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Apple and Samsung Dominate India's Tablet Market, Despite Low-Cost Options
May 18th 2012 - 09:14 GMT
Despite a series of low-cost media tablet launches in the second half of 2011, Apple's iPad has managed to maintain its premier position in the Indian market with 51% market share in 2011. ...more

Gray Market for Mobile Cellphones Serves As Boon to Low-Cost Flash Memory
May 17th 2012 - 23:41 GMT
The massive gray market for cellphones is propelling sales of lower-cost flash memories like embedded multimedia card (eMMC) and serial peripheral interface (SPI) NOR, as manufacturers of the unregulated phones strive to keep production costs low....more

Alternative Location Market to Reach $8 Billion, Indoor to Follow
May 17th 2012 - 16:19 GMT
Precision indoor location is stealing the headlines, yet wide-area alternative/hybrid location is where the money is today....more

Strategy Analytics: One Billion LTE Connections by 2017
May 17th 2012 - 16:17 GMT
LTE will make its presence felt in 2012 with connection volumes increasing nine-fold to reach 90 million by year-end, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. ...more

Nearly 75% of USA Android Smartphone Users Accessed Facebook's Website or App
May 17th 2012 - 15:58 GMT
Facebook's app and website were accessed by nearly three-fourths of U.S. Android smartphone users in March, making it the most used social networking website and app on the Android platform, according to new SmartMeter data...more

Technology Convergence May Widen the Digital Divide
May 17th 2012 - 15:23 GMT
Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, according to a Penn State telecommunications researcher....more

Local Ad Spending Moving More to Mobile and Online
May 17th 2012 - 15:00 GMT
According to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View reports, local advertising spending will experience a compound annual growth rate of 2.6 percent between 2011 and 2016, with revenues climbing from around $132 billion to more than $150 billion. ...more

Smartphones a Big Help to Visually Impaired
May 17th 2012 - 08:52 GMT
Smartphones can be a huge help to the visually impaired, but few vision doctors are recommending them to patients, according to a study co-authored by a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine ophthalmologist....more

Three in 10 Americans Cannot Go One Full Hour Without a Wi-Fi Connection
May 16th 2012 - 16:41 GMT
The study, commissioned by Broadcom, revealed that 60 percent of respondents cannot go a full day without Wi-Fi before seeking a connection....more

OMG! Texting Ups Truthfulness, New IPhone Study Suggests
May 16th 2012 - 16:15 GMT
Text messaging is a surprisingly good way to get candid responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study to be presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research....more

Billing Error and Fraud Could Cost Operators Nearly $300bn Annually by 2016
May 16th 2012 - 14:48 GMT
A new report from Juniper Research has found that mobile network operators face losing nearly one-quarter of revenues -- nearly $300 billion -- to a combination of fraud and billing error by 2016. ...more

Lack of Trust in the Use of Personal Data Threatens to Undermine the Digital Economy
May 16th 2012 - 14:39 GMT
The Internet economy in the G20 nations is larger than the GDP of Brazil or Italy and is expected to nearly double to US $4.2 trillion by 2016. But this growth could be severely limited without an effective set of "trade rules" to ensure the appropriate flow of personal data...more

High Street Stores Set for 4% Growth in Sales Through New Technologies
May 16th 2012 - 10:49 GMT
According to an annual report by Virgin Media Business, 21 percent of the 5,000 businesses said they needed more Wi-Fi in stores to provide innovative sales offers and marketing promotions to customers....more

BYOD Gives Competitive Advantage, Say IT Managers
May 16th 2012 - 10:26 GMT
Over 80 percent of IT managers think that enterprises with a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy hold a competitive advantage over other organisations, according to research commissioned by the UK's dominant landline network, BT....more

Have Women Rejected Technology As a Career Choice and is It Harming Growth?
May 16th 2012 - 10:05 GMT
Seven out of ten technology leaders believe they are missing vital skills as a result of low representation of women in their teams. Of major concern is the lack of female leaders in technology to inspire the next generation of female graduates, with little sign of growth in numbers in the immediate future....more

Thailand's First Quarter Smartphone Sales Raked in over US$255 Million
May 16th 2012 - 08:43 GMT
Thailand's rapidly expanding smartphone market in the first quarter of this year recorded nearly 70 percent growth since a year ago, according to GfK Thailand's retail audit findings comparing smartphones quarter on quarter revenue performances. ...more

DRAM Market's Woes Are Over in 2012, Courtesy of Elpida Bankruptcy
May 16th 2012 - 08:02 GMT
The market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is expected to partially reverse the drastic losses it incurred in 2011 and achieve revenue growth this year, the result of balanced supply and demand following the exit of major manufacturer Elpida Memory, ...more

Nearly Half of IPhone Users Likely to Buy Apple "iTV" in Year One
May 15th 2012 - 18:28 GMT
As speculation surrounding the possible launch of an "iTV" from Apple continues to mount, new research from Strategy Analytics shows that nearly half of existing iPhone users would be very or somewhat likely to buy an Apple iTV soon after its launch....more

No Contest: Apple IOS to Maintain Tablet Dominance in 2012
May 15th 2012 - 18:18 GMT
After suffering a temporary dip in market share in the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple's iOS is expected to reassert its commanding leadership of the worldwide tablet space in 2012, according to IHS iSuppli....more

Mobile Operators Face Increase in Network Cost Due to Mobile Data Explosion
May 15th 2012 - 16:35 GMT
According to a Solon white paper which is being released today, the cost for access and backhaul network could almost double within five years. ...more

ITU's Broadband Commission Studies Impact of Broadband Growth on Economies
May 15th 2012 - 14:03 GMT
The Broadband Commission for Digital Development, in partnership with ITU, has today released its first country case studies looking in-depth at the state of broadband development in four economies and examining links between broadband and the UN Millennium Development Goals....more

