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Articles tagged with: Mobile Video
Mobile video phone sales surge; paid services and revenue do not
Nearly 400 million mobile video phones are expected to sell worldwide in 2013, creating a market worth tens of billions of dollars, reports Infonetics Research. One primary driver for mobile video adoption is access to live sporting events, particularly soccer, cricket, and motor sports, while Asia Pacific will be the mobile video titan, with the highest volume of mobile video phone sales. more
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Nearly Two-Thirds of Mobile Video Users Use Mobiles more than Computers
According to a survey commissioned by mobile video delivery network, Transpera, 62% of mobile video users surveyed, use their mobile phone more than they use a computer to browse the Internet, vs. just 9% of the non-mobile video viewers. more
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Video Compression for Mobile Operators
724 Solutions has launched a video compression software platform for mobile network operators offering connectivity to web based videos, such as YouTube. 724's Video Optimization Module allows mobile operators to preserve their radio network capacity by reducing the size of video files delivered to mobile internet and mobile broadband subscribers and also ensures that the most popular videos are delivered from an intelligent cache, thereby reducing the bandwidth required to repeatedly fetch such content from popular internet sites such as YouTube. more
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Mobile Video Vendor Raises Extra Funding
In a blog posting on their website, mobile video supplier, Qik said that it has closed another round of funding, comprised of investments from Quest Venture Partners, CampVentures, and strategic individuals. A total of US$5.5 million has been raised to continue Qik's growth. more
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Global Mobile Video Surveillance Market Moves Into the Fast Lane
The mobile video surveillance market is at the cusp of transformation from traditional analogue to advanced IP digital and wireless systems. The need to control vandalism, reduce false claims and fleet management applications in the mobile market is making market participants scurry to tap those promising opportunities. more
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DoCoMo Buys Stake in Mobile Video Vendor
Japan's NTT DoCoMo has acquired a 35-percent stake in US based PacketVideo for US$45.5 million. The company, a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless is a developer of mobile video services. To date, PacketVideo's popular CORE multimedia player, pvPlayer, has been installed in more than 90 DoCoMo handset models. more
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Mobile backhaul equipment market growing fast, with no letup in sight
Mobile backhaul equipment investments jumped a healthy 19% in 2008 to $4.6 billion worldwide, and revenue is set to explode over the next 5 years and beyond, reports Infonetics Research. The report also said that the most quickly changing technologies between 2008 and 2013 are Ethernet microwave and Ethernet copper and fiber. In all the major world regions, operators will gradually shift to Ethernet backhaul, although it will be a slower shift in Asia Pacific and Central/Latin America, as a higher proportion of overall mobile traffic remains voice for a longer period. more
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Virtual Display Offers 62-inch Screen for iPhones
A firm which manufactures virtual display headsets has added iPhone compatibility to its range, offering headsets that can create the illusion of a virtual display equivalent to a 62-inch screen viewed from 9 feet. The connectivity cable also supports 3D video. more
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Global Mobile Traffic to Increase 66 Times in Five Years
Cisco has published the details of its Visual Networking Index (VNI) Mobile Forecast for 2008-2013, providing key findings on a variety of Internet Protocol (IP) networking trends driven largely by the increased use of mobile broadband applications. more
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Real-Time Mobile Video Survey Indicates Services Gaining Momentum
Global IP Solutions, a provider of IP multimedia processing software, has published the results of a survey conducted by Ovum, which found that US mobile operators and equipment vendors are supportive in the drive toward real-time video, which is likely to become more mainstream in the US market over the next few years. more
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