Wi-Fi Equipment Market Grows at 16.5% with 802.11N (Dual band) Being the Preferred Wireless Protocol in First Half of 2012
Cisco remains on the top spot of the enterprise Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) equipment market with 36% of the world market share followed by ZTE and Aruba based on shipments.
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Mobile Messaging Traffic Analysis
Pie chart shows mobile message traffic statistics by market.
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Smartphone Craze
Did you know that worldwide, smartphone shipments are growing at 17.7 percent CAGR from the start of this year until the end of 2016? The smartphone business has been the single biggest revenue-generating growth-story over the last 4 years as the rest of the tech sector suffers amid continuing difficult economic conditions.
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One-Third of Households Worldwide Now Subscribe to Fixed Broadband Services
Worldwide fixed broadband market continues to grow across different regions to reach 618.7 million subscribers at the end of 2012, increasing 7.3% from 2011. In terms of penetration, more than one-third of world's total households will have a fixed broadband connection at the end of 2012.
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4G Data Is Priced 20% Higher Than 3G
Compared to 3G data pricing, 4G is around 20% higher than 3G for the equivalent data-plan but there are signs 4G tariffs will succumb to the downward pull of competition sooner rather than later.
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France Telecom-Orange to Recruit 4,000 Employees in Permanent Positions in France Over the Next 3 Years (2013-2015)
France Telecom-Orange reaffirms its commitment to preserving employment stability for its employees in France and maintaining a strong recruitment policy that will enable it to face the challenges that lie ahead. This commitment has been made despite the difficult economic context, in particular following the launch of a fourth operator in France, which has led to a depressed operational environment and decreased margins across the Group.
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Hubergroup Rolls Out BT One to Unify Its Global Communications
In the first phase of the delivery of a contract signed in August 2012, the solution provides BT One Enterprise Lync services for 1,000 Hubergroup users. The solution covers traditional telephony and VoIP, audio and video conferencing, instant messaging as well as presence management and the integration of devices from a wide variety of manufacturers. The group's 40 subsidiaries are connected to each other via the BT network.
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Indian Green IT and Sustainability Spending to Reach $70 Billion by 2015
In the Gartner report "Hype Cycle for Green IT and Sustainability in India, 2012", analysts said green IT and sustainability are emerging as key concerns for businesses, investors and technologists across industries and policymakers in India. Though many technologies are available, government policies will eventually drive green IT and sustainability solutions adoption by Indian enterprises.
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Mobile Roaming Revenues to exceed $80bn by 2017, Driven by Data Roaming Usage
A new report from Juniper Research has valued Operator revenues generated from mobile roaming at more than $80 billion by 2017, compared to over $46 billion this year. These revenues will largely be driven by increasing data usage and a reduction in roaming charges. This equates to almost 8% of operator billed revenues by 2017.
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Ovum: Global OC Market Sales at US$1.6bn
Traffic is increasing and hence products that support higher transmission bandwidth are preferentially required. This means high demand for 10, 40, and 100 Gbps data rates and represents the growth areas cited most often during quarterly calls.
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Cell C Is Latest Mobile Operator to Confirm LTE Commitment
Following similar announcements from its domestic rivals MTN and Vodacom, South African mobile operator Cell C has confirmed that will also switch on a 4G network based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology before the end of 2012, but stopped short of indicating where the network will be rolled out, or how many towers will be supported.
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One-Third of Households Worldwide Now Subscribe to Fixed Broadband Services
The growth has come from all the fixed broadband platforms: DSL, cable, and fiber-optic broadband. In 2Q-2012, DSL broadband subscription grew 1.2% from 1Q-2012, adding 4.3 million subscribers. The Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) growth rate was 1.5% in the first quarter. A slower QoQ growth rate indicates that DSL subscribers are shifting to other alternative platforms such as fiber optic.
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Mobile Activity Changes
More than 45% of customers with a smartphone use some form of IM or OTT messaging app in addition to (and in some cases instead of) traditional text messaging, according to a new report examining consumer smartphone voice and messaging trends from Analysys Mason.
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LTE Subscriber Totals Have Surpassed WiMAX in 2Q12
In South Korea, the United States, and Japan, the number of LTE subscribers surpassed that of WiMAX subscribers in 4Q11, 1Q12, and 2Q12, respectively. The findings are part of new market data from market intelligence firm ABI Research detailing the mobile broadband transition.
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SaskTel Enhances Data Roaming Plans Canada-Wide
SaskTel will be eliminating all data roaming charges in Canada. In addition, the out-of-province speed threshold will be increased from 200 MB to 10 GB per billing cycle to align with the in-province speed threshold.
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