| 05/07/08 | WiMax Will Be the Next DSL for More Than 5 Billion People Worldwide; LTE Years Away from Meaningful Existence
We believe there is a role for LTE as the natural evolution of GSM/HSPA-and probably also CDMA/EV-DO-but we believe it is years away. As such, it contrasts sharply with WiMax, which is being deployed today and for which spectrum has already been made available. WiMax already has an ecosystem which looks a lot like WiFi in terms of cost and diversity, whereas LTE simply is not even defined yet, much less available. |
| 05/06/08 | Predicting the Future Triumph of Clearwire's $14 Billion Broadband Wireless Network
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced Wednesday that the companies will combine their broadband wireless units to create a $14.55 billion mobile wireless communications company to provide internet access, phone service, movies, games and a variety of other broadband wireless data services. The new company, which will retain Clearwire's name, will continue developing a mobile network based on WiMax technology, which promises much faster speeds than the latest 3g cellular networks. |
| 04/21/08 | Big Growth in Broadband Wireless Data Traffic Will Spur Massive Technology Upgrades
The exponential growth of data traffic carried by wireless networks is likely to force mobile service providers to accelerate their efforts to upgrade their networks to a flat, all-IP architecture, according to a major new report titled, Flat IP Architectures in Mobile Networks: From 3G to LTE, published by Heavy Reading. |
| 04/11/08 | ZTE Captures 34% of Q1 Mobile Broadband Wireless Base Station Contracts
EJL Wireless Research announces its first quarter 2008 base station contract analysis results. First quarter contracts totaled 47, dropping from 53 in Q4 of 2007. The base station contract analysis reports are issued on a quarterly and annual basis and provide a unique perspective on the global cellular/PCS base station contract awards and demand for mobile base station equipment covering all major OEMs including Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, LG Nortel Co. Ltd., and ZTE. |
| 04/11/08 | New Research Report Says that More Half of Over-the-Air Households Are Targets for Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) Services Due to Poor Digital TV Reception
New proprietary research released today by Centris, a media market research firm, reveals that 9.2 million U.S. households could experience receptivity problems with digital TV signal coverage in the upcoming DTV transition on February 17, 2009. |
| 04/09/08 | EJL Wireless Research Reports Global Broadband Wireless CDMA Base Transmitting Station Transceiver Market Grew 35.7% in 2007
The global base transmitting station (BTS) transceiver (TRx) market grew by 35.7% in units in 2007, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research titled "Global BTS Transceiver Market Analysis and Forecast, 4thEdition, 2007-2012." |
| 04/09/08 | Broadband Wireless Solutions Drive 4x Increased Mobility and Decision Making Processes at Best-in-Class Organizations
In the newly released benchmark report "Fixed Mobile Convergence in the Enterprise," Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), found that Best-in-Class organizations that have deployed FMC solutions have benefited from significantly higher levels of employee performance and workflow efficiencies, all the while significantly improving the speed of the decision making process. |
| 03/27/08 | Get An Informative Overview Of Hungary's Mobile Broadband Wireless Market
Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Hungary - Mobile Market - Overview & Statistics" to their broadband wireless research report offering. Hungary's mobile market, like that of its Central European counterparts, has matured with penetration rates approaching or 100%. Services are offered by three mobile network operators, all of which are majority or wholly owned by Western European operators. |
| 03/21/08 | Free WiMAX and Wi-Fi White Paper Details Delivering Broadband Services to Fixed and Mobile Broadband Wireless Clients
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the availability of a new white paper on Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) that explores the strengths and weaknesses of this technology for delivering broadband wireless services to fixed and mobile clients. The widespread availability of WiMAX has for years been just around the corner but non-interoperable implementations and frequency spectrum licensing issues have hindered deployments. |
| 03/21/08 | Recent Telecom Research Report Still Plenty of Opportunities for Broadband Wireless ISPs in America
Sixty-five million Americans depend on broadband services for work, education, entertainment and communications. But too many other Americans have no access to broadband services, according to a new telecom industry survey. |
| 03/13/08 | D-Link Takes Top Spot in Draft 802.11n Product Shipments Worldwide
D-Link is the leader in Draft 802.11n Wi-Fi product shipments worldwide, showing significant growth in Q4 2007 and surpassing nearest competitors Linksys and Belkin, according to leading analyst firm In-Stat. |
| 03/03/08 | Nearing The Climax? WiMax As Wireless DSL Soon A Reality In The U.S.
Closing in potentially simultaneously on the end of the 700 MHz spectrum auctions and what we believe will be a new multi-party joint venture (JV) with Sprint and several funding partners, we believe the value inherent in Clearwire's spectrum asset is increasingly apparent. Upon the potential announcement of a JV, we believe CLWR shares should trade up sharply. |
| 03/03/08 | AirTight Study at Worldwide Airports Reveals Wireless Security Risks for Travelers and Airport Operations
AirTight Networks issued the findings from its study to assess information security risk exposure of laptop users at fourteen airports in the United States, Canada and Asia. The company set out to understand the risks to business travelers and their corporate networks of data leakage while those airline passengers are sending sensitive information using unsecured wireless access points while at the airports. It found surprising results, however, regarding the security posture of private Wi-Fi networks in these airports as well as the rapid spread of viral Wi-Fi networks. |
| 02/29/08 | Infonetics Research: WiMAX equipment market up 46% in 2007, forecast to hit $7.7B in 2011
The WiMAX market sequentially grew 11% for the quarter and 46% for the year, with worldwide sales of fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment hitting just under $800 million in 2007, says Infonetics Research in its latest "WiMAX and Mesh Network Equipment and Devices" report. |
| 02/25/08 | Commercial and Business Jets Will Reach More than 27,000 In-service Units and Generate Revenues of $1.7 Billion by 2013
NSR released its newest market analysis and forecast report: "Aeronautical Satellite Services, Analyzing the Market Opportunity for Passenger Jets and Business Aviation." The report provides an in-depth analysis of demand trends and forecasts for L-band and Ku-band equipment and services in all regions, as well as Ku-band transponder demand for aeronautical satellite services in the next six years. |
| 02/25/08 | It's Make Or Break For WiMAX, Says Analysys
This year will be decisive in the development of WiMAX, which experienced temporary setbacks in 2007, says Analysys, the global advisor in Telecom, IT and media, at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. |
| 02/25/08 | Satellite Broadband Wireless to Serve Nearly 1.3 Million Homes by 2012, Report Concludes
Satellite-based broadband services -- arguably the best way to get broadband access to hard-to-reach rural areas -- could be serving nearly 1.3 million U.S. households by the beginning of 2012, market research provider Pike & Fischer estimates. But that will represent only about 11 percent of total rural homes, P&F notes. |
| 02/18/08 | Turn Mobility Into Profitability
Sprint; Research in Motion; NetGain, a provider of a telecommunications inventory and expense management solution; and Alteritech, an IT managed services firm, will host a free seminar for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on March 18, 2008, from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm. |
