Articles tagged with: Gartner and Ict
2009 Will Be Year of the Mini-Notebook in Asia Pacific
Shipments of mini-notebooks in Asia Pacific will reach four million units in 2009, growing by a robust 82 per cent over 2008, according to gartner. Growth will stabilise at 20 per cent or more in 2010 and 2011, when mini-notebooks will account for more than 14 per cent of all mobile PCs shipped. more
Related Tags: netbooks, toshiba, lenovo, dell, samsung, fujitsu-siemens, mobile-broadband, ovi, tim, social-networking, asus, siemens
Gartner Says: Carriers Will Struggle Without Major Innovation and Change
Shifts in customer demand, a changing competitive landscape, a weak economy and new government policies will shape carrier strategies during 2009 and 2010, according to gartner. Carriers will struggle to maintain and grow their market position in this shifting landscape, and success will demand investment strategies that are aligned with the pace of recovery in each country and region. more
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T-Mobile Starts Selling ZTE Touch-Screen Phone
T-Mobile UK is to start selling its first handset from Chinese manufacturer, ZTE. The company has revealed the Vairy Touch, a touch-screen phone will be made available by the operator as a PrePay handset. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, prepay, mms, sms, bluetooth, tim, zte, t-mobile-uk, touch-screen, gsm, gprs, UK
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08
The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more
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Emerging Nations Will Make ICT Industry 'Borderless' by 2015
A 'borderless stateÃ' will prevail within the information and communications technology (ICT) industry by 2015, according to gartner. Analysts predict that organisations, including governments, will increasingly source their ICT from around the globe without regard to the 'country of originÃ' or 'headquartersÃ' of the vendor supplying the solution, be it software, hardware, telecommunications, IT services, or people. more
IT and Communications emit as much CO2 as Aircraft
The global information and communications technology (ICT) industry accounts for approximately 2 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a figure equivalent to aviation, according to a new estimate by gartner. more
