Juniper Research is out with a new study forecasting that the value of digital and physical goods that people buy with their mobiles will reach $200 billion globally by 2012. That’s compared to just less than $100 billion this year. By digital goods, Juniper includes entertainment products and tickets, whilst physical goods include groceries, gifts…
BlackBerry 2010 Roadmap Assembled by Analyst
A lot of unreleased BlackBerrys have been making the rounds the last couple of months, and RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky has rounded them all up in this handy graph, while tossing in his own estimates for releases, pricing and a few interesting new bits of information. For one, he lists the Onyx Delta…
ABI Research: Enterprise adoption of ultra-mobile devices to hit $12.5 billion by 2015
Although Apple introduced the iPad as a consumer-focused device, enterprise suppliers are already preparing it for business use. For instance, we have Cisco releasing its WebEx Meeting Center application for Apple’s tablet, and I’m sure other enterprise solution makers will follow the example in no time. According to ABI Research, worldwide ultra-mobile device (UMD) adoption…
Juniper Research: Mobile app revenues to exceed $30 billion by 2015
Juniper Research is out with a new report titled “Mobile App Stores: Business Models, Strategies & Market Segmentation 2010-2015,” forecasting that the combined revenues from apps funded by pay-per-download (PPD), value-added services (including freemium and subscription) and advertising is expected to rise from just under $10 billion last year to $32 billion in 2015! The…
ABI Research: Linux-based smartphones to take a third of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015
ABI Research’s analysts are obviously bullish about Linux on mobile phones, as we have the research company forecasting that Linux-enabled smartphones, led by the success of the Android platform, will comprise 33% of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015. The reason behind their thinking is obvious – at the moment, there are more than 60,000…
ABI Research: 75% of all WCDMA base stations will be HSPA+ capable by 2015
ABI Research argues that despite the fact that everyone’s all about 4G these days, most carriers around the world are first looking to upgrade their networks to HSPA+ and then eventually switch to LTE. By the end of this year, 20 LTE networks are set to go live, but by the end 2015 only 11%…
comScore: Samsung and Verizon lead the U.S. market
comScore is out with the latest report on key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month period ending April 2010. The figures are compared to the preceding three-month period, ranking the leading mobile OEMs and mobile operators in the U.S. according to their share of usage by current mobile subscribers age…
Data Speed Showdown: Sprint 4G vs T-Mobile HSPA+
Sprint may be the only network using a 4G WiMax network in this country, but T-Mobile is catching up fast with the roll-out their HSPA+ network, which can reach “4G speeds.” But, just how close does T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network come to Sprint’s WiMAX network? Well, our friends at PhoneScoop have conducted some data speed tests…
Smartphone apps usage on the up and up, iPhone users have most installed apps
Whether you’re on BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, or some other smartphone platform, if you’ve got something to do, chances are, there’s an app to help you do it. With smartphone usage on the up and up and app stores from iPhone and Android growing ever faster and adding more features at an almost daily pace, there’s…
Berg Insight: Location-based service revenues in Europe to reach 420 million EUR by 2015
In its latest research report, Berg Insight forecasts that mobile location-based service revenues in Europe will grow from 220 million EUR in 2009 at a CAGR of 12% to reach 420 million EUR in 2015. Local search, navigation services and social networking will lead the way in terms of number of users. According to the…