| 02/15/08 | Google GPhone Details Surface-Foretelling of a Trend
After many months of speculation, we have finally gotten some whispers on Google's plan for taming the next great Internet conduit, the mobile phone. Contrary to speculation, the Google phone, or GPhone as "the cloud" has named it, is not a hardware offering but a software initiative. The plan is to provide an operating system for mobile phones that will be based on open-source Linux software. Google will then port and refine its applications for the mobile platform including mobile search and maps. |
| 02/15/08 | Nortel Says Wireless Voice over IP Offers a Huge Opportunity for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses
Converged mobility - the ability to make phone calls over WiFi and cellular networks via a dual-mode phone - is the service SMBs are most likely to consider for implementation followed by web services like click-to-connect and converged desktop applications that allow you to easily control calls from any cellular phone using a laptop application. |
| 02/14/08 | Bandwidth Shortage of 3G Wireless Carriers Dooms Mobile TV Industry
A survey of mobile subscribers in Europe and North America reveals a mixed report card for mobile TV services. The M:Metrics study, commissioned by Tellabs, highlights a $270 million opportunity -- but only if operators meet user demands for quality and reliability improvements in the coming 12 months. |
| 02/09/08 | Latest Report Addresses a Phased Approach to the Development of P25 Psc (Public Safety Communications) Radio
Research and Markets has announced the addition of 'Project 25 Radio-Phased Development - Assessment of Technologies and Markets for First Responders Radio' to their offering. |
| 02/08/08 | In-Stat Reports Mobile WiMAX More of an Opportunity than a Threat for Mobile Operators
From a mobile operator perspective, mobile WiMAX or 802.16e provides more of a service complement, than a competitive threat, reports In-Stat. The mobile standard for WiMAX, has been the subject of debate since its inception, the high-tech market research firm says. Mobile operators and vendors have disputed how this technology will impact their existing operations. The debate can be broken into two camps. |
| 02/06/08 | New Copper Bonding Products for Telecommunications Will Grow Carrier Ethernet and Wireless Backhaul Markets Worldwide, Says Insight Research Corporation
A new class of hardware product that bonds together multiple slower-speed copper circuits into a high-speed link promises to extend the worldwide market penetration of carrier Ethernet services as well as lower backhaul costs for wireless and DSL services, says a market analysis study from Insight Research. On a worldwide basis, carriers' revenue from the three applications of the new copper bonding technology will sharply increase over the next five years, ballooning from $89 million in 2008 to almost $1.2 billion in 2012. |
| 02/04/08 | Maravedis Predicts WiMAX Subscribers to Exceed 100 Million by 2014 as WiMAX and LTE Converge Upon 4G Technologies and Markets
Leading telecommunications market research and analysis firm Maravedis today announced the publication of the fifth edition of its yearly report "WiMAX, LTE and Broadband Wireless Worldwide Market Trends 2008-2014." This comprehensive report provides an in-depth analysis of broadband wireless trends including applications, deployments, technology, regulation and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). |
| 02/04/08 | Freesky Research Say More Than 4,000 Picocells Will Be Installed in Airplanes to Provide GSM and Wi-Fi High-Speed Internet Access Services Between 2008 and 2011
While passenger surveys continue to have a weak track record of predicting demand, both positively and negatively, the cost to supply wireless services to air travelers continues to fall. Airborne picocells have dropped in price along with their terrestrial counterparts, in spite of additional R&D investments in aeronautical systems to ensure that their logic and memory chips function properly at cruise altitudes. In turn, this has improved the economics, and reduced the weight requirements, of deploying passenger wireless systems on commercial airliners, according to a soon-to-be-released study from Freesky Research. |
| 01/28/08 | New Video Channels Continue to Be Main Growth Driver for Satellite Capacity
In its recently released study covering the entire commercial satellite transponder leasing sector, NSR projects that worldwide carriage of new standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) channels for all categories of television services will account for between 75% and 85% of C- and Ku-band transponder demand growth in most regions around the world. |
| 01/28/08 | New Research Report Provides Comprehensive WiMAX Business Planning Kit
Research and Markets has announced the addition of WiMAX Comprehensive Business Planning Package to their offering. The comprehensive WiMAX package includes the Mind Commerce WiMAX Business Plan, WiMAX Business Planning Tool, and WiMAX RFP. This represents the most comprehensive WiMAX business planning kit available today as it provides a business plan, planning tool with working spreadsheet, and RFP. Each of these are also available separately. |
| 01/23/08 | Mobile Broadband Wireless Entertainment Service Market to Increase Threefold to $64bn by 2012, Says Juniper Research
Music, games and mobile TV will be the major contributors to the global mobile entertainment market which will rise from just over $20 billion in 2007 to more than $64 billion by 2012, according to a new report by Juniper Research. Other mobile entertainment sectors include User-generated Content, Gambling, Adult and Infotainment. |
| 01/18/08 | Asia to Dominate Mobile WiMAX Market With Over 50% of Broadband Wirelesss Subscribers by 2013
Juniper Research forecasts that Asia will account for over 50% of Mobile WiMAX 802.16e subscribers by 2013, exceeding 40 million mobile subscribers. |
| 01/17/08 | New Study Finds Wide Variation in Real-World Performance of Top Enterprise Broadband Wireless Networks
Jones-Petrick and Associates (JPA) announced the completion of a competitive wireless LAN (WLAN) test of seven of the most popular 802.11g Wi-Fi systems. The testing, conducted over a two-month period, examined the performance of the latest generation of enterprise WLAN systems within a typical office environment. |
| 01/17/08 | Colubris Networks Posts Record Revenues in 2007 Fueled by Significant Customer Wins and Substantial Channel Growth
Colubris Networks announced the company's notable 2007 achievements, including closing its sixth consecutive quarter of record revenues, adding 134 resellers, achieving numerous customer wins across key verticals, making strategic additions to its management team and signing a worldwide distribution agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions. In addition, Colubris was positioned in Gartner, Inc.'s 2007 Wireless LAN Infrastructure Magic Quadrant, an evaluation of the market vendors based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. |
| 01/17/08 | Wi-Fi Moves into the Sensor Networking Realm, Says ABI Research
"Rarely is Wi-Fi invoked within the context of wireless sensor networking or industrial process control, " observes Sam Lucero, ABI Research senior analyst. " Wi-Fi is considered too power-intensive as many sensors, actuators, and other devices require battery operation while deployed for several years at a time - whereas Wi-Fi is optimized for limited time usage: from a few hours to less than a full day. " |
| 01/17/08 | Research Says Number of Worldwide Broadband Wireless Mobile Workers to Reach 1 Billion by 2011
Pressure on companies to provide work/life balance programs for employees combined with advances in mobile technologies is increasing the number of mobile workers in the U.S. and around the world. By year-end 2011, IDC expects nearly 75% of the U.S. workforce will be mobile. |
| 01/16/08 | New White Paper Available on Integrating Cellular and Wi-Fi Networks Using Unlicensed Broadband Wireless Access
