Market Researches - 15/06/07

Publié le 15 juin 2007 par Jean Arnal

A few set of market information released this week:

xpected to be 4.5m at the end of the year. France accounts for almost 1m.
CIBC predicts that Samsung could overtake Motorola in mobile phone market share in 2Q07.
Europe adds biometric and picture info on EU passports and visas.
According to In-Stat, a recent US survey found that 50% of respondents were planning to replace their cell phones with dual-mode cellular- WiFi handsets. More than 100 different models are passing certification.
According to ABI Research, mobile operators are making key decisions about FMC services. Consumer FMC will took one of two major paths: UMA-based cellular/WiFi or femtocell. UMA subscribers will dominate the market until mid-2010 (both will have about 35m users), when femtocell overtakes it and grows to 150m in 2012.
3GSM World Congress is to be rebranded as Mobile World Congress.
Pyramid Research predicts a slowdown in mobile equipment capex.
Insight Research found that the market for residential video telephony services is expected to break the $1bn barrier this year.