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Only 5% of US broadband users (approximately five million) use the mobile internet, according to a new report from Media-Screen. The report says that although more than 60% of users currently own an internet-enabled mobile device, they are reluctant to partake in online mobile activities due to extra fees and difficulties establishing and maintaining internet… Continue reading 5% Of US Broadband Users Use Mobile Internet

The amount of people in the UK now subscribing to broadband packages has hit 13 million, according to research from Point Topic. This reflects a worldwide trend, which has seen a boost in the number of high speed internet connections being set up in domestic surroundings and in the workplace. Increasing broadband uptake by 33%,… Continue reading Subscribers To Broadband Packages Rise

Cable operators and Vonage are driving continuing growth in the US residential Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone market, according to new figures from In-Stat. According to data from the market research firm’s US Residential VoIP Market Tracker service, more than 10.6 million US households now have at least one active VoIP user, up from… Continue reading US VOIP Market Continues To Grow

Merrill Lynch (ML) is raising its global online advertising growth forecast from 24.1% & 17.5% in 2007 and 2008 respectively, to 25.5% and 18.8%. The financial analyst said that online growth for 2006 came in at around 36%, compared to its previous estimate of 34%, adding that this was driven by international strength in particular.… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Raises Global Online Ad Forecast

A new report from eMarketer says that, by many measures, Britain has become Europe’s leading online economy. The UK Online report says that as telecom competition drives down prices, growing numbers of Britons are upgrading to broadband speeds. According to eMarketer, the UK now boasts the fifth-largest broadband population in the world. With 12 million… Continue reading Britain Becoming Major Online Economy

New figures from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reveal that UK internet advertising expenditure grew 41% in 2006, breaking the £2 billion barrier as marketers moved their budgets online.The IAB figures show that £2 billion was spent online by advertisers targeting the 31 million (source: GfK NOP) people connected to the internet.This… Continue reading UK Internet Advertising Spend Grows 41%

Channel 4 Radio has submitted its proposals for the new national commercial digital multiplex to Ofcom as part of a consortium called the 4 Digital Group.As reported earlier, if Channel 4 wins the multiplex licence it will broadcast ten national radio stations as well as secondary services, such as podcasts.New stations on the licence are… Continue reading 4 Digital Group Reveals Digital Multiplex Bid

New figures from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) reveal that UK internet advertising expenditure grew 41% in 2006, breaking the £2 billion barrier as marketers moved their budgets online. The IAB figures show that £2 billion was spent online by advertisers targeting the 31 million (source: GfK NOP) people connected to the… Continue reading UK Internet Advertising Spend Grows 41%

Yesterday’s MediaTel Group seminar on the future of digital covered a lot of ground, and one of the subjects which the assembled panelists were keen to discuss was search and Google’s dominance of the market. Chair of the seminar, Torin Douglas, asked the assembled panelists if they thought that search would begin to take up… Continue reading The Future Of Search

New research from Parks Associates claims that 29% of all US households (31 million homes) do not have access and do not intend to subscribe to an internet service over the next 12 months. The National Technology Scan found that the main cause for non-subscribers is not economic but rather a perceived low value of… Continue reading Many Americans Not Interested In Internet