Apple's IPhone Leads Smartphone Satisfaction Survey in USA
May 15th 2012 - 13:59 GMT
Customer satisfaction with the USA's cell phone industry (part of the manufacturing/durable goods sector) slipped 1.3% to 74 (out of 100), while wireless service drops 1.4% to 70, according to a survey carried out by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)....more

Tablet Traffic Has Grown 10 Times Faster Than Smartphone Traffic
May 15th 2012 - 11:20 GMT
The report found that tablet devices will generate more Web traffic than smartphones by early 2013 and that consumers find browsing websites on tablets nearly as engaging as on PCs....more

Mobile Memory Chip Market Growth Propelled by Smartphones and Media Tablets
May 14th 2012 - 20:15 GMT
New smartphones and tablets will act as key catalysts for continued healthy growth of the mobile memory semiconductor space in the next few years, with revenue growing a modest but healthy 6 percent this year, ...more

43% of American Teenagers Say They Text While Driving
May 14th 2012 - 13:26 GMT
While 97 percent of American teenagers know texting while driving is dangerous, 43 percent of them admit to sending a text while driving -- and 75 percent say the practice is common among their friends....more

As Canadian Smartphone Penetration Increases, Carriers Adapt Their Wireless Offerings
May 13th 2012 - 14:06 GMT
While more customers use smartphones in 2012, compared with 2011, the study finds that the brands they select are shifting. Among smartphone owners in this study, 33 percent of their devices are Blackberry, down from 42 percent in 2011. ...more

Performance Outweighs Cost and Privacy for Smartphone Users When Offloaded to Wi-Fi
May 13th 2012 - 10:47 GMT
Ninety-five percent of smartphone users would leverage Wi-Fi if it enabled better mobile data performance; 88 percent would prefer to access Wi-Fi networks if it reduced their monthly phone bill. ...more

850 Million IEEE 802.15.4 Chipsets to Ship in 2016, Despite Strong Competition from Bluetooth
May 12th 2012 - 08:52 GMT
The IEEE 802.15.4 IC market, often referred to as wireless sensor networks (WSN), will expand to over 850 million units per annum by 2016, experiencing a compound annual growth rate of over 60% from 2010 to 2016....more

Increased Use of Blackberry Devices in South Africa Apparent in Mobile Advertising Statistics
May 11th 2012 - 10:11 GMT
Recent research conducted by InMobi into its South African network revealed steady growth of 14% in advertising impressions for the first quarter of 2012. Of particular interest in the South African context, however, is the apparent swing in consumer preference towards Blackberry handsets....more

The Sky is Rising: Company Set to Lead UK Broadband Market Growth
May 10th 2012 - 18:17 GMT
Having captured the lion's share of new subscribers entering the market in 2011, Sky is positioned to post the strongest growth of all telcos in the United Kingdom broadband market during the next few years, according to IHS Screen....more

Smart Phones are Changing Real World Privacy Settings
May 10th 2012 - 17:21 GMT
Tel Aviv University research finds that smartphone users develop new concepts of privacy in public spaces...more

Mobile Operators Ramp Wi-Fi Deployments for Data Offload, Seek to Integrate Wi-Fi
May 10th 2012 - 16:21 GMT
Complementing the mobile data service by enhancing throughput is currently the top deployment driver for carrier Wi-Fi, followed by the scarcity of licensed spectrum,...more

Mexico Has the Largest SMS Market in Latin America and the Caribbean
May 10th 2012 - 15:17 GMT
With 57% of value added services (VAS) sales in Mexico generated from SMS and MMS alone, this totals US$601 million in sales over the third quarter of 2011, and year on year growth of 32%....more

DLP Technology Keeps Texas Instruments at Top of MEMS Market
May 10th 2012 - 10:56 GMT
Texas Instruments (TI) remained the world's No. 1 microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) manufacturer in 2011, retaining top honors after fending off runner-up Hewlett Packard in a bruising battle for the crown, according to IHS iSuppli....more

Tablet Users Shop More on Their Device Than PC and Smartphone Users
May 10th 2012 - 10:31 GMT
Consumers are spending increasing amounts of time on mobile connected devices, with time spent on tablets playing a significant role in purchasing decisions as consumers find new ways to research and interact with brands....more

Carrier Wi-Fi Equipment Market Exploding to $2.1 Billion by 2016
May 10th 2012 - 08:45 GMT
BelAir Networks (recently acquired by Ericsson), Cisco, and Ruckus Wireless together account for more than two-thirds of 2011 global carrier Wi-Fi equipment revenue....more

Tablets Account for 40% of Mobile Broadband Tariffs As Operators Increase Device Offerings
May 9th 2012 - 17:26 GMT
An analysis of tablet tariffs by Strategy Analytics reveals a steady growth in tablet tariffs, with an average of six tablet types available from each operator....more

45% of Smartphone Users with a Retailer-Branded App Visit the Retailer's Store More Often
May 9th 2012 - 15:55 GMT
Are smartphone apps the magic bullet of marketing for retailers? According to a December 2011 ABI Research survey of U.S. consumers, it may be so....more

Gartner Says Mobile Device Management is Essential for IT Success
May 9th 2012 - 15:32 GMT
Mobile device management (MDM) has become a crucial discipline for IT departments, given the increasing number of smartphones and media tablets used within organizations, according to Gartner....more

Survey Reveals Mobile Technology Adoption at Risk If Consumer Trust Not Addressed
May 9th 2012 - 15:25 GMT
Juniper Networks has released findings today from its Trusted Mobility Index, which found the vast majority of people are using mobile technology today that they do not necessarily trust. ...more