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Articles tagged with: Ovum
Short term slow down for mobile revenue growth
ovum previously predicted that global mobile services revenues would breach US$1 trillion in 2010, but due to the economic situation, ovum has now pushed this landmark to 2011. The greatest impact of recessionary forces is seen in the short term. ovum has revised its revenue forecasts for 2009 down by 9% compared to its previously published figures, yet by 2013 the difference is just 1.7% lower. more
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Despite decline fixed voice still worth $309 billion globally in 2014
ovum's latest fixed voice forecast predicts that fixed voice lines will decline at a CAGR of -3% between 2008 to 2014, falling from 1.1 billion to 0.9 billion globally. They also anticipate that global fixed voice revenues will decline at a faster rate, with a CAGR of -4.9% over the same period, from US$418 billion during 2008 to US$309 billion by 2014. Asia-Pacific will perform similarly with a CAGR of -2.8% in terms of lines and -5.8% in terms of revenues over the same time frame. more
Related Tags: wireless-broadband
Trust in IT software vendors under strain
A recent report published by ovum found out that undocumented privileged administrator accounts have been discovered in new network routers belonging to two telecoms service providers. This raises serious concern about the motives of the people or organisations who created them. These 'back doors' could be used for both active and passive attacks on the networks. They call into question the reliability of the vendor and its products. more
Related Tags: hacker, spyware, security
iPhone 3GS: 'lack of innovation' hides true assets
Opinion by ovum's Tony Cripps, principal analyst
Apple's faithful may be disappointed with the iPhone 3GS's apparent failure
to move the smartphone goalposts, but the refinement of the device through
continual software platform evolution remains a key differentiator that others
should emulate where possible.
The iPhone's real beauty is its ability to refresh itself
Apple's latest iPhone offered few surprises to those familiar with the iPhone
SDK 3.0 - new features are, after all, ultimately constrained by the
capabilities of the device's software. While this might disappoint Apple's
devoted followers, underlying this gradual evolution is Apple's key
contribution to the smartphone space - namely proving the value of firmware
upgrades to refresh its devices, whether the new iPhone 3GS, its predecessors or
its iPod Touch cousins.
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Related Tags: apple, iphone, spice, life
Smartphones: the silver lining of the declining handset market
Opinion by ovum's Adam Leach, Devices principal analyst
Smartphone shipments will reach 406.7 million by 2014
During 2008, in a first for the mobile industry, consumer demand for third-party
applications started driving both handset sales and revenues for developers and
OEMs. Apple’s success with the App Store has prompted other players to focus
on devices that can enable third-party developers to easily bring applications
and services to mobile phones.
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Related Tags: app-store, smartphone, symbian, nokia, google, microsoft, sony, windows, google-android
Mobile Industry in 2020 - A new entity - SMART players
Opinion by ovum's Jeremy Green, Practice Leader
The value chain and the customer relationship will increasingly be dominated
by a new kind of entity, which we are calling the SMART player – an acronym
that stands for Services, Management, Applications, Relationships and
Technology, and reflects the way in which these players take responsibility for
the end-to-end customer experience. This role builds on, but radically extends,
the way in which some device vendors such as Apple and Google began to provide a
managed experience on the basis of Internet and cloud-based services.
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Related Tags: smart
Telco revenue growth skidded to halt in 4Q '08
According to a study from ovum, telecom service providers underlying 4Q08 performance has been surprisingly strong, despite chaos in credit markets, a drop in consumer confidence, and macroeconomic uncertainty. Large write-downs in some markets do not negate this underlying strength. more
Related Tags: capex, huawei, zte, opex
Mobile phone shipments in 2009 will be down by 9.1%
The economic downturn will have a significant impact on mobile phone shipments in 2009; the volumes will be down globally by 9.1%. This is according to the latest forecasts from consulting firm, ovum. All regions, even those in emerging markets, will be hit to some extent by the downturn. Shipments will start to recover from 2010 onwards, although it will take until 2012 before global volumes are back to the level seen in 2008. more
Related Tags: 3g-phones, lte-phones, 1xev-do
1Q09 results showing greater recession impact on suppliers than operators
Opinion by John Lively, vice president of Forecasting at ovum
Two weeks into the 1Q09 earnings cycle, ovum looked at results to date across a
broad spectrum of industry participants to get a sense of how the recession is
impacting the telecoms industry. Specifically, we looked at results for ten
telecoms operators, seven equipment vendors, six component makers, and two
contract manufacturers. The operators are all based in North America, whereas
the revenues of the other companies represent global operations.
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Related Tags: capex, alcatel-lucent, 3, backhaul, seven, level-3
Mobile operators are resiliently beating the recession
According to the findings of a new report from ovum, mobile operators are comfortably and steadily beating the recession. Overall, operators maintained revenue and customer growth during the period, but the rate of growth is down. While most operators in emerging markets are yet to see any significant pressures on their performance, operators in countries such as the US and across Europe, where the recession has had dramatic impact, operators' revenues are holding out. more
Related Tags: tim, eu, roaming, sms