Operators Confirm Transition to OTN Switching Is Underway
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its new "OTN Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey".
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21% of Adults Have Read an E-Book in the Past Year
One-fifth of American adults (21%) report that they have read an e-book in the past year, and this number increased following a gift-giving season that saw a spike in the ownership of both tablet computers and e-book reading devices such as the original Kindles and Nooks.
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Consumer Monthly Video Game Rental Spend Captures $23 Versus $20 for Premium VOD
Are more consumers looking to gaming as a source of entertainment?
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US Online Shoppers Spend 23% of Disposable Income Online
US consumers spend 23% of their disposable income online, slightly higher than the 22% average across 15 countries studied by WorldPay in an April 2012 report.
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Connected Nation Shares Broadband Report About Implications for a Continuing Economic Recovery
Connected Nation research shows that U.S. businesses generate $411.4 billion in online sales to consumers or other businesses, yet an estimated 1.8 million businesses remain unconnected to broadband.
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Connected TV Set Shipments Will Grow to 70 Percent During 2016
Approximately 25 percent of the TV sets shipped globally in 2011 were internet-connected, a figure forecasted to approach 70 percent of total TV shipments during 2016, resulting in more than $117 billion in revenues, according to a new report by IMS Research.
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iPad and Tablets Are Hot But Not Yet a Laptop Replacement
Amazon's Kindle Fire may have captured headlines in late 2011, but even after establishing a new key price point to help fuel strong sales/interest by consumers for media tablets beyond Apple, the device category has yet to quell interest in portable computers. One in three respondents in an ongoing tracking study said they plan to purchase a laptop computer in the first half of 2012.
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4G Trends
4G devices are expected to generate 87 million in unit sales in 2012, up 294% year-on-year. The lion's share of the market is now backing LTE as service provider and vendor support has fallen away from WiMAX.
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Operator Capital Expenditures on Small Cell Backhaul to Grow almost 9 Fold from 2011 to 2015
As operators invest in network capacity to satisfy consumers' insatiable appetite for wireless broadband, operators have had to explore heterogeneous networks topologies to make-up for a lack of spectrum. The growth of small cells is so tremendous that virtually all of the growth in operator backhaul capital expenditures is coming from supporting small cells.
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Submarine Cable Construction Continues Despite Untapped Potential Capacity
New data from TeleGeography's Global Bandwidth Research Service reflect the recent surge in submarine cable construction globally. In 2010 and 2011, 19 systems worth an aggregate $3.7 billion were launched, and the pace of growth will only pick up in the next few years.
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25% of Consumers Intend to Purchase a Smartphones and HDTVs in the First Half of 2012
25% of US respondents to ABI Research's Technology Barometer survey said they intend to purchase a smartphone during the first half of 2012 -- a percentage equaled by HDTVs.
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iPad and Shopping
The iPad accounts for nearly two-thirds of all mobile shopping sessions, and an impressive 89% of all mobile shopping revenue, according to Richrelevance.com April 2012 study results.
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M2M Forecast: Connected Energy, Fleet and Industrial Drive Accelerated Growth
By 2016, global cellular M2M connections will balloon to 313 million, as more enterprises and consumers realize business benefits and improved experiences from connected devices.
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Taking OTT/Internet Video to Mobile
Google's role in Over-the-Top (OTT) Video, reinforced by Motorola's deep relationships with Operators, points to the merging of OTT with franchised video systems into a hybrid offering that becomes the standard-bearer for delivery of video content.
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Samsung Tops for HDTV Purchase Intent Among US Consumers
Samsung captured the top position in US consumer HDTV purchase intent for the first half of 2012, passing Sony who previously had a commanding lead in the segment.
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