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Articles tagged with: Abi Research and Motorola
Tier 2 Mobile Handset Vendors Must Compete on Two Fronts
Tier 2 mobile handset vendors shipped 80.5 million units last year, a small fraction of the global total. But they face significant challenges when seeking greater market share. They are competing against the Tier 1 giants of the industry, which together control about 70% of the global market. They are also trying to differentiate themselves and create recognizable brands. According to a new study from ABI Research, the most obvious strategies open to them may not be the best. more
Related Tags: nokia, samsung, pantech, open-source
Wireless Infrastructure Vendors Hunkering Down for a Tough 2009
Radio Access Network equipment expenditure is expected to contract by 6% as wireless infrastructure vendors brace for a stormy year. The latest market data from ABI Research pegs infrastructure spending at about $49 billion in 2009. more
Related Tags: 3g, nokia, wimax, itu, huawei, 3g-license, lte, zte, alcatel-lucent, hspa, ericsson, hsupa, iden, bsnl, 3g-licenses, hotspots, 4g
Despite the Naysayers WiMAX Subscriber Revenue Will Boom in 2009
Any reader who believed all the recent headlines would feel confident that the WiMAX market is being crushed by LTE. Nortel has left the WiMAX market and Alcatel-Lucent has "backed off" from WiMAX; and these developments supposedly dealt a blow to Clearwire, which had so far chosen neither as an infrastructure vendor. But that's not quite the whole story. more
Related Tags: base-station, intel, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, clearwire, lte, wimax-forum, alcatel-lucent, nortel, base-stations, wimax,, wireless-broadband
Mobile Network Infrastructure Vendors Starting to Feel the Heat
NortelÃ's share price recently dipped to about 40 cents. While ABI Research in no way singles out the beleaguered network equipment vendor as worthy of particular criticism, according to senior analyst Nadine Manjaro NortelÃ's low fortunes are symptomatic of several current industry trends. more
Related Tags: rsa, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, nortel
Motorola Tops New ABI Research Vendor "Green Wi-Fi" Matrix Ranking
Motorola has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Cisco Systems and Siemens Enterprise Networks claimed the second and third spots in the companyÃ's new evaluation of the "greenness" of worldwide Wi-Fi access points and their vendors. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, cisco, rsa, cisco-systems, recycling, siemens, wlan
Touch Screens in Mobile Devices to Deliver $5 Billion Next Year
Touch screens have been available for some time and are found in a variety of fixed and portable devices, but it was the launch of AppleÃ's iPhone that refocused the publicÃ's attention on them as never before. Shipments in 2007 of touch screen-based mobile devices increased 91% over 2006, and ABI Research forecasts that revenue from the global touch screen market for mobile phones and other handheld devices such as MIDs, UMPCs, and PNDs will reach $5 billion in 2009. more
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