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IPTV will Get 22 Million Subscribers in Asia-Pac by
2013 A Frost & Sullivan study reveals that the IPTV subscriber base in Asia-Pacific – covering 13 countries – reached 4.1 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach 22.4 million by end-2013. Of the 13 countries, eight had commercial IPTV services in 2007, while the rest are conducting trials for expected deployments from 2009 onwards. The research firm believes that in global IPTV deployments, half-hearted approach to IPTV services has not been effective…Full Article |
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Big Bankers for Online Banking Bank of America will likely continue to have the largest number of online customers compared to merged Chase/WaMu or proposed Wells Fargo/Wachovia or Citi/Wachovia across both liquid deposit account customers as well as online customers of any kind. This is revealed by the web market research firm comScore, which analyzed the impact these mergers will have on the online banking market. Bank of America would continue to lead online banks with 24.6 million unique customers…Full Article |
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Mobile Gaming Growth Depends on Mobile Infrastructure Mobile online gaming market in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region grew by 35% in 2007 year-on-year, says research firm IDC. This was 1% lower than IDC's previous forecast, as growth in Hong Kong, the PRC, and Malaysia came in softer than expected. Infrastructure will be the key in the growth of mobile online gaming market across Asia/Pacific countries…Full Article |
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Four Billion Mobile Subscribers by the End of 2008 This is predicted by ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré, as he was speaking about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York. Since the turn of the century, ITU observes, the growth of mobile cellular subscribers has been impressive, with year-on-year growth averaging 24% between 2000 and 2008. While in 2000, mobile penetration stood at only 12%, it surpassed the 50% mark by early 2008. It is estimated to reach about 61% by the end of 2008…Full Article |
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U.S. Tech Exports Earned $214 Billion U.S. high-tech merchandise exports totaled $214 billion in 2007, decreasing 3% from $220 billion in 2006, according to AeA's Trade in the Cyberstates 2008, a study released today (Sept. 23) that looks at high-tech trade flows at the national level and tech goods exports for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The report is a partner publication to AeA's annual publication, Cyberstates, which looks at high-tech employment, wages, and other factors at the national and state-by-state level…Full Article |
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U.S. Businesses Coming Under Scanner Scanning use in the United States is growing significantly, according to a special research study published by IDC. The study – based on survey data from over 1,800 end user, IT, and facilities/operations/purchasing respondents in eight key document-intensive industries – reveals that 52% of all respondents indicated that they have increased their scanning use over the past two years and that 57% of all respondents expect scanning usage to further increase over the next two years. Making information more accessible is the most often mentioned scanning benefit across all industries…Full Article |
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Telecoms Market to Earn $2 trillion in 2008 The worldwide telecommunications market is expected to reach $2 trillion in 2008, with 7.6% growth from last year’s revenue of $1.8 trillion, according to research firm Gartner. The operators, however, are facing numerous challenges as growth in the fixed voice sector and in the most developed countries has slowed or even begun to shrink. North America will no longer be the largest regional telecom market as it’s likely to be surpassed by Asia Pacific…Full Article |
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Can Mobile Advertising Take Off? Yes, if it’s unobtrusive and measurable, says research firm Frost & Sullivan. The shift in the choice of new media makes the mobile an appealing advertising platform and arguably, the most direct channel to reach consumers. For mobile advertising to take off however it needs to overcome the annoyance factor and the perception of unsolicited content, where SMS-marketing has previously failed, observes the researcher. Mobile advertising across 13 Asia-Pacific countries generated revenues of $807.8 million in 2007 and is expected to reach a market size of over $4 billion by end-2012…Full Article |
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Games that Females Play While the total female online gaming audience in August 2008 grew 27% versus last year to nearly 43 million visitors, the number of female gamers in the 12-24 and 55-64 age segments grew at a substantially faster rate. There is a significant user growth among teenage girls between the ages of 12 and 17 and women between the ages of 55 and 64. Growth in these particular demographic groups is likely the result of the emergence of gaming content, portals, and Web sites catering specifically to these segments. The data is released by comScore from its study of the U.S. online gaming market…Full Article |
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YouTube Videos Hot among Americans Research firm comScore has released the July 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, reporting that Americans viewed more than 11.4 billion videos for a total duration of 558 million hours during the month. In July, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with more than 5 billion videos viewed (representing a 44% share of the online video market), with YouTube.com accounting for more than 98% of all videos viewed at the property…Full Article |
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Microsoft is Top U.S. Online Display Advertiser Fox Interactive Media, which owns MySpace.com, ranked as the top display ad publisher with 15.9% of all display ads viewed, while Microsoft was the top display advertiser with 1.7% of total views. This is revealed by comScore in its June ranking of the top online display ad publishers and advertisers, based on data from the comScore Ad Metrix service. Microsoft attained No. 1 position with 5.5 billion display ad views…Full Article |
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Tech Shopping Spree will Fetch $3.4 Trillion Despite economic slowdown, worldwide IT spending will exceed $3.4 trillion in 2008, an increase of 8% from 2007, according to research company Gartner. Growth is largely based on the decline in the U.S. dollar. While software spending will go up by over 10%, IT services spending ranks a close second with more than 9.4% growth. Major contribution is coming from the telecom sector, which will spend nearly $2 trillion in 2008…Full Article |
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Intel
Rules the PC Processor Market Intel captured 79.7% market share and AMD 19.7% of the PC processor market, which is on a steady growth track. For the first time, Intel mobile PC processor shipments exceeded desktop processor shipments, as worldwide market hits record levels of unit shipments in 2Q08, according to tech market research firm IDC. However, the market revenue declined 4.5% quarter over quarter to $7.7 billion…Full Article |
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BRIC Mobile Net Users Fall for Fun Mobile Internet users in the growing Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) markets prefer content from entertainment-themed websites. This stands in stark contrast with the more mature American and European markets, where information and news draw the most mobile Internet browsers, says research firm The Nielsen Company. Entertainment, gaming, and music websites rank among the top 5 categories visited in all four BRIC countries, but do not have a place among the top US and Europe rankings…Full Article |
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Growth Forecast for Online Video Market Worldwide online video revenue is expected to touch $4.5 billion by 2012, up from $1.2 billion in 2008, the high-tech market research firm In-Stat says. Ad-supported professional video from major TV networks will become a strong revenue contributor by 2012. However, 54% of respondents to an In-Stat survey of US consumers still favor physical discs when purchasing movies or TV shows…Full Article |
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E-mail Marketing Facing Rivalry from Social Media Rising popularity of social networking sites and other forms of communication including text messaging and cell phone use are beginning to impact the effectiveness of e-mail marketing, particularly the numbers of consumers that say promotional messages inspired purchases. This is revealed by JupiterResearch, an Internet market research firm...Full Article |
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China Leading the Net Race By the end of June 2008, the amount of netizens in China had reached 253 million, surpassing that in the United States, making China the No.1 Internet user nation in the world. Similarly, the country of over one billion people also leads the world in terms of number of broadband users: 214 million. This is revealed recently by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) through its 22nd statistical report on the Internet development in China…Full Article |
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Linux Aims at Mobile Internet Devices The Linux OS, in flavours such as Moblin, LiMo, and Maemo, is supposed to dominate the Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) market with a solid share. It’s expected to capture unit volumes of 50 million per annum in 2013, according to tech market researcher ABI Research. A significant aspect of the Linux OS in this market is its ability to provide a converged platform that can span multiple device segments...Full Article |
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