Market researches - 25/1/06

• According to Visiongain, the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament would generate $6.3bn in mobile revenue with text-based services and downloads.
• Booz Allen Hamilton forecasts that 60% of European households would be digital TV enabled by 2010.
• According to industry research, China's mobile phone video subscribers are expected to grow to 66m by 2008 with a market size of $150m, and to 195m subscribers by 2010 with a market size of about $600m.
• Analysys says that, in 2006, Chinese mobile gaming subscribers will reach 19.5m and the market size is expected to reach $280m, from respectively 15m subscribers and $ 80m.
• JiWire announced that more than 100k WiFi hotspots were deployed, of which 37k in the US, and 12.7 in the UK.
• A new study by Keynote Systems has found that top three VoIP providers (Time Warner, Vonage and Verizon ' s VoiceWing) had better sound quality then traditional phone services.
• According to Gartner, IT spending is seen rising 2.7% in 2006, with business intelligence and security high on shopping lists.