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Articles tagged with: Infonetics Research and Wimax
Smartphone sales buck the recession
A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, motorola, eu, w-cdma, ict, smartphones, tim, cdma, hspa, ericsson, lg, symbian, open-source, wimax,, gsm, operating-system
Recession isn't holding back mobile broadband subscribers
Market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarter (4Q08) edition of its Mobile Broadband Cards, Routers, Services, and Subscribers report last week. The report found that worldwide, the number of mobile broadband subscribers (including W- CDMA/HSPA and CDMA2000/EV-DO) jumped 125% in 2008 over 2007, hitting 210.5 million, and are expected to top 1 billion by 2013. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, huawei, cdma, hspa, ericsson, mobile-broadband, sony, wimax,, ev-do
Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, NEC lead fast growing microwave equipment market
Market research firm Infonetics Research released an update of its Microwave Equipment Market Outlook report last week after receiving new guidance from a number of vendors in this space, which significantly altered the market share landscape and overall market size. Highlights from the market share and forecast report follow. more
Related Tags: ethernet, nokia, eu, driving, lte, ericsson, nokia-siemens-networks, nec, microwave, backhaul, siemens, nokia-siemens, bandwidth
Mobile WiMAX market up 5% in 4Q08; Cisco, Huawei begin challenging market leaders
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarter edition of its WiMAX report this week, noting that the overall WiMAX equipment and device market held steady in 4Q08 over 3Q08 at $275 million, as the 802.16e mobile WiMAX segment increased 5% to counter a slight dip in the 802.16d fixed WiMAX segment. more
Related Tags: samsung, mobile-wimax, motorola, cisco, cisco, edge, huawei, lte, alcatel-lucent, nortel, 802.16e, alvarion, wimax,
Carriers name Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Huawei top mobile WiMAX vendors
Carriers recently surveyed by analyst firm Infonetics Research named Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, and Huawei as the "top vendors" in the mobile WiMAX equipment market. Nine additional vendors received votes for top vendor from a smaller number of carriers surveyed. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, mobile-wimax, motorola, huawei, alcatel-lucent, 3, backhaul
Alvarion overtakes ALU, MOTO in mobile WiMAX
Worldwide sales of fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment and phones/Ultra Mobile PCs dropped 21% to $245 million in 3Q08 from 2Q08, and are expected to continue sliding through 2009 as the economic recession puts the squeeze on this early market, says Infonetics Research in a new report. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, samsung, mobile-wimax, motorola, clearwire, alcatel-lucent, personal, 3, alvarion, wimax,
Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola runaway leaders in mobile WiMAX market
As of the second quarter of 2008, Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola together account for over two-thirds of worldwide mobile WiMAX equipment revenue, reports communications market research firm Infonetics Research in a new report. Just one quarter ago, the two market leaders captured roughly half the worldwide market. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, base-station, mobile-wimax, motorola, alcatel-lucent, alvarion, wimax,