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Worldwide sales of wireless networking products increased slightly in the first three months of 2003, according to new figures from Dell’Oro Group. The market research firm calculates that the wireless LAN market grew by 1% quarter-on-quarter realising revenues of $411 million. Unit shipments rose 6% to 4.8 million during the period in question. The first… Continue reading Wireless Network Vendors See Growth In Q1

Despite its recent rise to prominence, WLAN is unlikely to mount a serious challenge to 3G in the future. That is according to new analysis from Strand Consult. While WLAN offers faster online access than mobile phones, the research suggests there are a number of factors to be addressed before it can be compared with… Continue reading WLAN Poses Little Threat To 3G, Says Research

The broadband market has defied the downturn in the rest of the telecoms and internet sector and ‘enjoyed striking growth’ across the globe in the last three years, according to The McKinsey Quarterly. This expansion is set to continue for the foreseeable future as consumers tap into the benefits of high-speed internet access. In its… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Broadband To Be A Boon For Business

The widening “digital divide” between town and country is hindering the development of rural businesses in the UK, says a new study from The Countryside Agency. The fifth annual State of the Countryside report claims that while there are obvious benefits to life in the country, local companies are suffering because of limited access to… Continue reading Countryside Appeals For Broadband Injection

Three-quarters of UK mobile users are excited by the potential of multimedia messaging services, according to a new survey from Nokia. The study, conducted in co-operation with the HPI Research Group, sought to evaluate people’s perceptions of MMS in six prominent markets, namely the UK, Japan, the US, Germany, Singapore and Finland. MMS services are… Continue reading MMS To Spur Mobile Services Market, Says Report

Mobile internet services attracted 560 million page impressions during March, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) and the UK’s four GSM network operators. The figure represents an increase of 16% on February’s total and marks the first time that the monthly number of page impressions has surpassed the half a… Continue reading WAP Usage Figures Peak At Half A Billion During March

Germany has consolidated its position as Europe’s leading internet market (see Germany Is Top European Internet Market) and around a quarter of the country’s users now access the web via cable or DSL broadband. The number of DSL users in Germany had increased to 6.53 million by the end of the first quarter, according to… Continue reading German Surfers Ride The Broadband Wave

Worldwide handset shipments totalled 107.6 million units in the first quarter of 2003, according to new findings from IDC In its Worldwide Handset QView, the IT and telecoms research company calculated that the market was down 12.4% in Q1 compared with the final three months of 2002. However, this was to be expected and shipments… Continue reading Global Handset Market Remains Solid In Q1

The number of UK homes with broadband cable internet access has broken the one million mark, according to cable operators NTL and Telewest. More than 12 million homes are currently able to receive cable modem services across the two operators’ networks, but only one million have so far signed up to the service. The companies… Continue reading UK Cable Broadband Tops One Million Households

Broadband revenues generated from sport-related content are set to increase from $344 million last year to $6.4 billion globally by 2008, according to a new forecast from Screen Digest. The Global Business of Sports Television report says that consumer use of broadband services to access data, play sports-related games or watch additional coverage of sport… Continue reading Broadband Sport Content To Generate $6.4bn By 2008