
Can the UK catch up to the Asia-Pacific leadership of the global mobile phone market? Adjustments to the UK regulatory policy framework are required -- given the rapid adoption of mobile broadband services, according to an Ofcom commissioned report from Analysys Mason.
Quest for the B2B Digital Marketing Blueprint
Business marketers cling to legacy marketing tactics that they admit fail to work as well as they would like, according to a Forrester Research assessment. By moving their marketing online, B2B marketers will evolve from tactical demand generation to strategic ownership …
WiMAX in India and Other Developing Areas
India remains the biggest single hope for revenue and global influence for WiMAX, according to the latest market study by Infonetics Research.
Their assessment focuses on targeted regions and countries around the world that have strong potential for fixed and mobile …
AugustAug 28 Thursday 08
Solid Growth in the Home Networks Market
With growing broadband subscribers, a rise in residential gateway use, and increases in the Asia-Pacific market, the worldwide installed base of home networks is expected to break the 200 million mark by the end of 2008.
Compared to previous years, the growth of the …
Four Hundred Percent Increase in HD Discs
The high definition (HD) video disc markets in both the U.S. and Europe continue to perform in line with expectations, following a more bullish outlook once the world shifted to one format at the beginning of this year.
All eyes are on Q4 with many wondering just how big …
AugustAug 27 Wednesday 08
Caution About the SMB Tech Spend Upside
According to IDC, there's more concern about the economy among SMBs worldwide than interest in the most innovative technology. Current economic growth and business conditions are by far the greatest concern for SMBs, particularly in North America, Latin America, and …
CDMA Operators Continue Sunk Investment
Although the overall dynamics of CDMA markets are overshadowed by progress around UMTS/HSPA and the migration to LTE, CDMA operators continue to upgrade their networks to provide capacity for higher numbers of bandwidth-intensive data services.
"Worldwide EVDO Rev A …
AugustAug 26 Tuesday 08
Text Messaging Laid Foundation for Growth
"Text me" has become a part of the everyday vernacular. In fact, total spending on mobile messaging services will rise 15 percent from $65 billion in 2007 to over $88 billion by 2012, according to a consumer market study by Strategy Analytics.
Although SMS will continue …
VoIP Services Continue Upward Trajectory
Infonetics Research reports that worldwide revenue from hosted VoIP and managed IP PBX services jumped 52 percent to $24 billion in 2007 after surging 66 percent in 2006, and is expected to grow in the strong double-digits through at least 2011.
The Infonetics market …
AugustAug 24 Sunday 08
Digital Marketing Shift Impacts Newspapers
Advertisers in the U.S. will spend $24.9 billion online this year, according to the latest report from eMarketer.
That estimate is slightly lower than they released in March 2008 -- which predicted that U.S. online advertising spending would reach $25.9 billion in 2008.
AugustAug 23 Saturday 08
Femtocell Market Segmentation Advantage
Informa Telecoms & Media expects the number of femtocells deployed by the end of 2013 to exceed the 40 million mark, with 22 million net additions in 2013 alone. This installed base could help mobile operators to offload up to 8 percent of total mobile traffic to fixed …
Marketing to the Mobile Gamer Consumer
Gaming on a mobile phone is rapidly becoming a very hot commodity within the mobile data arena, in many cases surpassing mobile music and mobile video revenues for the cell phone operators.
According to In-Stat's latest market Study, there are meaningful differences …
AugustAug 22 Friday 08
Usage of Social Networking Grows Globally
ComScore released a study of worldwide usage of social networking sites, indicating that while the growth in new users in North America is beginning to level off, it is burgeoning in other regions around the world.
During the past year, the total North American audience …
AugustAug 21 Thursday 08
Managed Services Demand in U.S. SMBs
Demand for high-quality, high-performance network connectivity will drive U.S. SMBs to spend heavily on IP VPN managed services over the next five years.
Related annual revenues will rise from less than $2 billion last year to more than $6.5 billion in 2012, according to …
Why Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Service is Bundled
The number of Wi-Fi hotspots providing public wireless LAN access continues to grow globally and more people are using them, according to the latest market study by In-Stat.
But access revenues for service providers do not appear to be keeping up with the growth in use, …
Continued Upside for Video Server Market
According to ABI Research, the broadcast, cable, and telco TV segments of worldwide video server markets are all growing at a healthy pace, and total revenues are expected to reach $1.5 billion in 2013.
Of the three, the telco TV market is showing the strongest …
AugustAug 20 Wednesday 08
Mobile to Wireline Ratio Now Three to One
Infonetics Research reports there were three times more mobile subscribers than access line subscribers worldwide in 2007 -- approximately 3.3 billion vs. 1.1 billion -- and expects continued strong growth in mobile subscribers, mainly driven by basic voice service …