January 31st, 2012
Solon Strategy’s latest white paper, “Mobile data growth: how German mobile data traffic will grow by 2016″, predicts a 15-fold increase in traffic by 2106 to more than 2,100 Petabytes annually. Underlying this growth is not only a growth in the number of devices, which is expected to almost triple in the period, but also the trend towards higher definition videos and the greater data hunger of tablets and laptops. The paper acknowledges the growth of M2M services but expects these to account for less than 2% of total mobile traffic in 2016.
Mobile data growth: how German mobile data traffic will grow by 2016a>
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January 31st, 2012
This latest Swedish contribution to the World Internet Project contains a wealth of data on how Swedes of all ages and both genders use the Internet. One striking result is a graph showing the age by which 50% of an age group are using the Internet, which declines from 15 in 1997 to 3 in 2011. However Swedish 3 year olds are not regular users, with only 2% using the Internet on a daily basis. The report also includes a section describing mobile Internet usage: thus over 35% of the population use mobile Internet and 42% of these use it every day. The section includes data on usage by age and gender, most popular uses, hours of usage etc.
World Internet Project
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December 31st, 2011
Phil Asmundson of Deloitte singles out the proliferation of wireless as his key trend with spectrum shortages and the investments required to roll-out 4G as main challenges. 2012 Outlook on Telecommunications.
Alex Liu of A.T. Kearney’s trends include the (mobile) data explosion, machine-to-machine (M2M) and government-backed broadband. He also notes the Cloud and next-generation analytics as drivers of data demand. A.T. Kearney’s Crystal Ball 2012.
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December 9th, 2011
The ACMA outlines how the development of a common accessible broadband infrastructure can facilitate the creation of next generation applications and services and the pressures these developments make on current regulatory arrangements.
Darrell West of The Brookings Institution sums up “Ten Facts about Mobile Broadband”
Current Analysis examines current commercial LTE offers in Europe. Marketing LTE: Early Service Trends in Europe
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December 9th, 2011
Ofcom’s latest annual report into the consumer experience of fixed and mobile, internet and digital broadcasting is a massive source of data on the UK market: 175 figures covering topics as diverse as the duration of mobile phone contracts (most now either 1 month or 24 months), or the proportion who have switched mobile provider this year by age and gender (men are almost twice as likely to have changed than women).
The Consumer Experience 2010
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December 9th, 2011
Booz & Co.’s brief note focuses on the strategies and capabilities that telecoms operators will need in order to benefit from current industry trends, and describes four possible business models. These are: the reliable, cost-efficient network guarantor; the flexible, integrated business enabler; the innovative, customer-facing experience creator; and the wide-ranging, synergistic global multimarketer.
2012 Telecommunications Industry Perspective
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December 9th, 2011
Ernst & Young’s Global Telecommunications Center has published the latest edition of “Inside Telecommunications”, its review of “the most significant developments in the telecommunications sector each quarter”. This quarter’s highlights include cloud based services offered by telecoms operators, the rise of mobile instant messaging as a substitute for SMS, and operators’ strategies for offloading mobile data traffic.
“Inside Telecommunications” Q3 2011
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December 5th, 2011
CMT, the Spanish telecoms regulator, has issued a call for tender for “The development of proposals for the modification of the ex ante approach offers operators designated with SMP” (Google translation). The tender amount is 80,000 Euros + VAT and no closing date is given. The contract documents and technical specification are available at: Expediente AD 101/11.
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October 31st, 2011
The Oxford Internet Institute’s latest report “Next Generation Users: The Internet in Britain 2011″ suggests that almost half of British Internet users can be classed as “next generation users”, people who regularly access the Internet through an variety of devices, including smart-phones, tablets, and e-readers.
Next Generation Users: The Internet in Britain 2011
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October 31st, 2011
The Wireless World Research Forum’s latest Outlook white paper “Requirements and vision for Next Generation Wireless” is the first phase of the Forum’s proposal for a future Internet oriented wireless system for the year 2020. The paper describes the type of services that will be supported, e.g. pervasive HD multimedia, and by coupling these with the environment constraints proposes business and traffic models to 2020.
WWRF – Requirements and vision for Next Generation Wireless
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