Market researches - 31/08/06

Publié le 31 août 2006 par Jean Arnal

A few set of market information released this week:

According to In-Stat, mobile TV will begin to take off in the next two years, and predicts that more than 10% of all U.S. mobile users will subscribe to mobile video services by 2009.
Windows dominates the OS market with a worldwide market share of 97%, including XP (87%),, W2000, NT, 98 and ME.
According to Gartner, IBM and HP lead the worldwide server market. IBM has a 29% market share and HP a 27% market share. Sun is third with 13%. The market value should be worth $12bn in 2006, down 2.5%.
According to iKS-Consulting, the Russian broadband mobile market rose 61% to $33m in 1H06.
According to the CDMA Development Group (CDG), 6m EV-DO users were added in Q2, bringing the total to 36m. Total subscribers to CDMA2000 technology reached 275m, while total CDMA subscribers increased by 24% to 335m.
According to Telegeography, more than 200 operators in the world are planning to deploy WiMAX networks. Currently, there were 117 WiMAX networks operational and 14 are still building.