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Reading On Electronic Devices Overtakes Print -- For British Children
May 17th 2013 - 17:25 GMT
For the first time British children are reading more on computers and other electronic devices than they are reading books, magazines, newspapers and comics....more

Global Mobile Memory Market Oligopoly More Obvious As Korean Firms Dominate
May 17th 2013 - 14:35 GMT
The total 4Q12 revenue for the mobile DRAM industry grew 21.4% from the third quarter and reached US$2.74 billion, boosted by climbing shipments of low to mid-end smartphones as well as seasonality. In the first quarter of 2013,...more

Small Cells with Wi-Fi Set to Reshape Wireless Communications Market
May 17th 2013 - 12:01 GMT
The use of Wi-Fi functionality in small-cell base stations will be a game changer for cellphone service providers, easing heavily congested data pipes while linking together billions of devices into a single network architecture, ...more

Fiercer Competition Among Thai Mobile Operators After 3G Rollout
May 17th 2013 - 11:40 GMT
The launch of new 3G data plans by all three Thai mobile operators will introduce broad changes to the competitive dynamics among mobile operators, particularly in how they deal with the mass market segment....more

Smartphones Continue to Drive Mobile Phone Sector in Southeast Asia
May 17th 2013 - 07:20 GMT
Consumers in Southeast Asian markets continue to snap up mobile handsets at a rapid pace, propelling the region's overall mobile phone market to expand further in the latest 12 months by 14 percent in value and 8 percent in units....more

Carrier Wi-Fi Market is Red Hot
May 17th 2013 - 07:00 GMT
Carrier Wi-Fi equipment revenue, including carrier Wi-Fi access points and Wi-Fi hotspot controllers, jumped 53% worldwide in 2012 from 2011,...more

Global LTE Subscriber Base to Pass 100 Million This Week
May 16th 2013 - 18:15 GMT
The number of LTE connections worldwide will pass 100 million this week, with the USA and Canada capturing 57 million subscriptions of that global total....more

Multi-device Shared Plans Available to 5% of Mobile Subscribers
May 16th 2013 - 17:40 GMT
ABI Research is expecting more operators to introduce the Multi-device Plan as a way to stimulate the 4G LTE market. In Europe, the Vodafone Group is aiming to bring in the plan by the end of 2013....more

European M2M Market Consolidates to Optimise Future Opportunities
May 16th 2013 - 12:30 GMT
In the last 5 years, the M2M market in Europe has significantly evolved with market demand becoming more structured in certain applications. Telcos are fine-tuning their market strategies to better reflect their core capabilities and overall M2M vision....more

Mobile TV & Video Viewers to Exceed 2 Billion by 2017
May 16th 2013 - 08:30 GMT
This is attributed to the growing popularity of short and easily shared video clips, and the increased global uptake of connected devices with faster processors and better displays....more

Western Europe's PC Market Sees Worst Ever Quarterly Decline in Sales
May 15th 2013 - 12:40 GMT
PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 12.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a decline of 20.5 percent from the corresponding period of 2012, according to Gartner....more

Licensed Mobile Radio Infrastructure and System Integration Market Worth $2.6 Billion
May 15th 2013 - 11:20 GMT
The global market for licensed mobile radio (LMR) infrastructure equipment, installation and system integration services amounted to $2.6 billion, according to a study from IMS Research....more

Wireless Carriers Struggle to Combat Threat From Over-the-Top Applications
May 14th 2013 - 15:55 GMT
Recent survey results confirm mobile operators are feeling the threat from Over-The-Top (OTT) applications like Skype, WhatsApp and MessageMe and their drain on traditional SMS revenue....more

USA's LTE Infrastructure CapEx and OpEx to Reach $95 Billion Over the Next 5 Years
May 14th 2013 - 15:30 GMT
iGR forecasts that in 2015 and the following years, LTE OpEx spending will be greater than LTE CapEx spending....more

Robust LTE Revenues Drive Mobile RAN Market to Y/Y Growth
May 14th 2013 - 15:10 GMT
The mobile RAN market recorded its second straight quarter of year-over-year (Y/Y) growth, as increases in LTE offset declines in both 2G and 3G technologies, ...more

India IT Infrastructure Spending Will Reach $2.3 Billion By 2014
May 13th 2013 - 11:15 GMT
The Indian IT infrastructure market, comprising of server, storage and networking equipment, will total $2.1 billion in 2013, growing 9.7 percent compared to 2012, according to Gartner....more

Indian Mobile Users Spend an Average 2.25 Hours a Day Using Their Mobile Device
May 13th 2013 - 08:00 GMT
Nearly a third of Indian media consumption time is being spent on mobile devices, according to a study commissioned by the mobile advertising agency, InMobi....more

Enterprise Mobile Content Management Subscribers to Exceed 110 Million by 2018
May 12th 2013 - 09:25 GMT
Subscribers of enterprise mobile content management (MCM) solutions will grow at double-digit rates to over 110 million by 2018, according to ABI Research....more

Apple, Qualcomm and Samsung Dominate Smartphone Applications Processor Market
May 10th 2013 - 12:52 GMT
Global smartphone applications processor market showed a robust 60 percent year-on-year growth in 2012 to reach $12.9 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. ...more

India Has The Potential To Lead In The Nexus Of Social, Mobile, Cloud Information But May Waste The Opportunity
May 10th 2013 - 12:35 GMT
India has the potential to lead the world in the adoption of the Nexus of Forces, which is the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social interaction, mobility, cloud and information, however for this to happen a number technological and socioeconomic shifts must happen, according to Gartner....more

