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Articles tagged with: Abi Research and Eu
Recession or Not, Wireless Backhaul Expansion Continues Strongly
Worldwide revenues from backhaul leasing are expected to double over the next 30 months, according to a new study from ABI Research. The growth curve even accelerates after 2012, resulting in a fivefold revenue increase between 2009 and 2014. more
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Active RAN Sharing Could Save Operators $60 Billion
A new study from ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 billion over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, base-station, rural, vodafone, o2, lte, capex, telenor, 3, backhaul, tele2, infrastructure-sharing, opex
Handset Manufacturers Aiming to Design Their Way out of Recession
The global recession may have drastically slowed many forms of economic activity, but not the efforts of mobile device manufacturers to drive growth by design innovation. more
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For Wireless Handsets, 2010 Will Be the Year the Bleeding Stops
No matter who you ask, the assessment is the same: 2009 will be a bad year for cellular handset sales worldwide. However ABI Research's current forecasts for 2010 are cautiously optimistic - if by optimism you mean that we may see shipment numbers stabilize and maintain an essentially flat growth rate rather than falling further. more
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Global PND Shipments Will Stagnate at 39 Million Units in 2009
The once booming personal navigation device market is grinding to a halt in 2009 with little or no growth expected in most regions. With the European PND market forecast to decline and the North American market remaining flat, Asia-Pacific remains the only growth market. more
Related Tags: nokia, smartphone, gps, lbs, ovi, personal, touchscreen, pnd, pnds, tomtom, tomtom, personal-navigation-device
148 Million Mobile Data Roaming Subscribers This Year
Travellers have long been familiar with the roaming services available for cellular voice calls. Now that 3G networks are widely deployed, similar roaming functions are being made available for data services including MMS and mobile Internet access. Explored in a new ABI Research Brief, these arrangements are already generating revenues in the billions of dollars. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, mms, mobile-data, roaming, rural, driving
Cellular Modem Shipments Exceeded 35 Million in 2008
Shipment data for the cellular modems used to connect laptops and netbooks to the Internet indicate that more than 35 million of the devices hit the market in 2008. Of that total, the majority were the external USB modems that mobile operators have been pushing for some time. Continued growth has been bolstered as mobile operators have bundled USB modems with netbooks in attractively subsidized price plans. more
Related Tags: qualcomm, ict, ericsson, usb-modem, netbooks, usb-modems, laptop, modem
Managed Services for Network Equipment OEMs to Reach $6.4 Billion in 2009
Managed services for mobile networks returned about $19 billion revenue in 2008, ($5.8 billion for network services and $13.4 billion for IT-related services.) Europe led managed services adoption: Tier One operators there face stiff competition, so they have turned to managed services to improve their margins. According to a new study from ABI Research, that $19 billion figure represents only a small part of the potential addressable market. more
Related Tags: orange, asia-pacific, nokia, ibm, alcatel-lucent, verizon-wireless, ericsson, verizon
Dual-Mode Cellular/Wi-Fi Handset Shipments to Double from 2008 Through 2010
Shipments of Wi-Fi-enabled cellular handsets will double in volume by the end of 2010, compared to January 2008, and that growth curve is expected to continue through 2013. This data, contained in a new ABI Research study, shows how driven by increasing consumer awareness and demand, new operator business models, and increased value for handset manufacturers, Wi-Fi technology will continue to penetrate deeper into mobile handsets over the next five years. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, nokia, iphone, smartphone, itunes, apple, itu, smartphones, lte, femtocells, apple-iphone, ieee
Will WiMAX Deliver on its Royalty Promises?
One of the major advantages claimed by the WiMAX community over their cellular cousins is that WiMAX will come with a far lower average royalty rate than either LTE or UMB. A favorite phrase among the WiMAX OEM community is that WiMAX has effectively "democratized" the 4G space. Although ABI research applauds the move to a more widespread intellectual property holding in the 4G realm, it could be argued that this democratization of IP will result in more, not fewer, IP royalties. more
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