Analyst: Android handsets set to overtake iPhones
News Android smartphone sales will outstrip iPhone sales by 2012, a report by industry watchers Informa Telecoms & Media has predicted. The research by Informa Telecoms & Media also suggests smartphone sales will continue to be immune to the global...
[March 9, 2009, 8:53]
Businesses to lead FMC uptake
News Almost nine percent of businesses will use fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) devices versus just less than five percent for the total number of consumer voice subscribers, according to research from analyst house Informa Telecoms & Media.
[June 5, 2007, 16:31]
IPTV may help telcos fight mobile-broadband threat
News Bundling an IPTV service is looking like an increasingly savvy strategy for telcos seeking to stem the flow of customers ditching their fixed lines, according to market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media.
[November 28, 2008, 10:16]
EC expected to enforce SMS-roaming price cuts
News While operators have made some moves to reduce the costs of data roaming, they have failed to make voluntary price cuts for text messages, according to analyst Informa Telecoms & Media. Despite what Informa dubbed a "last-minute flurry of tariff...
[July 3, 2008, 9:59]
iPhone-type devices drive operators' strategy
News Speaking at the Informa Mobile, Broadband & TV Industry Outlook conference in London, Mark Newman, chief research officer at Informa Telecoms & Media, said: "Operators are now embracing the iPhone-type model.
[December 1, 2008, 7:24]
Analysts question the Orange way
News Mark Newman, chief research officer at Informa Telecoms & Media, agreed. But Chris Williams, broadband product manager at independent comparison and switching service uSwitch.com, said Orange's package illustrated the direction in which the...
[June 1, 2006, 11:30]
Super 3G hot spots due in 2006
News But research published earlier this week by Informa Telecoms & Media suggests that HSDPA could be hamstrung by a lack of compatible handsets. Despite early predictions from Samsung, LG and NEC of handsets becoming available from the end of 2005...
[May 3, 2005, 13:40]
Femtocells tipped to save operators over $5bn
News Analyst Informa Telecoms & Media has calculated that savings of up to $5.3bn (£2.8bn) or more could be made on network infrastructure costs if femtocells "are properly deployed using meticulous geographic network planning".
[August 14, 2008, 10:39]
Open platforms to be key for smartphone vendors
News Openness will become a key criterion for handset vendors as they develop strategies to help them maximise revenues while reducing costs, according to a new report by Informa Telecoms & Media. In a statement released on Thursday, Informa noted that...
[March 9, 2009, 11:56]
It's a high-speed world after all
News A report from analyst house Informa Telecoms and Media predicts that 490 million individuals will be using broadband by 2010, while research from fellow analysts Juniper Research says there will be 300 million 3G users by the end of the decade.
[August 12, 2005, 9:25]
Home fibre broadband hits landmark
News A report from research company Informa Telecoms and Media has found that despite breaking the one million barrier across western Europe, FTTH connections only account for just over 1 percent of all broadband connections in the continent.
[March 2, 2007, 10:24]
Handset evolution nears the end of the line
News According to Informa Telecoms & Media's eighth annual "Future Mobile Handsets" report, released on Tuesday, the rate of overall worldwide mobile handset growth will peak in 2007 then fall dramatically.
[October 3, 2006, 12:00]
100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots by the end of 2005
News A new report from research firm Informa Telecoms and Media is predicting the number of Wi-Fi hotspots will reach 100,000 before the start of 2006. The number of Wi-Fi hot spots looks set to break the six-figure barrier by the end of the year...
[September 27, 2005, 16:40]
C&W to fight Fusion with landline-mobile service
News FMC services are predicted to be worth $28bn (£15bn) by 2011, according to recent research by analyst Informa Telecoms and Media. Cable & Wireless is taking on BT's Fusion with the launch of its own fixed-mobile converged (FMC) service.
[May 5, 2006, 9:40]
Roaming cuts may lead to coverage black spots
News A recent report by researchers Informa Telecoms & Media said the proposed EU legislation will cause price hikes for those visiting Europe from outside the continent. The GSM Association, the trade body representing the mobile industry, believes...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
3G's enterprise future outlined
News Analyst firm Informa Telecoms and Media noted recently that investments in IMS are set to reach more than $4bn. Consumers are getting excited over 3G mobile services but the lack of business applications has put a damper on adoption of the cellular...
[April 19, 2006, 15:20]
3 cold on convergence
News Informa Telecoms & Media, for example, recently predicted the market will be worth $28bn by 2011. Third-generation mobile operator 3 has slammed the idea of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), labelling the technology a niche product.
[July 5, 2006, 10:15]
