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UWB in two camps
UWB in two camps The UWB task force (IEEE 802.15.3a group), that tried to develop a standard for short-range wireless communications at up to 480 Mbit/s, has disbanded after failing to achieve a consensus on two competing proposals from the UWB Forum...
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WiMAX products certified
WiMAX products certified Fixed WiMAX products from Aperto, Redline, Sequans and Wavesat have been certified “WiMAX Forum”. With interoperability and compatibility provided, customers can buy with confidence, and product deployment should be accelerated....
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Market researches - 22/1/06
According to In-Stat, VOIP business subscribers are satisfied with their VOIP service. According to ABI, the location-based services (LBS) would top $ 8bn by 2010. IFPI announced that digital online and mobile music revenues reached $1.1bn (up 189%) in...
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VOD over IPTV service
VOD over IPTV servic VOD over IPTV service Will video-on-demand be the killing application for IPTV? First market figures are encouraging. In France, more than 300k videos have been sold by Canal+ in 3 months at a cost of about € 4-5 each, and 150k by...
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Mobile penetration
Mobile penetration Everyone is interested in numbers, and one of the key items monitored by the mobile industry is market penetration. It is a simple figure used for years, but what does it mean exactly? Nobody knows! Some countries are reporting the...
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Sharing broadband lines
Sharing your broadband connection is possible In the US, groups of neighbors can now share their DSL or cable Internet connections. Internet providers are showing interest in these news ideas using wireless technologies. With an antenna outside the house,...
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Market researches 2 - 19/1/06
A few set of market information released this week: According to Information Week and Microcast, 30% of CIOs have already deployed blade servers, 12% plan to deploy this year and 25% are making evaluation. Berg Insight forecasts 50m laptops should be...
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Paris plans FTTH municipal network
Paris plans FTTH municipal network The office of the Mayor of Paris has announced a bidding process plan to hook up "all of Paris" with high-bandwidth optical fiber connections. The network (worth about €1bn) would be commissioned and owned by the city...
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MTN expansion strategy in MEA
MTN expansion strategy in MEA The South African GSM operator has developed its portfolio of acquisitions in emerging markets, such as Iran (Irancell got the second GSM license in Iran), Zambia (Telecel) and Botswana (Mascom Wireless). It also bought Libertis...
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Market researches - 14/1/06
- According to ChangeWave Research , Motorola is the top choice in the US among those who plan to buy a cellphone in the next six months; - According to In-Stat, the worldwide combined market of both digital satellite and terrestrial radio will grow from...
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WiMAX licenses in France
WiMAX licenses in France: More than 175 companies had deposited files for WiMAX licenses in Oct.05. With the final round starting February 1st, it is expected that about only 50 files will be maintained for acquiring the 2 licenses per region (or a total...
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WiFi camera
WiFi camera: WiFi camera uses WiFi like a USB cable, and should offer more flexibility to consumers. Unfortunately, current WiFi camera models are all either locked to a proprietary service or tied to software only transferring images over a WLAN. No...
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China 3G
China 3G: The TD-SCDMA technology is stable and China is prepared to establish a 3G network on this standard, the People's Daily said. No timetable was, however, given. This clears the way for China to begin constructing a 3G network and issuing 3G operating...
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Five Software Trends in 2006
Five Software Trends in 2006 According to Pricewaterhouse, the five key telecom software trends you should be aware of are: - Convergence will begin to show its real world potential. Software-powered converged devices (fixed/mobile or mobile/WiFi) will...
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E-commerce in the US
E-commerce in the US : More than $30bn have been spent online in the US during Nov. and Dec.05, up 30% yoy. Internet share grew to 27% from 16% in 2002. PCs and consumer electronic devices reported the fastest growth respectively with 126% (to $ 4.8bn)...
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Motorola to gain market share
Motorola to gain market share According to visiongain, Motorola could challenge Nokia for the top spot in the handset market. For years, Nokia was used to rank first in the market with 32%, well in advance on the second Motorola (with currently about...
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Market researches - 7/1/06
- Wireless handset sales are accounting for $16bn in the US and 104m units, according to CEA. - Nokia predicts Bluetooth phones to increase 65% in 2006. - SMS very busy everywhere: UK mobile users sent 6.9m SMSs per hour on New Year's Day, while China...
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Market researches - 11/04/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to a group of experts, the current GPS system (Global positioning system) could be impacted by strong solar blowing up in the next four years. According to 3G Americas, there were 107 live...
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Market researches - 05/04/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to GFK, 22% of French households are equipped with DTT (digital terrestrial TV). Screen Digest estimates that Europe would have 5.6m IPTV households by the end of this year (2.9m last year)....
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Market researches - 01/04/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to CTIA, mobile date revenues grew 77% to $ 15bn in 2006. Idate expects that fiber access would account for 27% of European broadband access by 2015, of which 18% for FTTH. According to Analysys,...
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Market researches - 28/03/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to Buongiorno and M:Metrics, mobile content consumption (except SMS and MMS) tends to be similar in Europe and NA. The Economist Intelligence Unit reports that 80% of industry executives believe...
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Market researches - 25/03/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to Point Topic, worldwide broadband subscriber number rose to 281m. CDG (CDMA Development Group) said that the number of CDMA 2000 subscribers in S. Asia, has doubled to 45m at the end of 2006....
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Market Researches - 23/03/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to a telecom expense management specialist (Aurora Kendrick James), UK companies are wasting some €1.5bn (or 20%) simply not controlling the cost of communications (around €7.5bn). 75% of UK...
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Market researches - 22/03/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to Gartner, worldwide PC sales would grow by 10.5% in 2007 and reach 256m units while revenues should only increase by 4.5% to $213bn. According to Ovum, ALU is the optical networking market...
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Market researches - 17/03/07
A few set of market information released this week: According to ABI Research, DoCoMo and Vodafone are topping new ABI' s mobile operator performance matrix. ABI analyses several criteria such as: CAPEX spend per user; non-voice revenue contribution;...