The UK is Europe’s foremost wi-fi market and will have more than 4,000 hotspots by the end of the year, according to a new report from Gartner. Users with wi-fi enabled laptops and PDAs can now access the internet from a variety of locations including railway stations, airport lounges, coffee shops and cafes. The study… Continue reading UK Is European Leader In Wi-Fi
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With telecoms firms and IPTV providers stepping up their efforts to deploy video services, IP/DSL set top boxes are set to move from being niche products to become mass-produced devices. A new report from InStat/MDR claims that while cost is a barrier to takeup of of IP/DSL units, ASPs are declining every year. Increased shipments… Continue reading IP/DSL Set Top Boxes Here To Stay, Says InStat/MDR
The long-running price war between the Sun and Daily Mirror has pushed operating income down by 28% for the financial year at News International (NI), the Sun‘s parent company. In the release of its year-end financial results, NI’s owner, News Corporation, said that classified and display advertising revenue gains at the Sun and News Of… Continue reading News Corp UK Papers Feel Effects Of Sun’s Price War
US advertising spend rose by 2.8% during the first half of the year, with a strong performance in the Hispanic television market leading the way, according to the latest data from Nielsen Media Research. Six of the eleven reported categories showed growth, with rates ranging from 2% to over 19%. Negative rates were reported in… Continue reading US Adspend Rises 2.8% In H1, Says Nielsen Media Research
A total of 1.55 million new subscribers signed up to receive broadband access from a major US cable or DSL provider in the second quarter of 2003, according to latest figures from Leichtman Research Group. The leading providers now account for almost 20.7 million high-speed internet subscribers although net additions for the last quarter were… Continue reading Broadband Growth Slows In The US
In the wireless age, an increasing number of young people are becoming totally dependant on the mobile phone to satisfy their telecommunications requirements, according to The Yankee Group. In a US survey, the research firm found that cord cutters, namely those people who have replaced their landline phones with wireless, made up 12% of 18… Continue reading Young Americans Learning To Rely On Mobiles
Indebted advertising network, Interpublic Group (IPG), has remained in the red during the second quarter of the year, reporting losses of $13.5 million on revenues up by less than 1%. In the first quarter of the year, IPG reported a loss of $8.6 million (see Interpublic Not Out Of The Woods After Q1 Loss). Advertising… Continue reading Interpublic Losses Continue In Second Quarter
The addition of new broadband households slowed in the US in the second quarter of 2003 but research from Parks Associates indicates that growing frustration with dial-up is likely to boost high-speed internet take up in the coming months. A survey conducted for the national consumer study, Electronic Living @ Home found that whereas 30%… Continue reading Dial-Up Delays To Drive Broadband Adoption In H2
The latest mobile phone subscriber forecasts for more than forty countries appear below. The figures were compiled by analysts at The Research Room. Forecasts for Western European countries are available Almost 90% Of UK Population Will Use A Mobile By 2007, Says Report. Country by Country Mobile Subscriber Forecasts … Continue reading Global Country By Country Mobile Subscriber Forecasts
Digital television is set to reach half of all homes in the US by 2005, up from 40.6% this year, according to new forecasts from eMarketer. The group predicts that there will be 56.5 million DTV households in two years time, of which 13.3 million (23.5%) will take video on-demand (VOD) services. Just over ten… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Digital TV To Reach 50% Of US Homes By 2005