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Strategy Analytics estimates that 10 million embedded-camera phones were sold worldwide in the first nine months of 2002. Almost half of these sales occurred in the third quarter, as demand escalated in Japan. Neil Mawston, Senior Analyst with the Global Wireless Practice, commented: “Strategy Analytics expects 16 million camera phones to be sold worldwide in… Continue reading Far East Driving Camera Phone Sales, Says Strategy Analytics

“Broadband will become the backbone of the UK economy. Ensuring that more people and businesses can take advantage of this – regardless of where we live or the size of company we are involved in – is a major priority” Stephen Timms, Minister for E-commerce Within Europe, the UK is surpassed only by Germany in… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Broadband Britain – A Progress Report

Notions that cable modems are set to eclipse DSL as the primary broadband internet connection platform are misplaced, according to a new report from In-Stat/MDR, which says that DSL has now surpassed cable on a worldwide basis. By Q2 2002, DSL commanded 10 million subscribers more than cable and In-Stat forecasts that DSL will be… Continue reading DSL Outstrips Cable Worldwide

A new survey has provided further evidence of the mobile phone phenomenon with findings showing that men now spend more time on the phone than women. The Guardian/ICM poll revealed that 72% of UK men now have mobile phones and on an average workday, they spend 66 minutes using a fixed-line phone or mobile. This… Continue reading Survey Reveals Sea Change In Mobile Habits

The mobile industry has been urged to concentrate on targeting young women and business orientated men in the battle to convince the public of the merits of GPRS and 3G services. According to analysts at Forrester Research, only 20% of European mobile users will adopt 2.5G and 3G applications in the next two years. This… Continue reading Next Generation Mobile Still A Turn-Off, Says Forrester

New figures from GartnerG2 have established that SMS is now more popular than email and it is claimed that the industry is missing a trick by ploughing so many of its resources into 3G technology. The latest consumer research was presented at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Cannes. In particular, it was found that 62% of… Continue reading Mobile Industry Too Obsessed With 3G, Says GartnerG2

Mobile messaging services, which offer graphics and video, will prove more popular than wireless internet services in the next few years, according to a new report from In-Stat/MDR. The research firm calculates that messaging users will increase from an estimated 305 million at the end of 2001 to more than a billion by the end… Continue reading Messaging To Eclipse Mobile Internet

Mobile internet services attracted 340 million page impression during September, according to the first ever collective WAP figures released by the UK’s four GSM operators. The figures from the Mobile Data Association show that WAP-based services attracted more than 11 million page impressions per day during September, with mobile internet messaging and chat attracting the… Continue reading First WAP Figures Reveal Heavy Mobile Internet Usage

Despite the recent flurry of negative research surrounding the third generation (3G) mobile phone services, a new report released today claims that the sector can be a great success, so long as operators move along and launch their services soon. The report, from consultancy firm The Thinking Box, says that postponing 3G’s launch will “trigger… Continue reading Europe’s 3G Future May Not Be All Woe, Says New Forecast

A new survey from the telecoms watchdog, Oftel has found that one-third of dial-up internet users in the UK are interested in subscribing to broadband services. Over a million UK households now have a high-speed internet connection (see UK Hits One Million Broadband Homes) but the latest research indicates that a further three million homes… Continue reading One In Three Dial-Up Users Want Broadband