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Articles tagged with: Asia Pacific and Mobile Tv
Evolving Landscape of Mobile Broadband in Asia
Asia's mobile subscriber total is expected to surpass 2 billion subscribers by 2012 when 63 percent of the regions' residents are expected to own a mobile phone. However, the fact remains that in 2008 only 8 percent of the region's subscriber base was using 3G and launches in several Asian markets have left much to be desired in terms of subscriber and revenue uptake. more
Related Tags: , 3g, tim, lte, mobile-payments, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, location-based-services, mobile-advertising, 3g-modem, long-term-evolution, ringtones, modem
Mobile set to become a Trillion Dollar Industry in 2008
A new report from Portio Research confidently predicts that the worldwide mobile industry will be worth US$1 trillion by the close of 2008. The report produces some staggering statistics which places the industry at the top of the pecking order in terms of sustained growth, surpassing other market sectors such as IT and Pharmaceuticals. more
Related Tags: arpu, mobile-video
UK Operators Sharing 3G Spectrum for Mobile TV Trials
Orange and T-Mobile UK have announced they intend to jointly pilot a new mobile TV and multimedia broadcast service in London using NextWave Wireless' 3G MBMS based TDtv solution. The pilot, scheduled for the second half of 2008, is designed to demonstrate how the cost of providing mobile TV services can be significantly reduced when mobile operators share widely-available unpaired 3G spectrum and a standards-based TDtv broadcast network. more
Related Tags: orange, wcdma, 3g-license, mts, t-mobile-uk, palm, 3gpp, london, packetvideo, nextwave-wireless, 3g-licenses, umts, chipset, tdd, UK
Worldwide telecom carrier capex to top $251 billion in 2007
Capital expenditures of telecom service providers are expected to be flat in North America and Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA), but up in Asia Pacific and Caribbean/Latin America (CALA), according to Infonetics Research's latest report. more
Related Tags: capex, infonetics-research
The $10 Billion Mobile Video Messaging Opportunity for 2012
Mobile video messaging services are at the center of the technology convergence that is helping mobile customers realize greater levels of self-expression and online community participation. According to principal analyst Dan Shey of ABI Research, "Mobile video messaging is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the convergence of increased mobile device capabilities and consumers' desire for broader communication options beyond voice. In fact, we expect the opportunity for mobile video services to produce a compound annual growth rate of nearly 60%, amounting to $10 billion in 2012." more
Related Tags: social-networking, abi-research, mobile-video
Worldwide telecom carrier capex expected to hit $225 billion in 2007
Service provider revenue is also up in all regions, as carriers launch new services to meet the demands of hundreds of millions of worldwide subscribers, the report shows. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, capex, china-telecom, telecom-italia, infonetics-research
Indonesia to Get a DMB Based Mobile TV Service
Indonesia is to get a mobile TV network based on the DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) standard. The Indonesia electronics company PT Agis Tbk, IPTV and mobile TV systems integrator BNS and mobile TV pioneer Toshiba have announced a partnership to jointly build a broadcast-based, nationwide mobile TV network in Indonesia. more
Related Tags: toshiba, itu, iptv
Skyrocketing Mobile Subscriber Growth Fueling the RAN Equipment Market
There will be an estimated 2.9 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide by the end of 2007, and that number is expected to climb to over 4 billion by 2010, says Infonetics Research in its latest report. Voice was the driver for 2G mobile based on GSM and CDMA technology; it has been and still is a phenomenal global success. Today, higher speed data, multimedia, video, and mobile TV services are driving forward 3G deployment based on W-CDMA and CDMA2000, which is being upgraded with HSDPA and EV-DO technology to deliver even faster connectivity. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, nortel, alcatel-lucent, ran, infonetics-research
Next Gen Mobile Service Revenues to More Than Double by 2008
Competition has become even more cutthroat among next gen mobile and wireless broadband service providers, says Infonetics Research in a new study about North American, European, and Asia Pacific operators. The study shows 65% of providers rating competition and customer retention as the most challenging of their business concerns. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, capex, hsupa, nortel, infonetics-research, wimax,, mobile-video
W-CDMA and CDMA2000 infrastructure markets up, GSM down"
As service providers around the globe install and upgrade networks to handle the growing number of mobile subscribers, demand for radio access network (RAN) equipment also climbs, with overall unit shipments up 8% in 2006, says Infonetics Research in its latest report. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, ran, infonetics-research, radio-access-network, base-station-controller