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OctoberOct 12 Sunday 08
The Global Networked Economy 2.0
For several years now, I've reviewed the dozens of market research results that land in my email inbox each week, and then I post the ones that are most thought provoking to me -- here on my Digital Lifescapes blog.
Sometimes I insert my own perspective into the mix. …
OctoberOct 9 Thursday 08
Can Mobile Push-to-Talk Rise Again in U.S.
According to In-Stat, the high-point of the U.S. push-to-talk mobile phone market was the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the distinctive chirp of Nextel handsets could be heard on construction sites, and in repair vehicles from coast to coast.
Nextel was the envy of …
Strong Gains in the U.S. Digital Music Market
According to an Ipsos study, one year following its launch, Amazon.com Music has made a phenomenal first showing. Meanwhile, Rhapsody's increased focus on advertising and partnership appears to be paying off.
But neither development has slowed iTunes, with the site …
Late Arrival of the New Wireless Home Office
After a very long wait, the first stage of what will become the new wireless home office is arriving, according to a market study by ABI Research.
Some home office UWB (ultra-wideband) products are now reaching retailer shelves, and more are expected by the end of the …
OctoberOct 8 Wednesday 08
Home Automation as a Managed Service
There are two new approaches to home automation -- mainstream systems based on standardized technologies and packaged components, and home automation as a managed service offered through a broadband or wireless service provider.
Both have the potential for such broad …
Managed Security Services Market Upside
The U.S. managed security services market was valued at $1.3 billion in 2007, an increase of 19.6 percent over 2006. This figure is expected to increase to $2.8 billion by 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 17.2 percent, according to the latest study by …
A Place within the Network as the Platform
The datacenter network market reached $8.7 billion in 2007, up 17 percent from $7.6 billion in 2006, according to one of three new "Place in the Network" market studies published by IDC.
The IDC study shows that the datacenter network continues to support strategic …
Online Video Viewing Doubles in One Year
According to an ABI Research market study of online households in the U.S., the number of consumers watching online video streamed through a browser has doubled over the past year -- going from 32 percent a year ago to 63 percent today.
ABI believes this is due to growth …
Laggards Lie about Digital Marketing Mojo
More than six out of ten Chief Marketing Officers (CMO) and other senior marketing professionals surveyed in the U.S. said that digital tactics (including mobile) accounted for more than one-quarter of their agency marketing, according to a market study by Zoomerang for …
Latin America Leads North America Mobile
According to 3G Americas, mobile wireless technology is on the move throughout the Western Hemisphere. Specifically, the GSM family of technologies is showing explosive growth. At the end of 2Q 2008, there were 472 million subscribers in North, Central and South …
Mobile Phone Service, the Great Equalizer
Despite turmoil in world financial markets over the last year the trillion dollar mobile communication industry continues to confound expectations with spectacular accelerating growth.
A new market study by Portio Research reveals that over half the world now uses a …
OctoberOct 1 Wednesday 08
Out-Tasking Web and Application Hosting
According to the latest In-Stat market study, the U.S. business market currently devotes the largest part of managed services spending to managed infrastructure in 2008 at 35 percent.
Most of this current spending is done by the enterprise market -- firms with more than …
SeptemberSep 30 Tuesday 08
Big Daddy Steps to Unified Communications
The communications industry buzz makes unified communications (UC) sound like it will cause seismic shifts across the business world, according to the latest market study by In-Stat.
In the long run, some grand predictions may prove accurate because definitions of …
Mobile Phone Use in the Home is Growing
According to a new market study by Informa Telecoms & Media, mobile phone traffic generated in the home environment was estimated at 40 percent in 2007. By 2013 it is expected to reach an overwhelming 58 percent.
Informa expects Femtocells deployment to help operators …
SeptemberSep 28 Sunday 08
Major Expansion for Marketing Films Online
Have you seen a movie trailer online lately? Seems like they're surfacing more frequently in all types of rich media Ads. Online film marketing is truly expanding -- in both the scope and sophistication.
In 2007, studios in the Motion Picture Association of America …
SeptemberSep 27 Saturday 08
Africa is the Final Frontier for Mobile Phones
When world's predicted four-billionth mobile phone subscription comes before the end of 2008, it will have taken just five full quarters for the latest billion net additions.
The engine for this rapid growth has been the tremendous consumer demand seen in emerging …
Best Ultra-Mobile Device is a Netbook PC
From a virtual standing start of just 10 million units in 2008, shipments of ultra-mobile devices (UMD) -- the umbrella term for ultra-mobile PCs, netbooks and mobile Internet devices -- are expected to exceed 200 million in 2013.
According to ABI Research principal …
SeptemberSep 26 Friday 08
More Choose Cable Co. for Phone Services
Telephone service via a cable TV provider has gone from something of a curiosity among voice services to a widely available service. In fact, in a few countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, cable telephony has become a common choice for wired …
Stellar Growth for Remote Home Monitoring
Demand for intelligent control applications will push U.S. revenues for consumer wireless and powerline controls from $740 million in 2008 to over $3 billion in 2012, according to the latest market study by Parks Associates.
They forecast the installed base for these …
Mobile Broadband Connectivity Evolution
Sprint, the U.S. wireless operator, lowered its mobile broadband prices for using a phone as a modem, but the price for using PC Cards and USB modems are unchanged. Given this change, cellular modem sales are still set to top $22 billion by 2013.
ABI Research principal …