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the availability of a new white paper on Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) that explores how a modest investment in Wi-Fi infrastructure and Internet connectivity can enable the reliable use of cell phones at work. Poor cellular coverage has made it difficult for many companies to depend on cell phones. By leveraging an Aruba wireless network to both fill in coverage gaps and enable low-cost voice-over Wi-Fi calling, UMA can be transformed into reliable, business-critical tool. |
| 01/11/08 | Wireless and Mobile Marketing 101: Insights on Reaching 4 Billion Mobile Customers by 2011
There are more mobile phones than televisions in the world today and it's expected there will be more than 4 billion subscribers worldwide by 2011. That is just 36 months away and yet how many businesses have begun to consider, let alone develop, a mobile strategy? It's a shift of epic proportions in terms of media and its impact on the traditional marketing mix will be profound. |
| 01/11/08 | Huawei Captures Top Position in 2007 Mobile Base Station Contracts
EJL Wireless Research announces the second edition of its annual base station contract analysis results for 2007. Total contracts in 2007 reached 205, down slightly from 2006 levels of 217 contracts. |
| 01/11/08 | This Report Examines Next Generation Mobile Broadband Wireless Solutions and Cellular Solutions
This report examines next-generation mobile broadband wireless solutions, including 801.16e/WiBro, FLASH-OFDM, and cellular solutions. It analyzes potential market opportunities, examines the competitive equipment and service industry landscape, shares consumer perspectives on mobile broadband wireless solutions, and provides market-sizing information. |
| 01/11/08 | New Report Enables Intelligent WiMAX Investment and Deployment Decisions
The WiMAX Business Plan contains over seventy pages of high value content that will enable intelligent WiMAX investment and deployment decisions. While there are some documents on the market forecasting only return on investment, this is the only WiMAX business plan available that will allow the buyer to focus on the WiMAX-specific services that every enterprise subscriber needs, including specific industry verticals where the WiMAX pitch should be a "one-call close". |
| 01/11/08 | WiMAX Chipset Market: Faith in Mobile WiMAX Drives Expected Volume Growth Worldwide
We expect the total WiMAX user terminal chipset market to reach almost $500 million in 2012, growing from $27 million in 2007. WiMAX base station semiconductor revenues are expected to be approximately $1.4 billion in 2012, compared to $130 million in 2007 |
| 01/08/08 | Aruba Networks Positioned Among Broadband Wireless Leaders in New Wireless LAN Infrastructure Report
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that it has been positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant in Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure, 2007" report. |
| 01/07/08 | MobiTV Predicts Mobile Broadband Wireless Television to Reach Mass Adoption Status in 2008
MobiTV, Inc. predicts mobile television will reach the tipping point in '08 as a service adopted, desired and utilized by the mainstream. In addition, MobiTV chronicles 2007 as another year of incredible progress with innovative service roll-outs, renewed commitments to development and research, and record setting subscription uptake. |
| 01/04/08 | Comprehensive Evaluation of the UK Radio Communication Equipment Market for 2007
The Portfolio Analysis - Radio Communication Equipment is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated 2007 edition analyses the financial performance of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own company's results and to study the market in more depth. |
| 01/04/08 | 2007 Western European Mobile EDGE and HSDPA Broadband Wireless Market Data Available Now
This annual report offers the latest data, statistics and analysis on the Mobile EVDO and HSDPA Data Market in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. |
| 01/04/08 | Gartner Group Reports Meru Networks to be Magic Visionaries in Broadband Wireless Networks
Meru Networks announced it has been positioned in the visionaries quadrant in the Gartner report, "Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure, 2007." According to the report, which evaluates vendors on their ability to execute and completeness of vision, a visionary vendor demonstrates an ability to increase features in its offering to provide a unique and differentiated approach to the market. |
| 12/28/07 | Forecasted IPTV Trends: User-Generated Content, Web Technology and Emerging Markets Drive IPTV
The power of producing and distributing content no longer belongs solely to studios and technology vendors - it has shifted to the consumer and consumer communities that produce, utilize and interact with the large volumes of content available today. |
| 12/26/07 | Dynamic Spectrum Access Could Allow Regulators to Take a New Approach to Spectrum Allocation, Says ABI Research
Meanwhile the Digital Dividend is set to free up spectrum in the 700 MHz bands for new applications including homeland security, mobile Internet, mobile TV, and terrestrial HDTV. The market will be allowed to decide in competitive auctions how to make best use of the spectrum, which will not be able to support all these new technologies and services unless a different approach is taken. |
| 12/26/07 | Is Fixed-Mobile Convergence a Question of Femtocells Versus Wi-Fi?
One of the major talking points at recent femtocell conferences has been the question of which technology will take precedence for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) in the home: femtocells, or Voice over Wi-Fi. ABI Research suggests that this is an outdated view of the market and that a mindset embracing both femtocells and Wi-Fi would provide the ideal solution to support a fuller FMC concept. |
| 12/26/07 | Find Out How Large the Mobile WiMAX Market Will Be Over the Next 5 Years
This forward looking report forecasts subscriber numbers and service revenues from 2007 to 2013 for all mobile broadband technologies globally and by region and for 33 countries (mobile WiMAX only). This unique study first provides an understanding of the technologies that will enable the delivery of Mobile Broadband applications and services and then explores the market drivers and inhibitors of 802.16e Mobile WiMAX whilst giving an overview of its market status by region, including detailed examples of in-service systems and trials. |
| 12/26/07 | Wireless LAN equipment market up 14% in 3Q07, Cisco asserts strong lead
Sales of wireless LAN infrastructure equipment, including WLAN switches and controllers, dependent and independent access points, wireless broadband routers, and outdoor bridges, jumped 14% in 3Q07 from 2Q07, according to Infonetics Research's latest "Wireless LAN Equipment" quarterly market share report. |
| 12/19/07 | ABI Research Names #1 Vendor for VoIP over Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Networks
The innovation ranking is based on how a technology addresses roaming, call management, endpoint security, VoWi-Fi reporting, intrusion detection and protection, troubleshooting, fixed-mobile convergence schemes, fast handoffs, load balancing, battery life, quality of service, and architecture. The implementation ranking is based on partnerships with resellers and technology providers. |
| 12/19/07 | In-Stat Reports North American PC Users Increase Usage, Want More Mobility Americans Viewing Their Computer Screens More Than 48 Hours a Week; Want More Wireless Internet Access and Peripheral Services Via WiMAX, LTE and EVDO
Consumers' usages of PCs and purchasing patterns continue to evolve, according to a survey of North American PC users, reports In-Stat. Key findings in the In-Stat survey include a rise in the number of hours consumers use PCs and a desire for increased mobility, the high-tech market research firm says. |
| 12/19/07 | Research Reports Mobile Wireless Networks Will Need to Increase Spending from $14 Billion in 2007 to $23 Billion in 2012 to Keep Up with User Video Demands
Service provider testing shows that end-user data rates and the number of active subscribers served per sector vary greatly, based on the backhaul technology employed. For example, as T1 reaches near capacity, the network performance degrades by over 40%. But some operators believe that traffic usage is bursty, so a single T1 is sufficient to support a 3G cell site backhaul. |
