Articles tagged with: Europe

In Europe, Total Apple iOS Ecosystem Twice the Size of Android

Initial research by ComScore indicates that Apple's iOS platform, which resides on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, has a combined platform reach of 28.9 million users in the five european markets (UK, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy), outreaching the Android platform by 116 percent. more

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Global Tablet Revenues to Reach US$49 Billion by 2015

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global tablet revenues will surge to US$49 billion by 2015. North America, Asia Pacific and Western europe will be the most valuable regions for tablet vendors. more

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Android Market Share Surpasses Apple's iOS Globally for First Time

Joining the list of research houses that say the Android OS platform has overtaken Apple's iPhone is the mobile ad agency, InMobi. more

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PC Shipments in First Quarter of 2011 Suffer First Year-Over-Year Decline in Six Quarters

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 84.3 million units in the first quarter of 2011, a 1.1 percent decline from the first quarter of 2010, according to preliminary results from Gartner. Although the first quarter is traditionally a slow one for PC sales, these shipment results indicate potential sluggishness, not just a normal seasonal slowdown. These figures are below Gartner's earlier forecast for 3 percent growth in the first quarter of 2011. more

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Zoom Tech to Develop Android Smartphones Under Qualcomm License

Qualcomm and Zoom Technologies have entered into a subscriber unit license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted Zoom a worldwide, royalty-bearing patent license to develop, manufacture and sell WCDMA and TD-SCDMA subscriber units. more

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LTE Infrastructure Spending to Soar in Next Four Years

Mass deployment of LTE wireless infrastructure is beginning in 2011 as many carriers in the United States and europe seek to migrate their networks to 4G over the next three years. During this time, spending on LTE infrastructure gear will expand to $27.9 billion globally, up from just $1.5 billion in 2010, according to new IHS iSuppli research. more

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GSMA Calls on Nigerian Government to Support Mobile Broadband Rollout

Industry trade body, the GSMA has called on the Nigerian government to unlock potential NGN862 billion (US$5.5 billion) of GDP growth by 2015 by supporting the rollout of Mobile Broadband across the country. more

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Fitch Revises Portugal Telecom's Outlook to Negative from Stable

Fitch Ratings has revised Portugal Telecom's (PT) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) Outlook to Negative from Stable. The change in the Outlook reflects the economic uncertainties facing the company in its home market following the failure of the government to agree fiscal consolidation plans, and the increased likelihood of further austerity measures following elections in June. more

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MTN Said to be in Talks to Buy Stake in India's Idea Cellular

South Africa's MTN could be about to make another attempt to enter the Indian market after its attempts to seek a merger with Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications a couple of years ago failed to deliver anything. more

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Media Tablet Shipments in EMEA Are Expected to Reach 22 Million Units in 2011

Media tablets reached a shipment volume of close to 6 million units in EMEA in 2010, representing one third of worldwide sales according to a report from International Data Corporation (IDC). Driven by the unprecedented success of Apple's iPad, media tablets continue to drive major demand and a momentum that is likely to accelerate this year, with IDC projecting over 22 million tablets to be shipped in 2011 across the EMEA region. more

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