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DecemberDec 16 Tuesday 08
Near Field Communication Missing in Action
Near Field Communication (NFC) was the leading contender among technologies that could enable U.S. mobile payments, like it already has in leading global mobile communication markets.
But, NFC has developed more slowly in America than anticipated, and will not offer …
Why Cloud Computing will Accelerate in 2009
The global recession will be a major factor behind every trend and development in the information technology (IT) and telecommunications markets in 2009. However, IDC predicts that the financial pressures felt by IT vendors and their customers will actually accelerate …
DecemberDec 15 Monday 08
Online Advertising Outlook for U.S. Market
There's more bad news about the economy every day, and falling advertising spending is part of the mix. Although online advertising is still on a positive growth curve, that growth is slowing and will dip into the single digits for the first time in 2009.
eMarketer's …
DecemberDec 13 Saturday 08
Segmentation of the Tech-Savvy Consumers
ABI Research conducted an online survey among 1001 tech-savvy U.S. consumers concerning their behavior and attitudes towards the Internet, mobile phones and television.
Four distinct groups emerged from the survey's attitudinal and behavioral segmentation: …
WLAN Market Share Data Reveals Upside
Despite back-to-school and early holiday promotions, quarterly sales in the SOHO/consumer Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) market dipped slightly in 3Q 2008.
With the unpredictable economy and rising costs, people appear to be carefully scrutinizing their purchases of …
DecemberDec 11 Thursday 08
Mobile Phone Messaging $130B Windfall
According to Portio Research, worldwide mobile messaging is a $130 billion industry in 2008, and their forecasts show that value rising to reach $224 billion by the end of 2013.
SMS still totally dominates the mobile messaging mix. Their report describes where messaging …
Have your Femtocell Call my SMB Picocell
The femtocell has the potential to improve indoor cellular coverage. But an older technology, the picocell, has existed for about a decade. Picocells provide larger coverage and capacity than femtocells, which should make them well suited to small and medium businesses.
U.K. the Leading European Nation for DVRs
The United Kingdom is the first European nation to adopt digital video recorders (DVRs) in significant numbers. Over 35 percent of U.K. broadband households own a DVR, according to a market study by Parks Associates.
Their five-country study examined entertainment trends …
DecemberDec 10 Wednesday 08
HDTV Owners Viewing Standard Definition
Demand for high-definition television (HDTV), which includes demand for both HDTV sets and programming, has been increasing steadily for several years according to the latest market study by In-Stat.
For TV set manufacturers and pay-TV service providers, this spike in …
DecemberDec 9 Tuesday 08
Growth Trends in the Video Server Market
As more video content is available online, broadband service providers are increasingly investing in Video on Demand (VoD) and time-shifting services.
This trend towards time-shifted television viewing has helped produce a shift from schedule-based TV broadcasting to …
DecemberDec 7 Sunday 08
Game Consoles to Upset the Pay-TV Market
According to a market study by TDG, game consoles such as Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PS3 are evolving into multimedia gateways with various non-gaming media applications.
Armed with the growing video libraries of Xbox LIVE and the Playstation Network, these consoles …
DecemberDec 5 Friday 08
Think before Advertising on Social Networks
More than half of American consumers with Internet access use social networking services (SNS), such as Facebook and MySpace, and penetration will continue to grow. Great advertising opportunity, right? Think again.
According to IDC, consumers are also spending …
DecemberDec 4 Thursday 08
Cable TV Modems Hit Hard by Downturn
After posting the largest single increase on record in the second quarter of 2008 ($360 million), the worldwide cable modem termination system (CMTS) market dropped 32 percent in 3Q08 to $246 million, according to Infonetics Research.
While the third quarter is typically …
Consumer Electronics and a Happy Holiday
Given the recent news about the economy, one could not be blamed for approaching this holiday season with a very short shopping list. But a recent survey of 1600 households conducted by ABI Research has shown that not all consumers intend to cut back on spending, and …
DecemberDec 2 Tuesday 08
Over-the-Top Video Finds Unlikely Friends
Video delivered over the Internet is a truly disruptive force. As cable providers improve their PC video offerings, satellite and telco operators increasingly see over-the-top broadband video delivery as a viable option.
During the past year, both DirecTV and DISH …
NovemberNov 29 Saturday 08
Predicting Prosumer Mash-Up of DTT Video
The global market for set-top boxes will grow gradually over the next few years, then will peak at around 110 million shipments in 2012, according to the latest market study by ABI Research.
Thereafter STB unit volumes for all platforms -- Digital Terrestrial Television …
Pay-TV Competition on the Game Consoles
Market study findings from research consultancy TDG predicts that console-affiliated media portals such as Microsoft's Xbox LIVE and Sony's PlayStation Network will soon become formidable competitors to incumbent Pay-TV services.
Leveraging broadband-enabled game …
Will the WiMAX Providers Find Their Mojo?
WiMAX may be a tale of two markets -- one being WiMAX as an emerging technology gaining momentum, and the other being the larger converging broadband market, where rival mobile broadband system HSDPA and the acceleration of LTE threatens the opportunity for WiMAX in …
More Concern about Limited IPTV Adoption
Strong anticipated growth may result in 57 million IPTV homes by 2013 -- or triple the end-2008 figure, according to a new market study by Informa Telecoms & Media.
Despite this acceleration, only 4 percent of the world's remaining pay-TV households are forecast to …
Customer Care Jobs Return Home to U.S.
A new IDC market study confirms that "homeshoring" (the antonym to offshoring) will remain an attractive option for U.S. service providers and their employees, particularly as the global economy slips into what could be a deep and protracted recession.
"Current economic …