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Almost 50% of dial-up internet users are interested in subscribing to broadband, according to new findings from the US. Parks Associates surveyed almost 5,000 narrowband subscribers and found that 48.3% were keen to upgrade to high-speed internet services. This compares with the 33.3% of customers who expressed an interest last year. “U.S. consumers are now… Continue reading US Broadband Boom On The Way, Says Report

The European mobile services market will be worth in excess of â‚Ź20 billion by 2005, according to a new study from market analysts Strand Consult. The report, How to make money on mobile services, examines the burgeoning wireless technology sector and suggests that there is great potential for growth. With mobile penetration reaching saturation in… Continue reading Operators Look To Cash In On Mobile Services

Europe remains the most expensive region in the world for DSL, according to new research from Point Topic. The company based its analysis on average residential tariffs from some of the largest operators in March 2003 and compared this data with similar research carried out in previous years. The study centres on “first year cost”,… Continue reading European Consumers Get A Raw Deal On DSL, Says Report

The number of subscribers to cable modem broadband internet services is set to increase three-fold from 2002 to the end of 2007, according to a new forecast from IMS Research. IMS says that the majority of growth in terms of gross subscriber numbers will come from North America. However, Asia and Europe will also begin… Continue reading Cable Broadband Users To Triple By 2007, Says IMS

The number of US households with a home network increased by more than 40% during 2002, claims a new report from the Yankee Group. According to The 2002 Technologically Advanced Family Survey 8% of PC owners, reported having a home network, an increase of 43% over 2001. The primary function of the system is that… Continue reading Tech-Savvy Consumers Drive Growth In Home Networking

Mobile games will generate revenues of more than $7 billion by 2008, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. The technology research group estimates that the wireless gaming industry will be worth approximately $1 billion this year but with multimedia handsets and downloadable games set to revolutionise the sector, growth will be strong in… Continue reading Downloads The Key To Growth Of Mobile Gaming, Says Strategy Analytics

There will be more than 40 million high-speed, broadband internet homes in western Europe by 2005, according to the latest forecasts from eMarketer. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 52.8% on 2002. According to the figures, only Latin America will show a faster CAGR – at 54.6% – and that rate is… Continue reading Broadband To Reach 40m Western European Homes By 2005

The telecoms regulator Oftel has called on BT to reduce the price of its unmetered internet access on the basis that it is charging operators unnecessary costs. BT has been told to cut prices by 17% because it has been billing for certain call routing and call management measures that Oftel believes are no longer… Continue reading BT Urged To Cut Internet Fees

Britons are more concerned about the cost of using mobile phones than is widely acknowledged and this could scupper the 3G aspirations of UK operators, according to a new report from The Work Foundation The iSociety Research product, MobileUK: Mobile Phones and Everyday Life found that mobiles are now an integral part of modern society… Continue reading The Public Is Too Prudent For 3G, Says Report

The US mobile industry is set to benefit from the rapid adoption of wireless local area networks (WLANs), with the number of frequent WLAN users in North America growing from 4.2 million in 2003 to more than 31 million in 2007, according to new figures from Gartner. WLAN systems allow mobile users to connect to… Continue reading Over 31m US Users To Adopt Wireless Networks By 2007, Says Gartner