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The global smartphone installed base will grow by 39% in 2013. Asia Pacific offers the largest installed base by some margin, while Central & Eastern Europe has the smallest. Countries with major installed bases include China, United States, UK, India, Brazil and Russia. read more
Posted by pkendall @ 09/04/2013 09:46:00
EE announced upgrades to its LTE network today, doubling bandwidth for its 4G services starting in the next couple of weeks. It will be allocating 2x20MHz of its 1800MHz spectrum to LTE services in 10 cities by the Summer, extending that to 98% of the UK population by the end of 2012. This ... read more
Posted by wablondi @ 04/04/2013 20:39:00
I recently attended a Webinar presented by Rob Chandhok, President of Qualcomm Internet Services, which provided an overview of how Qualcomm’s Innovation Center open source subsidiary, is evolving the concept of the Internet of Everything beyond cloud connectivity via its AllJoyn open-sourc... read more
Posted by dmercer @ 22/03/2013 17:02:00
We've just completed the latest analysis of our ConsumerMetrix survey from the end of last year, focusing on multiscreen TV. The first results were published today for the US and similar studies will be released over the ... read more
Posted by KBurden @ 14/03/2013 11:14:00
Blackberry, through its most recent release of BES 10, its latest version of its on-premise enterprise smartphone management server, is bringing secure workspace capabilities to iOS and Android smartphones.
One of the initial pillars of BES 10 when announced was that of a... read more
Posted by abrown @ 11/03/2013 10:45:00
With the growth in BYOD, large corporate tablet deployments have been limited outside the education sector, but American Airlines represents one of the larger corporate deployments with an installed base of 33,000 units. Recently the airline snubbed Apple (after initially taking 10,000 iPads), by... read more
Posted by wablondi @ 07/03/2013 01:43:00
In 2012 activity continued in the Smart Home market in virtually all regions of the world. In Europe IFA Gigaset introduced its DECT ULE-based “Gigaset elements” sensor network at IFA. Swisscom launched its previously announced Quing Home automation system. UK smart home platform deve... read more
Posted by dmercer @ 05/03/2013 14:23:00
As European cable’s annual get-together, read more
Posted by swelshdegrimaldo @ 04/03/2013 21:04:00
Verizon's Executive VP & CFO Fran Shammo today revealed a very interesting fact about the success of the Verizon Wireless 'Share Everything' multi-device shared data plans: the plans are working - that is, they are acheiving... read more
Posted by MLevitt @ 19/02/2013 23:27:00
Whether to build or buy is the classic dilemma faced by service providers and enterprises looking to deliver a new set of IT resources. In reality, the question is often about how much to build and how much to buy to achieve the desired combination of functionality ... read more
Posted by dmercer @ 24/01/2013 15:37:00
Our latest ConsumerMetrix Bulletin examines the status of cloud media and “digital locker” services in the US. These have become a popular way to enable multiscreen media access since consumers no longer have to worry about where their music, v... read more
Posted by dmercer @ 17/01/2013 11:30:00
A significant statement on the future of digital terrestrial TV came yesterday via German online publication W&V. RTL, the leading commercial broadcaster in both Germany and Europe as a whole, will begin to re... read more
Posted by MLevitt @ 03/01/2013 20:56:00
In October, IBM and AT&T released an announcement that speaks loudly about the importance of partnerships in the cloud marketplace. Companies pursue partnerships when they recognize that if they wo... read more
Posted by dmercer @ 12/12/2012 16:51:00
If there were any further doubts about the increasing prominence of today’s two most successful technology brands they are dispelled by the results of our latest ConsumerMetrix Technology Brand Preference Index. Tracking changes in sentiment over the... read more
Posted by telliott @ 14/11/2012 16:10:00
Yeah, that’s what I thought: not a lot of hands in the air.
The auction, which opened on Monday 12 November – only to pause for the Diwali holiday on Tuesday – is putting up for bid 2G spectrum licenses that were invalidated earlier this year by the Supreme Court, which r... read more
Posted by dmercer @ 11/10/2012 13:59:00
A short trip to Paris last week to meet France's leading multiplay service providers confirmed the degree to which Free has shaken things up since it launched low price mobile services at the beginning of 2012. The company's own data shows it had acquired a 5% mobile share by June 2012, with each... read more
Posted by MLevitt @ 05/10/2012 19:35:00
(Written by Nitesh Patel & Mark Levitt)
The recent focus on maps and location services in the media has centred on Apple’s botched first attempt to offer its own map service riddled with errors. However, we want to highlight the successes ... read more
Posted by swelshdegrimaldo @ 04/10/2012 15:43:00
Merging T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS makes sense on many fronts. For stakeholders, René Obermann, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Telekom, explained this merger “feels like unboxing a new smartphone to you” – discovering all the benefits. Strategy Analytics looks at some... read more
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