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‘6G’: DARPA enlists US engineering schools for smart road
DARPA, industry fund research into high-gigahertz and terahertz spectrum for "6G" smart road.
The industry is just getting started with 5G, but New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering — home of NYU Wireless and the Brooklyn 5G Summit — is joining in the Defense...
IBM partners with Delos to build healthier living spaces
IBM announced earlier this month it is collaborating with wellness and technology firm Delos to adopt IBM Cloud and cognitive technologies to speed the discovery of new insights in health and wellness and their connections to the design of indoor spaces.
Designed to be a multi-year collaboration, Delos...
AT&T’s Nadia Morris discusses barriers to cancer research
American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable: Overcoming barriers to progress in cancer research
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable met in Austin yesterday to speak about overcoming barriers to progress in cancer research. Panel member Nadia Morris, head of innovation...
Feature Report: Peru: A Mobile Market Set for Growth
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Dominated by the two largest Latin American telecom operators, Peru's wireless market still holds promise. As observers have noted, there is room to grow in Peru as mobile penetration is at 96%, 2G services accounts for 91% of the total market and 76% of...
Online shopping booming in Latin America, survey finds
Over the next few years, the number of online shoppers in Latin America is expected to grow 20% a year, and business-to-consumer e-commerce revenue is expected to increase to U.S. $30 billion by 2013, according to a survey by German research firm yStats.com.
Brazil dominates...
Women buying 50% of smartphones, 61% of eReaders
Not too long ago we heard some evidence that eReaders - specifically Barnes & Noble's Nook Color - were being snapped up by the world's womenfolk. Now according to some official numbers from Nielsen, women are buying almost two thirds (61%) of all eReaders sold.
Press Release: Mobile Network Operators Face Seven Fold Increase in Data Delivery Costs, Rising to $370bn by 2016, Juniper Research warns
Juniper Research | August 2, 2011 | Press Release
Analyst house calls for wider use of offload, optimisation technologies to reduce operating costs
Hampshire, UK – 2nd August 2011: Mobile network operators (MNOs) must explore means of addressing data delivery costs and inefficiencies in base station...
iPad accounts for 97% of tablet usage in the US
It looks as if those reports announcing the end of the iPad era may have been a little premature after all. A study released yesterday by research firm comScore shows that Apple's best-selling iPad accounts for no less than 97.3% of tablet browsing in the US.
comScore Releases First Public Report on Web Usage in Peru, Expanding Coverage of Latin American Market
Google, Microsoft and Facebook Rank as Most-Visited Internet Properties in Peru
Portal Sites Account for One-Third of Internet Users’ Time Online
Lima, Peru, June 15, 2011 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its first public study of Internet...
Mobile broadband subscribers overtake fixed broadband
Infonetics Research | June 7, 2011
Campbell, CALIFORNIA, June 7, 2011—Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its latest Fixed and Mobile Subscribers market forecast report.
ANALYST NOTE
"As we predicted, mobile broadband subscribers surpassed wireline broadband subscribers in 2010 (558 million vs. 500 million). Fixed-line...
Nielsen numbers show iPad dominance slipping
A little while ago we discussed how analyst predictions about Apple's iPad dominating the tablet market for the next four to five years seemed broadly plausible, despite the historical inaccuracies of those same analyst's long-term forecasts. Today numbers released by research firm Nielsen indicate the iPad's inevitable slide may have already begun.
Tech tycoon Shiv Nadar to set up research-led university in Greater Noida
The Hindustan | April 25, 2011 |Â Vivek Sinha
Shiv Nadar, the founder chairman of software major HCL Technologies, announced on Monday that he would set up a research-led multidisciplinary university at Greater Noida, a satellite town of Delhi. The Shiv Nadar University, named after the...
One in five smartphones will have NFC by 2014
One in five smartphones will have NFC by 2014, according to a new Juniper research report.
Brazilian Mobile Operators Annual Revenues Reach 10 Billion Brazilian Real from Value Added Services
Acision | March 30, 2011 | Press Release
Reading, United Kingdom, 03/30/2011 - Acision announced the launch of its seventh edition of MAVAM – The Acision Mobile VAS Monitor – which reveals a significant increase in Brazilian wireless operator revenues driven by messaging and other mobile...
Research and Markets: Brazil Telecommunications Report Q1 2011
Research and Markets | March 7, 2011 | Press Release
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/51dfb5/brazil_telecommuni) has announced the addition of the "Brazil Telecommunications Report Q1 2011" report to their offering.
Brazil Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and regulatory...
Yankee Group forecasts global mobile transaction value will near $1 Trillion by 2014
Yankee Group | February 14, 2011 | Press Release
Still, fewer than 10 percent of consumers are willing to pay extra for mobile transaction services.
Barcelona, Spain -- Mobile World Congress Feb 14, 2011 - Yankee Group research shows that while mobile transaction usage is growing,...
Research and Markets: Argentina telecommunications report Q1 2011: Argentina Conectada aims to provide 75% of the population with internet access by Mid-2011
Business Wire | February 4, 2011 | Press Release
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Argentina Telecommunications Report Q1 2011" report to their offering.
Business Monitor International's Argentina Telecommunications Report ...
Research and Markets: Cloud computing end-user analysis – Mexico
Business Wire | January 17, 2011 | News Wire
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b7c4e6/cloud_computing_en) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Cloud Computing End-user Analysis - Mexico" to...
Mobile Data Revenue to Triple in Peru as 3G Services Increase, Pyramid Finds
PR Newswire | January 6, 2011 | Press Release
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to low penetration rates, an expanding economy, deploying 3G networks, and declining smartphone prices, mobile data revenue is expected to triple over the next five years in Peru,...
India is largest mobile advertising market in APAC with 5.8 billion impressions monthly
Frontier India | January 6, 2011
InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile ad network, has released its updated network research report closing the year with a snapshot of mobile advertising trends in India between July 2010 and October 2010.
“The Indian mobile advertising market continues to...
Infonetics Research: Telecom outsourcing thriving; Ericsson, NSN, ALU, Huawei: soon running 3/4 of world's networks?
Marketwire | Dec 20, 2010 14:21 ET
CAMPBELL, CA--(Marketwire - December 20, 2010) - Â Telecommunications industry market research firm Infonetics Research (http://twitter.com/infonetics) released its updated Service Provider Outsourcing to Vendors market size, market share, and forecast report.
ANALYST NOTE
"Fierce competition among telecom service providers around the...
comScore Introduces Online Video Measurement Service in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Spain
comScore Press Release:
YouTube.com Makes Google Sites the Top Ranking Video Property across Latin America and Spain
Santiago, Chile, November 30, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of comScore Video Metrix in Brazil, Mexico, Chile,...