The handset vendors are still saying that it is a frosty market out there but there is a spring in their step as second-quarter 2009 results start to pour in, according to ABI Rese...
In 2011 some 20 million TVs offering wireless connectivity will be shipped worldwide, according to ABI Research. As part of the continuing trend towards networked home entertainment,...
While PND and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, handset-based turn-by-turn navigation is boosted by the rapidly growing smartphone segment...
The tally of wireless operators committed to deploy LTE networks and offer LTE-based services to their subscribers in 2010 has climbed to at least 12, according to ABI Research. By...
The first quarter of 2009 fulfilled an expected trend that will last throughout the calendar year. The worldwide handset market shipped 35 million fewer units than it did during the...
While many sectors of the economy are languishing in the global recession, wireless infrastructure is relatively healthy. This also holds true in the world's major "emerging...
While GPS has become a standard feature in smartphones driven by the popularity of mapping, navigation and LBS applications, GPS penetration in feature phones remains low outside...
The number of subscribers to handset-hosted location based services (LBS) increased in 2008 to more than 18 million. North America continued to be the dominant region, accounting...
Mobile end-user average revenues per user (ARPUs) dropped between 5% and 15% on year in fourth-quarter 2008 compared to fourth-quarter 2007. China, India, and a number of other Asian...
Second-tier mobile handset vendors shipped 80.5 million units last year, a small fraction of the global total. But they face significant challenges when seeking greater market share...
Total revenues earned from RFID transponders, readers, software and services will amount to more than US$5.6 billion in 2009, according to the latest market data from ABI Research.
Mobile handset shipments in the first half of 2008 had a 14% increase on year while slowed to 8% in the third quarter before crashing into a 10% decline in the fourth quarter. As...
In the second quarter of 2008, tier one handset vendors enjoyed year-over-year unit shipment growth of between 15-22%. ABI Research estimates that 301 million units were shipped during...
