North American FTTH Continues on Impressive Growth Track
More than 7.6 million North American homes now receive their Internet, video and/or voice services over end-to-end fiber networks, according to a report commissioned by the FTTH Council. The figure reported showed an increase of 1.15 million FTTH households over the past year, for an annual gain of 18 percent in the number of homes served by FTTH networks.
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VoIP Services Forecast Upped to $76 billion by 2015, Driven by SIP Trunking, Hosted Business VoIP
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest VoIP and UC Services and Subscribers report, which tracks vendors and service revenue in the residential/SOHO and business VoIP and unified communications market.
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ROADM WSS Component Market Contracts in 1H11, Causing Big Vendor Market Share Shift
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest ROADM Components report.
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Report Tracks Migration of Small and Independent IPTV Operators to Multiscreen Video, Mobile TV, and TV Everywhere
A new report from MRG, Inc. finds that small and independent Pay-TV Operators will introduce Multiscreen Video (MSV) and Mobile TV services by 2014, after introducing infrastructure upgrades and whole-home DVR, based on a survey sent to more than 600 Operators and Vendors.
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Femtocell Operator Survey Provides Glimpse Into the Future of Femtocell Services
Technology market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its Residential Femtocell Services: Global Service Provider Survey, for which carriers that have launched femtocell services or plan to by 2012 were interviewed to assess their needs and to analyze trends in the femtocell network equipment market.
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Revenues Shift From CAS to DRM as Multi-Screens Drive Market to $2.5 Billion in 2016
The worldwide market for pay TV CAS and DRM will grow at a relatively modest 15% from $2.2 billion in 2011 to $2.5 billion in 2016.
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Data Center Equipment Up 4% YoY, HP Nearly Triples Share; SAN Equipment Up 16% YoY With Cisco up 39%
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from 2 second quarter (2Q11) market share and forecast reports: Data Center Network Equipment and SAN Equipment.
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M2M Module Market Declines 16% from 2009 to 2010 Due to Price Erosion; Volume to Spur Market to $2.5 Billion by 2016
The cellular M2M embedded module market experienced a more difficult than expected year in 2010. Although total unit volumes continued to rise, reaching nearly 34 million units shipped in 2010, total industry revenue fell…
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Wireless LAN Equipment Market Hits Record High
Wireless LAN is the hottest market in the enterprise networking space today, with revenue being pushed to new highs…. Infonetics Research released excerpts from its second quarter (2Q11) Wireless LAN Equipment and WiFi Phones market share report.
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Other Social Networks Can Compete With Facebook
Contrary to common perceptions, Facebook is not the only social networking service (SNS) in town, especially in the Asia-Pacific, where local, gaming-based social networks receive strong support.
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Wireless Lifeline Helps Transition Americans From Welfare to Work
A wide cross section of consumer, senior and low-income groups are joining "Keeping Americans Connected to Opportunity" (KACO), a Facebook-based campaign at http://www.keepingamericansconnected.org devoted to supporting the federal wireless Lifeline program.
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PC Shipments to Slow to 3.8 Percent Growth in 2011; Units to Increase 10.9 Percent in 2012
Worldwide PC unit growth is on pace to total 352 million units in 2011, a 3.8 percent increase from 2010, according to the latest preliminary forecast by Gartner, Inc.
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Smart TV Growth
According to a recent release from Park Associates, worldwide sales of smart TVs and connected Blu-ray players, consoles, and digital video players will grow from 95 million (2010) to more than 360 million (2015).
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Smartphone Adoption Trends
Forty (40) percent of mobile consumers over 18 in the U.S. now have smartphones, according to July 2011 data from Nielsen.
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USA Projected to Become Largest PV Market by 2013
The US photovoltaic (PV) market will become the largest market for annual PV installations in 2013, overtaking Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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