By 2016 around 40% of global mobile users will subscribe to mobile broadband, compared to 15% currently, which could cause revenues to soar to nearly $100 billion, according to Infonetics Research.
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Sky’s launch of Now TV, the on-demand video service which is set to include Sky TV programming later this year, constitutes a further example of a change of strategy at BSkyB.
The BBC has confirmed that it will continue to provide analogue transmissions, with the government yet to decide upon a date for the adoption of digital radio.
