Market Researches - 25/06/05
Mobile gaming is projected to generate $3bn in revenue in the U.S. In 2009, according to Mintel International.
RHK, the telecom consulting group is dead. Benefiting from the telecom boom, it did not go through the 2001-2004 downturn period. 10th Street Advisors is the successor.
According to In-Stat, edge and core router market is forecast to grow to $8.4bn by 2009, from $3.8bn in 2004. Demand is driven by new business VPN services, upcoming consumer triple-play services, and evolution to converged networks.
Disruptive Analysis has found that there will be a market for 47m Wireless VoIP (VoWLAN) phones, of which 64% will be "dual-mode" cellular/VoWLAN devices.
The European IP telephone market increased to $79m in 1Q05, up sequentially 3%. Almost 300k units were shipped in 1Q05, up 18%.
Pyramid Research found that mobile infrastructure spending could decline from 47% of total operator CAPEX to 33% by 2009. It is a $190m opportunity between 2005 and 2009.
World broadband lines reached 164m, of which DSL accounts for 107m, as of 31 March 2005, an increase of 52m lines since March 2004.
According to Analysys, 60% of Western European residential voice spend to be on mobile and VoIP by 2010, and 25% of households will have abandoned plain old telephony services (POTS).
According to PricewaterhouseCooper, wireless entertainment revenue would increase to $73bn by 2009, from $ 11bn in 2004.
According to Pyramid Research, the mobile infra market has entered the third investment phase, called NGN. Phase 1 was a 2G cycle (1990+), followed by Phase II or 3G cycle (2001 +). NGN phase will support migration of mobile networks into fully IP environments.
The Global Mobile Suppliers Association reported that 74 operators in 34 countries are now offering W-CDMA services.
MEMS equipment market is estimated to grow to $650m in 2005 and to $750m in 2007, according to Research & Markets.
According to Research & Markets, UK teens spend $304m on mobile music a year.
ABI Research sees the LBS (location-based services) taking off in the US through 2006.