| 12/13/07 | TV White Space Holds the Key for Broadband Wireless Internet Access for Millions of People Still Living without Broadband
A coalition of technology innovators, public interest advocates, think tanks, and higher education organizations today launched a campaign to make wireless broadband in the United States a reality. The Wireless Innovation Alliance (WIA) will work with the Federal Communications Commission and policymakers to develop clear, reasonable regulations that enable the incredible potential of vacant portions of television broadcast spectrum, commonly known as TV "white spaces," to be realized. |
| 12/13/07 | WiMAX Research Shows that Sprint's Stockholders Were Fools to Oust Gary Forsee's Vision of Broadband Wireless Technology that is Far Superior to 3G
Juniper Research, in a new report, forecasts that Mobile WiMAX 802.16e will begin to take off over the 2010 to 2013 period, exceeding 80 million mobile subscribers globally by 2013. Sprint would have been on the leading edge of the new wireless broadband revoluation if it weren't for stockholder's unfounded fears. With 190 MHz of MMDS spectrum in the United States, Sprint was positioned perfectly to offer broadband wireless services that will never ever be possible using "slower than molasses 3G technology" for wireless data transfer. |
| 12/13/07 | Research Reports that Proxim Wireless Leads in Marketshare for the Broadband Municipal Wireless Mesh Network Industry
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) announced that it has achieved unit share leadership for the Wi-Fi mesh market in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Rest of World (ROW) geographies, according to the Dell'Oro Group's Wi-Fi mesh market share report for the third quarter of 2007. |
| 12/13/07 | Research Report that Cisco is #1 Vendor in Voice over Wi-Fi for the Wireless Broadband Industry
Cisco Systems has been ranked at the top of the latest Voice over Wi-Fi ecosystem Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Aruba Wireless Networks and Nortel claimed the second and third spots in the company ' s most recent evaluation of worldwide VoWi-Fi vendors offering comprehensive solutions. |
| 12/11/07 | According to In-Stat Ultrawideband Beginning to Take Off
The market for Ultrawideband (UWB) silicon is finally beginning to take off in 2007, reports In-Stat. Though regulatory hurdles over UWB still persist worldwide, the first UWB-enabled notebook PCs have shipped this year from Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba, the high-tech market research firm says. |
| 12/11/07 | Software Defined Radio Forum Issues Report on Recommended Uses for 700 MHz Wireless Broadband Spectrum
The Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum, a nonprofit international industry association supporting the advancement of reconfigurable wireless broadband technology, has issued a report identifying how SDR and cognitive radio technology can facilitate implementing a nationwide interoperable broadband network in the 700 MHz spectrum that conforms to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations. |
| 12/10/07 | Understanding the Role and Importance of MIMO Broadband Wireless Antenna Technology
The holy grail of telecommunications services is a quadruple play where all services are offered on one access technology from one service provider. WiMAX has the potential to be that technology. In a fixed wireless configuration it can replace the telephone company's copper wire and cable TV's coaxial cable. In its mobile variant, WiMAX has the potential to replace cellular networks. In order for service providers to adopt WiMAX, platforms will have to demonstrate a strong quadruple play business case. |
| 12/10/07 | Tracking Vehicles and People with Broadband Wireless Technology Will Generate More Than $3.3 Billion Euros in Western Europe by 2012
In a new report on tracking and navigation LBS (Location Based Services) Juniper Research has estimated that revenues from wireless tracking services in Western Europe are expected to reach nearly 3.3 billion euros by 2012. The study explains how this will driven by two key factors -- the need to improve business efficiency and concerns over personal safety. |
| 12/07/07 | AT&T Research Details Percentages of Small Businesses with Broadband Wireless Security Safeguards in Place
AT&T (NYSE: T) has announced that one-third (32 percent) of small businesses in the U.S. are unconcerned about wireless data security, and one in six (17 percent) small businesses that use wireless technology has taken no precautions against wireless threats, according to a survey conducted by AT&T. |
| 12/04/07 | Industry Research Report Forecasts More than 21 Million WiMAX Subscribers in India by 2014
Report Buyer has added a new report which provides a detailed review of current regulatory challenges and overall wireless/WiMAX market trends in India. "India Broadband Wireless and WiMAX Market Analysis and Forecasts " estimates that there will be up to 21 million WiMAX subscribers in India by 2014. It finds that the Indian economy is flourishing, and the demand for telecommunications services has outpaced the legacy wired telecommunication infrastructure. |
| 12/03/07 | Fixed Wireless Broadband Terminal Shipments Expected to Triple by 2012
Fixed Wireless Terminal shipments are expected to triple by 2012, and ABI Research is releasing a research brief charting that growth and defining more precisely what a Fixed Wireless Terminal actually is. " ' Fixed Wireless Terminal ' is a rather vague term in the industry, " observes senior analyst Sam Lucero. " Part of this research brief ' s goal is to put boundaries around that definition. " |
| 12/03/07 | Canada Announces Details for Advanced Wireless Services Spectrum Auction
The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, released details on how the auction for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum, to be held on May 27, 2008, will be conducted. Of the 105 megahertz (MHz) of spectrum to be made available, 40 MHz will be set aside exclusively for new entrants to bid on. The other 65 MHz will be available to all bidders. The spectrum being set aside amounts to less than 14 percent of the total mobile spectrum that will be in use after the auction. |
| 12/03/07 | Research Report Predicts that 3G LTE Technology Will Provide Mobile Broadband Wireless Services to More than 24 Million Customers by 2012
Juniper Research predicts that subscriber numbers for 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution) will approach 24 million by 2012, just two years after the early versions of the technology are expected to be deployed. |
| 12/03/07 | Cisco Led Enterprise Wireless LAN Market to Record Level
A recently published report from Dell'Oro Group reveals that Cisco drove the bulk of the increase in the enterprise wireless LAN market in the third quarter of 2007. The market continued its double digit year-over-year growth, expanding to a new quarterly record level of over $390 million. The next two largest vendors, Aruba and Motorola, maintained their positions, but were flat or slightly down sequentially. |
| 12/03/07 | Can Sprint Hang On to WiMAX in the Face of a Financial Struggle?
Sprint is under increasing financial pressure as it loses subscribers to competitors such as Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T," says Phil Solis, principal mobile broadband analyst at ABI Research. "Many say Sprint should focus on its core business rather than push forward with WiMAX, but this idea is nonsensical." |
| 11/27/07 | How Can Wi-Fi Hotspot Providers Capitalize on the Forecasted $5 Billion Revenue Opportunity for Voice over IP Services?
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wi-Fi Hotspots: The Next Generation to their offering. The business market for hotspot usage is well understood, but how do hotspot operators drive usage to the next level? The hotspot market is moving beyond just business travelers accessing airport and hotel hotspots on a laptop. There is an impending revolution in the hotspot market characterized by consumer usage, handheld access, and new applications, especially Voice over Wi-Fi (VoFi). |
| 11/15/07 | Worldwide Telecom Industry Growing Ten Percent Annually, Revenues Expected to Reach $2.7 Trillion by 2013, says Insight Research Corp.