Existing Smartphone Owners Seek Display Larger Than Current Device
May 10th 2013 - 12:30 GMT
In the second half of 2012 existing smartphone owners were most likely to be interested in devices with a screen size between 4.2-inches and 4.7-inches. ...more

Adult Tablet Owners Prefer to See Video Ads Before Content Begins
May 10th 2013 - 08:05 GMT
The overwhelming majority of adult tablet owners are happiest when content is interrupted less frequently, as 82% prefer to see all ads before the content begins,...more

Nearly Third of Electronic Devices Left Switched-On During Aircraft Flights
May 9th 2013 - 17:55 GMT
Ninety-nine percent of adult airline passengers who travel with a portable electronic device (PED) - such as a smartphone or tablet - carried at least one PED onboard with them while traveling in the past 12 months, with seven in ten (69%) reporting they used their devices during flight,...more

More Than 30 Billion Devices Will Wirelessly Connect to the Internet of Everything in 2020
May 9th 2013 - 17:25 GMT
There are more than 10 billion wirelessly connected devices in the market today; with over 30 billion devices expected by 2020, according to ABI Research....more

Android Powered 59% of Smart Phones, Tablets and Notebooks Sold in Q1
May 9th 2013 - 16:25 GMT
Total Smart mobile device (notebook, tablet and smart phone) shipments for the Q1 hit 308.7 million units, according to Canalys" latest worldwide estimates. This represents year-on-year growth of 37.4%....more

UK Mobile Phone Theft Rates Remain Largely Stable at 2% of Users
May 9th 2013 - 15:55 GMT
Around 2 percent of Brits suffered from a stolen mobile phone to the 2011/12 Crime Survey for England and Wales. This proportion has been broadly consistent since 2005/06 -- when the question was first introduced in the annual crime survey....more

Brits One Pay for 1-in-10 Mobile App Downloads
May 9th 2013 - 14:15 GMT
British smartphone owners typically only pay for one-in-ten mobile apps they download from app stores....more

Two-Thirds of Interop Survey Participants Are Under-Prepared for BYOD
May 9th 2013 - 09:10 GMT
Although the majority of businesses surveyed at a recent conference allow employees to bring their own devices to work, only a third have defined BYOD policies in place....more

Sales of Devices with 802.11ac Wi-Fi to Surpass One Billion Units by 2015
May 8th 2013 - 17:40 GMT
The next generation Wi-Fi technology 802.11ac will take off quickly in the next five years, as the consumer electronics industry is preparing for the transition with CE companies planning to roll out new devices with this latest technology,...more

Comparing American and Chinese Mobile App Downloaders
May 8th 2013 - 14:50 GMT
Chinese users are more likely to download a higher volume of apps, with 36% of Smartphone users there expected to download over 20 apps in the next month, compared to just 16% in the USA....more

LTE and Shared Data Plans Fuel Growth in Mobile Broadband Tablet Subscriptions
May 8th 2013 - 13:45 GMT
Despite continued strong growth of smartphones and the prevalence of WiFi only tablets, mobile broadband subscriptions on connected tablets will expand rapidly in the next five years....more

CIOs Need to Manage Both Technology and Business Innovation to Gain Advantage with Big Data
May 7th 2013 - 10:20 GMT
CIOs must realize that innovation needs to go well beyond the technology used to manage big data, according to Gartner. To get maximum value, enterprises will need to seek and embrace innovation in the way business problems are analyzed with big data....more

Android Phone and IPhone Now Combine for 91 Percent of US Smartphone User Base
May 4th 2013 - 09:55 GMT
Apple ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer with 39 percent OEM market share in the USA, according to comScore, while Google Android led as the #1 smartphone platform with 52 percent platform market share....more

Don't Txt N Drive: Teens Not Getting Msg
May 4th 2013 - 09:30 GMT
Amercian teenagers can get hundreds of text messages a day, but one message they aren't getting is that they shouldn't text and drive....more

Fleeing Facebook: Study Examines Why People Quit - and Come Back - to the 'global Aquarium'
May 4th 2013 - 09:00 GMT
A study by Cornell University researchers presented this week in Paris suggests that "non-use" of the social networking site is fairly common - a third of Facebook users take breaks from the site by deactivating their account, and one in 10 completely quit....more

MEMS Suppliers Ride Apple's Gravy Train to the Top of the Microphone Business
May 3rd 2013 - 12:15 GMT
Once again demonstrating Apple's power to ordain winners in the electronics supply chain, the top suppliers last year of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphones were those that provided devices for iPhones and iPads....more

Top 10 Mobile Networks Generate US$202 Billion in Gross Profit, Up 4.2% YoY
May 3rd 2013 - 09:40 GMT
Worldwide service revenue, year-on-year (YoY) for 4Q-2012 grew 2.8% to US$240.5 billion....more

Parents Want More Use of Mobile Devices in Classrooms
May 2nd 2013 - 16:15 GMT
More than half of American parents believe that schools should make more use of mobile devices in education and a third agree that schools should require them in the classroom....more

USA Network Upgrades Accounts for Quarter of Global Total Spend
May 2nd 2013 - 14:00 GMT
USA based mobile networks spent US$30.1 billion on network upgrades in 2012, a rise of 19% over the 2011 investment figure. ...more

Apple's IPad Growth Slows As UK Tablet Market Continues to Expand
May 2nd 2013 - 11:20 GMT
This year, eMarketer estimates, nearly 20 million people in the UK will use a tablet at least once per month, up 39% over 2012's 14.1 million users. This includes people of all ages who use tablet devices-not just tablet owners....more