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On-demand television services may be the saviour of cash-strapped cable operators which have sunk huge investments into developing their digital TV platforms only to receive little ROI from consumers, according to analysts at the McKinsey Quarterly. In the US, the major cable companies have ploughed more than $70 billion into digital upgrades, but few consumers… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Will On-Demand Save Cable?

Broadband Britain came a step closer yesterday with news that BT is converting almost 100 of its phone boxes into special Wi-Fi hotspots. The telecoms operator plans to have installed BT Openzone access points in 91 broadband enabled pay phones by the end of this week and more than 200 kiosks will have the service… Continue reading Broadband Britain Boosted By New Wi-Fi Hotspots

The next generation of mobile phones, dubbed ‘smartphones’, are set to be commonplace by 2007 and by 2008, most will have built-in digital cameras as the two handset technologies become merged into one. However, according to a new report from InStat/MDR, whilst these two mobile categories should have a bright future, there are still a… Continue reading Smartphones Struggle For User Acceptance, Says InStat

The wireless LAN sector is set to benefit from a surge in notebook sales and mobile workers will account for a majority of users in five years time, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The technology research firm claims that enterprises will comprise 70% of all embedded-WLAN notebook PC sales globally through 2008. It… Continue reading Businesses Waking Up To WLAN Solutions

DSL has long been regarded as the killer application that will drive up fixed line revenues but a new report from Ovum suggests that it will not generate the financial windfall envisaged by the telecommunications industry. According to the study, The financial prospects for DSL, operators providing standard Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services will be… Continue reading DSL Is Not The Golden Egg For Telcos, Says Report

On the eve of the new Champions League season, Vodafone has acquired the wireless rights to the competition for the next three years in twelve countries. Under the terms of the deal, the mobile giant will offer customers a range of content including near-live video clips from games, historic clips of UEFA Champions League matches,… Continue reading Vodafone Buys Wireless Rights To Champions League

BT announced yesterday that four out of five homes in the UK can now get ADSL broadband internet services. However, new figures from Point Topic show that Britain still trails many countries in terms of DSL penetration. By July last year, BT had succeeded in connecting two-thirds of the country to ADSL exchangers. 25 new… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: UK Aims To Join The Broadband Elite

European mobile phone operators are hoping to grow the share of their revenues derived from data services from the current 12% to 30% by 2008. However, according to a survey conducted by Forrester Research, they are facing a number obstacles, with one key problem being the current limitations of billing technology. Real-time billing systems are… Continue reading European Mobile Operators Struggle With New Services

Wi-fi hardware shipments increased by an impressive 45% in the second quarter of 2003 as the technology began to get more recognition from businesses and consumers. InStat/MDR reports that 9.9 million wi-fi hardware units were dispatched in the three months to end-June, up from 6.9 million in Q1. 802.11b still accounts for a majority of… Continue reading Wi-Fi Market Gathers Steam In Second Quarter

The wireless industry continued its revival in the second quarter with worldwide shipments of mobile phones rising by 12% year on year to 114.9 million, according to new figures from Gartner Dataquest. The research firm said that sales were encouraging in all markets with total shipments up by 2% on the first quarter (see Record… Continue reading Mobile Phone Sales Climb Again