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Download the Executive Summary from our Future Mobile Broadband report
Mobile broadband has become a major part of the mobile market, with 225 million mobile broadband subscribers worldwide at the end of March 2009, representing 93% year-on-year growth. Read more »
Network APIs moment of truth: Are there revenue opportunities?
Open network APIs are arguably the most publicized alternative business model to the traditional voice, SMS and data operator offering. Network APIs are enablers for a variety of business models, including operator branded application stores, two sided business models, web mashups and developer communities. However, as Tier 1 operators continue to announce API initiatives, there is confusion in the market regarding their revenue potential and whether operators should deviate from the traditional voice or bit pipe paradigm to become smart pipes and third party service enablers. Read more »
Informa Telecoms & Media launches the NEW Intelligence Centre
We are extremely pleased to unveil the new Intelligence Centre, which includes enhancements to the structure of our content, the search functionality and the introduction of over 2500 dedicated company and country overviews. Read more »
Swiss cable operators look to DOCSIS 3.0 and open-access FTTH
As Swisscom continues to thrash out cooperation agreements on the rollout of fiber-to-the-home with a number of utility companies, three cable operators are preparing DOCSIS 3.0 launches, and two are trialing services via FTTH. Read more »
ARPU under pressure as triple-play shapes digital future in Eastern Europe
Having just completed our latest research on Central and Eastern Europe, a picture is emerging of fairly rapid digital TV growth. The good news is that this looks set to continue over the next five years. Having ended 2008 with 32 million digital homes, the region is expected to close 2014 with 87 million, so pretty much a three-fold increase. This growth will see well over half of the region’s TV households being digital by 2014, up from 21% now. Only Russia and Ukraine are expected to fail to reach 50% by that time. Read more »
Shipment growth in 2Q09 reassures mobile handset industry
The recent 2Q09 earnings results of the world’s top five handset vendors by volume showed a quarter-on-quarter growth of 12.1% in shipment numbers, led by LG, Samsung and Nokia. With channel inventory reduced to more normal levels, prospects for continued quarterly growth in 2H09 have improved. However, challengers such as ZTE could displace Motorola or Sony Ericsson while they restructure. Meanwhile, Nokia is increasingly focusing on value. Read more »
Apple fiscal Q309 results: iPhone 3G S performing well as iPod sales decrease
The headline grabbing announcement from Apple’s results on Tuesday was that iPhone sales had grown 626% year on year to 5.2 million. Although statistically correct, one year ago Apple were consciously ramping down sales of the iPhone 2G in advance of the iPhone 3G launch. Nevertheless, the company from Cupertino can take a number of positives from the iPhone’s recent performance:
- Sales of the iPhone 3G S were strong, registering over 1 million sales within three days of its launch on 19th June,
- Although as yet unquantified it seems that the reduced retail price of the iPhone 3G at least created increased consumer interest and probably increased sales
- The now customary shortages of the latest iPhone seem likely to continue into next quarter while the company looks to extend its distribution from 18 to 80 countries.
The positive iPhone performance is important for Apple given the drop in iPod volume sales, in part due to Apple’s decision to reduce channel inventory and from the maturing MP3 player market being cannibalized by both the iPod Touch and the iPhone. Reassuringly iPod Touch sales also performed “extremely well” in the quarter.
Mobile players need a new mindset to ensure survival, says Nicole McCormick.
Operators’ need a new mindset if they are to survive in today’s tough mobile business. That’s the message anybody who’s doing the conference circuit in Asia will take home with them.
Asia Pacific is at a turning point, mobilewise.
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Mobile Service Developments Making a Serious Business out of Mobile Enterprise
Mobile enterprise is an area that cellular operators have long coveted but have historically failed to generate substantial revenues from. There are many reasons for this, ranging from the complexities that surround providing services for enterprise users, who invariably demand strict SLAs and QoS agreements, to a lack of required expertise in the sector. Read more »
SpinVox defense highlights technology and privacy, but does relatively little to allay concerns over its finances
The UK-based text-to-screen provider SpinVox has been forced to issue two strongly-worded statements on July 23 and July 26, in which it defended its technology platform and the way that it offers its speech-to-text services. Read more »
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