Global telecommunications industry services revenue will reach $1.7 trillion by the close of 2008, with continued strong growth in wireless leading the way, says a new market analysis report from The Insight Research Corporation. According to the new industry market study, overall telecommunications services revenues are expected to grow at a compounded rate of nearly 10.3 percent over the next few years, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2013. Wireless makes the strongest showing across all sectors while wire line follows a distant second. Nearly all of the growth in both sectors is expected to occur in broadband services, with wireless broadband service revenues expected to grow at a compounded rate of more than 70 percent over the forecast period, while wire line broadband services grow at under 10 percent over the same forecast horizon. |
| 11/06/07 | Thin Film/Printable Batteries Market to Reach $5.6 Billion by 2015 According to New NanoMarkets Report
According to a newly released report from NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm based here, the value of the thin-film and printed battery market will reach $5.6 billion by 2015. The report, "Thin Film and Printed Battery Markets" is the next in NanoMarkets' ongoing series that covers the emerging markets for thin film, organic and printable electronics. |
| 11/02/07 | Wireless Operators Adding New Subscribers at a Rate Nearly Double the Overall Telecommunications Subscriber Growth Rate
While industry consolidation has wrought major changes in the US telecommunications industry service provider segments, the wireless carriers stand out as clear winners, though all segments continue to add new subscribers, says a new report from Insight Research. The wireless companies will be adding new subscribers at a rate nearly double the overall telecommunications subscriber growth rate. |
| 11/02/07 | Inflight Wirelesss Internet Access Set to Take Off in '08
This year the iPhone, Facebook and YouTube created the loudest buzz in the techno-sphere. In 2008, the hottest new technology development to revolutionize the way we communicate isn't from Silicon Valley or Boston's 128 hub, but from Itasca, Illinois. Using air-to-ground (cellular) technology, AirCell, a 15-year leader in airborne communications, will pioneer the launch of inflight broadband connectivity on commercial airlines, improving the travel experience for millions of fliers in the new year. |
| 10/30/07 | Iraq Telco Services Markets Anticipated to Reach $1.5 Billion for Cellular Systems and $2.26 Billion for Broadband Wireless Local Loop Systems
10/30/07 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of Iraq Telecommunications Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2007 to 2013 to their offering. The number of mobile subscribers in Iraq for the three largest companies is at 9 million users at the end of 2006, representing a mobile penetration rate of approximately 33%. |
| 10/29/07 | Data Services to Grab 34% of North American Mobile Business Spending by 2012, According to ABI Research
ABI Research survey results have shown that North American business customers spend 23% more on mobile services than consumers do. But until now, mobile productivity application development has lagged behind mobile entertainment services development, limiting the opportunities for serving the business customer. That is now starting to change and by 2012, driven by mobile productivity applications, data services will account for more than one third of North American business's mobile services spending. Such applications increase employee productivity and have demonstrable ROI, and as a result can command high ARPUs. |
| 10/29/07 | 3G Multimedia Services, 3D Gaming and Location-based Services, and Wireless Data Have Grown to Provide up to 20-30 Percent of Broadband Wireless Operators' Revenues
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced the availability of a white paper entitled 'Maximizing Network Value: Capitalizing on the next wave of mobile broadband data applications.' The paper examines how CDMA2000 mobile broadband technologies have lead the evolution of mobile data services and how operators capitalized on their competitive advantage to drive revenue and strengthen their market position. It also analyzes future services that next-generation CDMA2000 technologies will enable. |
| 10/29/07 | New Publication Provides an Easy to Understand Process for Assessing the Parameters for School District-wide WiMAX Deployment
Research and Markets has announced the addition of "WiMAX Market and Business Assessment: Access, Affordability, and Applications for Education" to their offering. |
| 10/26/07 | Deloitte Partners With CTIA to Announce First-Ever Wireless Fast 50 Rankings
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP announced the first-ever Wireless Fast 50, a ranking of the fastest growing wireless companies based on revenue growth over the past five years. Satellite technology pioneer SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI ) achieved the top spot, with SkyBitz, TeleNav, BTI Systems and Tira Wireless rounding out the top winners, respectively. |
| 10/23/07 | Mobile Business Services Are Still an Untapped Market, According to ABI Research
A new white paper from ABI Research, available for free download on the company's website, reveals an increasing gap in usage and spending patterns between business users and consumers who use their mobile phones for personal reasons only. |
| 10/23/07 | Mobile-Only Operators Forced to Use Fixed Broadband Wireless Networks to Boost Revenues, Says Analysys
The move by Vodafone to purchase Tele2's fixed network assets in Italy and Spain for EUR $775 million demonstrates the increasing importance of fixed broadband services in the mobile operator service portfolio, says Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms, IT and media. |
| 10/23/07 | Rural Small Business Owners Say Broadband Wireless Service Critical to Success
In a recent survey conducted by Hughes Network Systems, LLC, rural small business owners believe broadband access is "extremely important" to their business success. The survey of nearly 600 self-identified small business owners and managers indicated that customer communications, research, and order processing were primary needs addressed by broadband services. |
| 10/16/07 | Telecommunications Expert Jamie Moss Joins ABI Research to Cover Wireless Research in London
ABI Research announced the appointment of Jamie Moss as Industry Analyst, Wireless. Based in the firm ' s European regional headquarters in London, Jamie is responsible for coverage of the wireless communications industry, with a focus on Location-Based Services. He brings to the task highly developed skills in statistical analysis and related research techniques. |
| 10/12/07 | Mobile Broadband Will Generate More Than US$400 Billion in Service Revenues in 2012
Mobile broadband will generate more than US$400 billion in service revenues in 2012, according to Future Mobile Broadband: Revenue Opportunities for HSPA to LTE, EV-DO to UMB & WiMAX, a new strategic report from Informa Telecoms & Media. |
| 10/12/07 | Enterprises Getting Ready for Draft 802.11N Wi-Fi, Says ABI Research
Recent announcements from companies such as Cisco Systems, Trapeze Networks, and Meru Networks of enterprise-oriented products conforming to the draft 802.11n standard are a sign that the enterprise Wi-Fi market is poised for takeoff, according to new market data from ABI Research. |
| 10/12/07 | Wi-Fi Crowd Changes from Business Travelers to Personal Users at Wi-Fi Hotspots Proliferate
As Wi-Fi hotspots proliferate, Wi-Fi is being used in different ways, reports In-Stat. Hotspots are no longer the realm of the corporate traveler, but are becoming common for personal use as well, the high-tech market research firm says. |
| 10/12/07 | Electronic Wallets, Mobile Payment And Banking Meet Growing Requirement For 'On-The-Go' Access To Financial Services In The U.S
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the new Frost & Sullivan Report "U.S. Mobile Payments and Mobile Banking Insight" to their offering Mobile Payment and Banking Meet Growing Requirement for 'On-the-go' Access to Financial Services. |
| 10/09/07 | WiMAX Gains Serious Momentum as Trials Lead to Deployments, ABI Research Report Finds
The global telecommunications industry is on the cusp of major change, and operators are approaching critical decisions about their 4G strategies, as mobile WiMAX (802.16e) starts to move from trials and pilots to the first real-world WiMAX network deployments. |
| 10/08/07 | Iraq Telco Services Markets Anticipated to Reach $2.26 Billion for Wireless Internet Service Providers
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Iraq Telecommunications Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2007 to 2013 to their offering. |
| 10/04/07 | The Top Five Misconceptions About the Success of Municipal Wireless Networks
Reports of the market's demise aren't just exaggerated - they're wrong. In the past four years the municipal wireless industry has grown to become a $400 million market and is expected to grow another 35% over the next four years. The bottom line success of these municipal wireless networks is the fact that they streamline productivity and save cities millions of dollars when planned and managed properly. |
| 09/28/07 | PANDUIT Research Predicts Accelerated Adoption of Power over Ethernet (PoE) Applications in 2008
Alan Farrimond, managing director PANDUIT EMEA, commented, "Increased customer demand for PoE solutions indicates that the advantages of the technology are finally receiving the market recognition they deserve. PoE enabled applications currently available include, VoIP telephony, wireless access points and IP surveillance. |
