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Parks Associates estimates that by the end of 2005, US households will have more than 80 million connection points for entertainment-specific applications. “We believe that digital content in the form of video and high-quality audio files will drive certain home networking applications, especially if that content can be aggregated on a platform and sent to… Continue reading US Homes Will Have 80m Entertainment Network Connection Points By 2005

Emarketer has compiled an analysis of forecasts for the growth of public access wireless local area networks (WLAN) in the US. WLANs allow mobile users to connect ‘wirelessly’ to a local network – such as a school educational system for example. Forecasts from Analysys show that 21 million people in the US will be using… Continue reading Wireless Local Networks Will Be Used By 21m Americans By 2007

According to a recent report from The Strategis Group Strategis dataBank: Global Cellular/PCS & Next Generation Subscribers and Operators, the global wireless marketplace will grow by 19% in 2002. Next generation services launching around the world will drive growth and by 2007, Strategis believes that 63% of users will subscribe to these services. Growth will… Continue reading 1.7 Billion Mobile Subscribers Worldwide By 2007, Says Strategis

If European telecommunications companies endeavour to compete with cable operators by building ‘hybrid’ satellite and ADSL networks they will end up losing more than E3,000 (£1,830) per subscriber over ten years, according to Forrester Research. The Making ADSL Broadband Pay report, released by Forrester last month, suggests that telcos should try to forge creative partnerships… Continue reading European Telcos Will Lose Out If They Compete Head On With Cable Companies, Warns Forrester

Debt-laden telecoms companies will be forced to further consolidate and divest during 2002, as they simply cannot afford to go it alone. This is one of the findings of the World Markets Research Centre (WMRC) report on the prospects for the global telecoms market in 2002. The analysis says that if 2001 were the annus… Continue reading Consolidation And Divestments Expected In 2002 For Debt-Laden Telecoms Companies

Echoing the predictions of analysts at ABN Amro (see Global Media Recovery Will Not Bounce Back But Come Slowly, Says ABN Amro), Roger Bootle, economic advisor to Deloitte & Touche, has warned that expectations of a global economic recovery are likely to be largely disappointed. World economies In the broker’s latest Economic Review Bootle says… Continue reading Optimism For Economic Recovery In 2002 May Be Disappointed, But UK Is Looking Good

It is the beginning of the end for conventional telecommunications networks, as consumers are increasingly turning from the use of secondary telephone lines toward cheaper wireless services and the increasingly available broadband networks. This is the finding of a report from Forrester Research released this week. However, whilst the change may be coming, it is… Continue reading The Beginning Of The End For Conventional Phone Communications?

The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) has compiled its 2002 trends and forecasts statistics on the worldwide and European information and communications technology markets (ICT) markets. The research group notes that 2001 was a difficult year for the global economy and for the ICT industry, but argues that Europe continues to progress towards the e-economy.… Continue reading Ecommerce, Technology, IT And Internet Forecasts From EITO

According to an upcoming report, Residential Broadband: Cable Modems, DSL & Fixed Wireless, from The Strategis Group, residential broadband services will cover 38 million US households by 2006. “The economic environment of the past year, combined with uncertainty surrounding competing technologies and floundering business models, threatens to slow the growth in demand for residential broadband.… Continue reading 35% Of US Households Will Have Broadband Access By 2006, Says Strategis

The number of text messages sent in the UK last year almost doubled compared to 2000, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). December’s 1.3 billion total means that during the course of 2001, some 12.2 billion chargeable person to person text messages were sent, compared to 1.1 billion in 1999… Continue reading UK Text Message Total For 2001 Exceeds 12 Billion