Yankee Group’s annual predictions this year focus exclusively on the impacts from 4G. With 4G roll-outs already taking place, the Yankee Group makes 13 predictions for its impact on the mobile data landscape, and lists winners and losers for each prediction. It will be no surprise that Google and Apple appear several times among the winners, while network operators frequently appear among the losers. The report includes forecasts of 4G take-up, smartphone sales and app revenues. The predictions are available as 1 hour podcast with accompanying slides, and as an Acrobat document.
Yankee Group’s 2011 Predictions on 4G
December 10th, 2010infoDev: Telecommunications Regulation Handbook
December 10th, 2010infoDev, the World Bank supported information exchange on ICT for development (ICT4D), has made available the 10th Anniversary edition of the “Telecommunications Regulation Handbook”. The handbook, which infoDev describes as “a one-stop regulatory reference guide for the telecommunications sector” is a 250 page reference book on all areas of regulation. A new chapter in this edition, “A Digital Future: Regulatory Challenges in a Brave New World”, covers convergence, content regulation, privacy, net neutrality, cybersecurity and green ICT.
Futron: monthly satellite market reports
December 10th, 2010Futron has uploaded its monthly data summaries for the commercial geostationary satellite market. These summaries cover transponders by application and frequency, manufacturer market shares, launches by date and launch vehicle, and a summary of FCC regulatory actions related to satellites.
BEREC: Future regulation options for mobile roaming
December 10th, 2010BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications), which represents telecoms regulators in the EU, has issued a report on roaming regulation. The report is directed to the European Commission which is assessing how to achieve a competitive internal market for roaming. As well as describing future regulatory options, BEREC’s report discusses prospects for competition in roaming services, the effects of current price regulation on the mobile market, roaming prices and the underlying costs and trends in domestic prices. The report also includes an analysis of consumer surveys in 6 member states.
OECD broadband statistics update
December 10th, 2010The OECD has just released new statistics on broadband penetration in OECD countries as of June 2010. These include the number of broadband subscribers per country, broadband subscriptions by technology, the percentage of fibre connections in total broadband and, for the first time, a wireless broadband penetration indicator.