| 09/27/07 | Changes in US Wireless Public Safety Networks Will Continue Strongly into Next Decade, New Visant Strategies Report Finds
Public safety networks in the United States are undergoing a significant transformation proving beneficial to the wide range of radio manufacturers serving the industry, according to a new report from Visant Strategies. |
| 09/27/07 | Yankee Group Says Wireless Community Networks for Large Cities Could Generate Millions of Dollars in Advertising Revenue
Yankee Group announced that advertising should be part of a well-balanced business plan for wireless community networks. The plan also requires a broad portfolio of revenue sources that includes government anchor tenancy, subscribers and value-added business services. Cities with the population size and demographics of Minneapolis or Boston could realize as much as $7 million annually from advertising revenue once the network is fully built out. This projection underscores the impact web-based advertising for community wireless broadband networks can have in driving revenue and service opportunity in a market that is still in its infancy. |
| 09/26/07 | Research Reports that Small Businesses in Atlanta Could Not Succeed without Broadband Wireless Communications
Atlanta's entrepreneurs and small business owners are leaders in using wireless capabilities to stay connected to their customers and gain a competitive advantage in their markets, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T ) has announced in a recent survey. The survey, conducted in 10 major business centers across the country, found that wireless devices are becoming indispensable for small business owners, who rely heavily on wireless technology to stay connected to business operations and customers when out of the office. Atlanta was ranked first in WiQ among the markets surveyed because the city's entrepreneurs and small business owners continue to absorb and leverage wireless capabilities. |
| 09/25/07 | New Report Details Worldwide Move from Fixed to Mobile WiMAX Broadband Wireless Networks
The focus of wireless broadband, and in particular WiMAX has now shifted towards the area of mobility, although there will still be some opportunities in the fixed broadband markets. WiMAX is well suited to the mobile sector as the future of wireless/mobile rests very much with 'personal broadband' - where broadband is delivered to individual personal devices which are enabled for mobility. |
| 09/24/07 | US Remains Leading Wi-Fi Country Accounting for 56 Percent of Global Wi-Fi Usage
iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) announced the most recent edition of the iPass Wi-Fi Hotspot Index. Worldwide hotspot usage by business users jumped 68 percent between the first half of 2007 and the second half of 2006, versus growing 44 percent in the six months previous. Once again airports topped the list of venues where business travelers connect. Of particular note, European growth outpaced the US, expanding its worldwide share of Wi-Fi use from 31 percent to 36 percent in the previous six months with London surging to a 124 percent growth on 2H06, alongside an average user session of 49 minutes. These findings reinforce the attractiveness of Wi-Fi' hotspots as a primary access option for workers on the go. |
| 09/24/07 | Motorola Announces Enterprise Wireless Industry Milestone with the Sale of its 100,000th Wireless Switch
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that it reached another milestone in the enterprise mobility market by selling its 100,000th wireless LAN (WLAN) switch, the most by any vendor in the market. Motorola -- through its acquisition of Symbol Technologies -- is an innovator and pioneer in the WLAN market with many industry firsts, including the wireless switch. The 100,000th wireless switch was purchased by Belgian retailer Colruyt Group. Motorola also holds the lead position for selling the most WLAN switches in the second quarter this year, according to market research firm Dell'Oro Group. |
| 09/18/07 | RFID Application Revenue Mix Is Changing, Says ABI Research
"Established applications such as access control, animal ID, automobile immobilization, and electronic toll collection continue to lead global RFID systems revenues," says research director Michael Liard. "These four applications account for about 59% of the market today, but within five years their share of the market is expected to decrease to approximately 45%. That revenue will instead be generated by four other rapidly emerging application sectors: security-based solutions, contactless payments, supply chain management, and high-value, high-ROI asset tracking and management applications in a number of vertical markets." |
| 09/11/07 | Research Reports Says Mobile Broadband Wireless Business Services Will Create $100 Billion Market by 2012
Business is on the move: the benefits of working remotely now go well beyond telecommuting, and an increasingly complex ecosystem of applications that enable work to be done from mobile devices is developing. Mobile data applications and services used by business customers will generate over $100 billion in worldwide revenue by 2012, according to a recent forecast from ABI Research. |
| 09/06/07 | Research Report Says Large Enterprises and Service Professionals Will Drive Adoption of 3G Broadband Wireless Modems in North America and Western Europe
In a recent survey of mobile business users conducted by ABI Research, employees in the service profession fields of consulting, law, information technology, and field engineering -- along with workers in companies of greater than 1,000 employees -- demonstrated the greatest interest in purchasing cellular modems for broadband Internet access over cellular networks. The percentage of respondents in these fields who said that they would be "extremely interested" to "somewhat interested" in purchasing this capability was nearly 60%. |
| 09/06/07 | 3G Cellular Wireless Backhaul Capital Expenditure to Reach $23 Billion in 2012, According to ABI Research
Cellular backhaul, which today accounts for a CAPEX just in excess of $14 billion, is expected to reach $23 billion by 2012, according to a study just released by ABI Research. By then, Eastern Europe will have replaced Western Europe as the leading backhaul spender, followed by the Asia-Pacific region. |
| 09/05/07 | Municipal Wireless Mesh Network Capacity Expected to Rise from their Current Level of 1-5 Mbps to More than 100 Mbps
In a new report, "Municipal Broadband Strategy: Beyond Wireless," Diamond projects that within the next five years, capacity requirements will rise from their current level of 1 to 5 Mbps to more than 100 Mbps, according to the report. Cities that are crafting their broadband strategies completely or largely around Wi-Fi or Wi-Max networks will not be able contend with the exploding bandwidth requirements, but instead will be overwhelmed by an increasing need for capacity. |
| 08/30/07 | Broadband Wireless Industry Research Reports Predicts that 802.11n Will Erode Wired Ethernet Market Share
Burton Group released a report comparing 802.11n to Gigabit Ethernet and predicts 802.11n wireless technology will start eroding the wired Ethernet market within the next 24 - 36 months. |
| 08/30/07 | In-stat Reports that Wi-Fi Mesh Networking Faces Slowing Growth
The Wi-Fi mesh networking equipment market had over 100% shipment growth in 2006, and will have over 90% growth in 2007, reports In-Stat. Strong growth will continue for Wi-Fi mesh access points (APs) for the next several years, as shipments grow more than three-fold between 2006 and 2011, the high-tech market research firm says. Most of that growth however will come between 2006 and 2008, with growth rates rapidly declining starting in 2009. |
| 08/30/07 | Citywide Broadband Wireless: Moving Beyond Single-Use Public-Access Models: The Case for Anchor Tenancy and Operational Efficiency
Are the media missing a broader, ongoing story on broadband-wireless business-model planning? Before the public gives a final verdict on the failure or success of local-government broadband-wireless networks, W2i urges a close watch of network implementations in Minneapolis, Brookline and Riverside, which have been built largely on improving workforce productivity and on local-government anchor tenancy. |
| 08/29/07 | Wi-Fi Certified Products Recognized Worldwide According to Wi-Fi Alliance's Research Report
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced results of a consumer study which indicate continued growth in awareness of the Wi-Fi Certified brand. Conducted by Millward Brown, a leading global research agency, the survey reveals that word of mouth and marketing efforts from the Wi-Fi Alliance's 300-plus members contributed to increased brand awareness in China, Japan, U.K. and U.S. Consumers in the U.S. and U.K. reported the greatest recognition of the Wi-Fi Certified logo with 70 percent and 68 percent, respectively. |
| 08/28/07 | Broadband Wireless Research Report Gives Concise and Informative Analysis of Market Factors that are Driving and Inhibiting Municipal Wireless Initiatives
Local governments are experimenting with municipal wireless networks to provide constituents with wireless internet access in outdoor areas of a community. Analysis of forces driving and inhibiting municipal wireless initiatives Spending on municipal wireless networks in the US and UK through 2012 End-user opinion from 100 local governments in North America and Europe |
| 08/23/07 | The Road to 4G: Will LTE, UMB and WiMAX Just Be Stops along the Way?
Research and Markets has announced the addition of "The Road to 4G: Will LTE, UMB and WiMAX Just Be Stops Along the Way?" to their offering. |
| 08/23/07 | Wi-Fi Hotspots Shift from Business to Entertainment Applications in China
The usage patterns of current users with regard to time spent, places used, end-devices and applications used, and levels of satisfaction. The report also provide details of potential-user attitudes toward Wi-Fi hotspot regarding overall acceptance of the service, reasons for use, preferred places of use, end-devices and applications preferred, and willingness to pay for the service. |
| 08/22/07 | Analyze Results and Forecasts for the North American Wireless Market 2007-2010
This Mobile Forecast on North America provides over 65 operational and financial metrics for the North America wireless market. We cover quarterly historical data starting in 1Q 2003 and provide four-year forecasts at the operator level. Our Regional forecasts contain separate data for each country and their mobile operators. Our Mobile Forecasts are updated quarterly and are available for one-time delivery or through regular updates. |
| 08/22/07 | Strong Growth Potential for High-Speed Wired/Wireless Data Communication Networks for Mobile U.S. Government Employees
Given their enormous impact on employee efficiency and productivity, high-speed wired/wireless data communication networks are attracting increased attention from the Federal as well as state and local governments in the U.S. Wireless services and solutions are especially beneficial for field workers, such as building, facility and health inspectors, social workers, emergency teams and event coordinators, allowing them to carry along their offices wherever they go. |
| 08/22/07 | SOHO Broadband Wireless Router Shipments Surpassed 100 Million Units in Past Three Years, According to Dell'Oro Group
A recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, reveals that vendors of small office, home office (SOHO) wireless LAN products have shipped more than 100 million units over the past three years. During the second quarter of 2007, SOHO wireless LAN market revenues grew in excess of 15 percent compared to the same quarter last year, with the strongest growth coming from sales of Draft-802.11n wireless routers. |
| 08/22/07 | Broadband Wireless 4G Technology Beginning To Shape Up According to In-Stat
Although an official definition of wireless 4G technology will not be released until the 2008/2009 timeframe in the form of the ITU's IMT-Advanced requirements, there are already clear contenders for the designation, reports In-Stat. The primary 4G technologies of the future are expected to be Long Term Evolution (LTE), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), and IEEE 802.16m WiMAX, the high-tech market research firm says. |
| 08/13/07 | Rapid Shift to 802.11n in Broadband Wireless Routers and Gateways Will Spill over into Consumer Electronics, Says ABI Research
As Wi-Fi-enabled consumer electronics proliferate, the growth of 802.11n in connected entertainment devices will outpace that of other networking technologies, according to a study by ABI Research. Demand from consumers and device manufacturers to unleash video entertainment around the home will create a need for high-speed networking technology, leading to 216 million 802.11n chipsets being targeted towards consumer electronics devices by 2011. |
| 08/09/07 | Global Backhaul The Bandwidth Explosion In Wireless Networks Identifies Key Network And Subscriber Trends And Assesses Their Impact By Region
"Global backhaul: The Bandwidth Explosion in Wireless Networks" is an analysis of the global wireless backhaul market. It identifies key network and subscriber trends and assesses their impact by region (Asia-Pacific, Middle-East Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, and North America). |
| 08/01/07 | New Research Report Assesses End-User Opinion on Municipal Wireless Networks
Local governments are experimenting with municipal wireless networks to provide constituents with wireless internet access in outdoor areas of a community. This report provides information of the Internet applications provided by municipal wireless networks and assesses customer satisfaction |
| 08/01/07 | Sprint Nextel/Clearwire Collaboration Is Good News for Broadband-Enabled Mobile Consumer Electronics, Says ABI Research
In the not-too-distant future, many digital cameras, media players, and portable game devices will access the Internet from anywhere with mobile broadband coverage. The recent announcement by Sprint Nextel and Clearwire of a partnership to provide mobile WiMAX services to most of the US population should be greeted with enthusiasm by the consumer electronics manufacturers that are looking to introduce mobile broadband-enabled CE products to the North American market. |
| 07/31/07 | Research Says Customized Multimedia Content to Propel European Broadband Wireless Industry Utilizing 3G HSDPA, Mobile WiMAX and 3G LTE Networks
European Mobile Communications Outlook is part of the Mobile and Wireless Growth Partnership Services, which also includes research in the following markets: Mobile WiMAX, xMax and 3G LTE - An Analysis of Potential Mobile Broadband Technologies. |
| 07/26/07 | After a Decade of Talk, the ''Internet of Things'' Has Moved to a Superb Investment Opportunity for Venture Capital
The opportunity comes from the emerging need for new applications to leverage an increase in network traffic of several orders of magnitude. Such traffic is produced by devices ranging from the billions of tiny, wireless RFID tags increasingly used for inventory management and location control to sensors in buildings, factories, homes, or everyday objects that report or react in real time to changes in status. |
| 07/26/07 | Wi-Fi Muscling in on RFID's Location-Based Services Markets, Says ABI Research
The large and growing installed base of Wi-Fi equipment means new opportunities for using Wi-Fi in unorthodox ways. One of the most interesting is the growing trend towards using Wi-Fi to provide real-time location services (RTLS) for asset management, security, and work-in-progress tracking, which have traditionally been the province of proprietary RFID solutions. |
| 07/26/07 | Surviving Infancy, Growing Healthcare RFID Technologies Market Set to Reach $3 Billion by 2012
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies, estimated at $297 million in the U.S. healthcare industry in 2007, are expected to experience explosive growth over the next five years, reaching more than $1 billion by 2010 and $3.1 billion by 2012, according to RFID Opportunities in Healthcare in the U.S., a new report by Kalorama Information. |
| 07/25/07 | Strong Growth in Home Broadband Wireless Networks Fueling CPE Demand According to In-Stat
Driven by ever increasing numbers of residential broadband subscribers, the desire to share bandwidth, and falling prices for networking equipment, the worldwide installed base of home networks is expected to grow by over 35% in 2007. Asia is a significant contributor towards this growth, reports In-Stat Research. Home network growth will be somewhat slower over the next few years, but will remain solid, along with a bright home networking equipment outlook, the high-tech market research firm says. |
| 07/25/07 | ABI Research Finds Horizontal RTLS and VoWi-Fi Applications Starting to Augment Verticals for Enterprise Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Providers
Wi-Fi vendors continue to generate substantial revenue from the key vertical markets, such as healthcare and manufacturing, that were the technology's early adopters. But a new study from ABI Research shows an increasing trend to enterprise Wi-Fi usage that follows business processes across a number of vertical needs. These include real-time location services (RTLS) - tracking personnel and equipment, especially for security - and fixed-mobile telephony convergence (VoWi-Fi). |
| 07/24/07 | Understand the Market Forces Affecting the Adoption of Municipal Broadband Wireless Networks
As the market for municipal wireless networks matures, municipalities and technology vendors have developed a variety of business models to deliver the best value for their communities. Three leading business models are the completely public model, the public-private partnership model, and the anchor tenant model. |
| 07/24/07 | Mobile WiMAX Broadband Wireless Technology Poised to Revolutionize the Wireless Industry
Next generation mobile broadband technologies including 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE), xMax and Mobile WiMAX hold the promise of transforming the mobile broadband landscape. Carriers are increasingly investigating the potential of these emerging technologies as a means to sustain their profitability and boost average revenue per user (ARPU). |
| 07/23/07 | Wimax Market and Business Assessment: Access, Affordability, and Applications for Education
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report, WiMax Market and Business Assessment: Access, Affordability, and Applications for Education, which is related to the worldwide telecommunication industry is now available to its catalogue. |
| 07/18/07 | New Report Provides a Strategic View of the Anticipated Evolution of RFID through 2010 from an Application Perspective
Research and Markets has announced the addition of RFID Applications, Implementation, and Business Case Analysis with Predictions and Strategic Roadmap 2007 to 2010 to their offering. |
| 07/17/07 | Europe, North America, and Asia Embroiled in Complicated Mobile Video Market Reports In-Stat
While Mobile Video Services are a hot topic with great potential, the market is very complicated, and will take quite a few more years to completely sort itself out, reports In-Stat, a high-tech market research firm. Mobile Video Services combine cell phones, broadcasting, Pay-TV, satellites, and the Internet. |
| 07/17/07 | New Report Assesses the Potential Health Risks Posed by Broadband Wireless Technologies
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: Wireless Technologies - A Blessing or a Health Hazard to their offering. |
| 07/16/07 | ABI Research Forecasts 36 Million Femtocell Shipments in 2012, and Hosts UK Femtocell Workshop
The wave of interest in femtocells continues to gather momentum, and with a number of sizeable carrier RFPs currently in circulation, the market looks set to see rapid growth over the next few years. By 2012 the market for femtocells looks set to represent 36 million shipments with an installed base of nearly 70 million femtocells serving over 150 million users. This represents a turnover equal to one third of the Wi-Fi market. |
| 07/13/07 | "RFID in the Health Care Industry, 2006-2011 Market Dynamics & Insights on RFID Spending in the Health Care Segment" by Compass Intelligence July 2007
This iDRD (Insight-based Data Rich Deliverable) is part of the Health Care and Applications subscriptions and markets. This 14-page report highlights the latest RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) trends and insights in the Health Care industry including the latest happenings with the FDA and HIPAA. Included in this report is the Health Care RFID market forecast from 2006 through 2011. Retail includes establishments primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical, and other health services to persons. RFID is a technology that uses small devices called tags placed on items (large and small), pallets, or packaged products that allows for the sensing of bar code and other information from short distances without having direct line-of-sight. The Expert Guide for this report is Stephanie Atkinson. |
| 07/10/07 | Will Mobile WiMAX Deliver Mobility?
Frost & Sullivan will host a conference call on Wednesday 11 July 2007 at 15.00 BST entitled "Will Mobile WiMAX deliver mobility?". This live briefing will provide industry participants with an overview of the key challenges for Mobile WiMAX and will explore whether this emerging technology can create a significant impact on the mobile broadband industry. |
| 07/09/07 | Keeping Track of the Booming WiMAX Broadband Wireless Industry
Maravedis Research will be presenting a WiMAX Counts webinar on Tuesday, July 10th at 11:00 eastern time. The presentation will cover that over 100 wireless Internet service providers are making with the deploymnet of WiMAX wireless technology and the subscriber growth these networks are achieving. |
| 07/09/07 | A Look at the Issues Related to the Next Generation CDMA Broadband Wireless Technologies
Research and Markets has announced the addition of "The Next Generation CDMA Technologies" to their offering. The great success of Internet and mobile cellular communications has opened a new vista for future all-IP wireless applications, being evident in continuously increasing demand for worldwide packet data services in the current 2.5G and 3G networks. |
| 07/04/07 | Worldwide Wi-Fi Revenue Up by 14% on the First Quarter of 2006
In 1Q07, worldwide Wi-Fi revenue increased by 14% year-over-year, up from $962.3 million in 1Q06. Total worldwide Wi-Fi revenue for 1Q07 was slightly under $1.1 billion, a small increase with revenue in 4Q06. Shipments of Draft-n equipment were up significantly more than the growth that occurred between 3Q06 and 4Q06. |
| 06/29/07 | ABI Research Expects More Than 180,000 Buildings to Receive In-Building Broadband Wireless Systems by 2011
For many of us, the most productive times of our days, when communications are critical, are spent indoors. This reality, as well as increasing usage of 3G wireless data services, is creating a growing demand for better in-building coverage, according to a recent report from ABI Research. |
| 06/22/07 | Ubiquisys Tops New ABI Research Femtocell Vendor Matrix Ranking
Ubiquisys has been ranked at the top of a new femtocell equipment Vendor Matrix just released by ABI Research. ip.access ltd and RadioFrame Networks, Inc. claimed the second and third spots in the company's most recent evaluation of worldwide femtocell equipment vendors. |
| 06/21/07 | Research Says that 60% of Population Will Not Pay $500 for an Apple iPhone
The survey of online mobile phone shoppers, conducted by IDC and Market Insight Corp., found that while a majority of the respondents - nearly 60% of a sample of 456 individuals - were interested in the iPhone, they were unlikely to buy one anytime soon owing to the cost of the device and the potential cost of switching carriers |
| 06/19/07 | Taking Femtocells to Market: ABI Research Hosts Key Workshop at International Home Access Point Conference
The workshop, part of the Business/Marketing Track, will take place 2:15 to 4:15 pm on July 5, and will explore critical areas of interest for the development of femtocell markets: key considerations when building business models; how to maximize return from femtocells; exploring trends and identifying opportunities; barriers and challenges to market growth, and finally, competition and risk. |
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