Rise of HSPA and mobile broadband driving uptake of 3G devices
Brought to you by Wireless Intelligence3G-capable devices are accounting for an increasing share of operator handset portfolios due to improved 3G network coverage, lower device costs and a focus on...
View ArticleSmartphone users spending more ‘face time’ on apps than voice calls or web...
Wireless Intelligence recently commissioned a study to help understand how smartphone users are interacting with mobile apps. The aim was to discover how mobile apps usage varied across smartphone...
View ArticleHigh-cost smartphone subsidies impacting operator margins
Efforts by mobile operators to increase smartphone penetration levels are beginning to put pressure on margins and leading to higher operational costs. New Wireless Intelligence research has used...
View ArticleSmartphones spark mobile Internet boom in Vietnam
Rapid adoption of smartphones is driving a mobile Internet boom in Vietnam, only 18 months since the country’s operators switched on their first 3G networks. According to the latest Wireless...
View ArticleEuropean operators look to cut smartphone subsidies to preserve data gains
Stabilising prices mean that data revenues are beginning to offset voice revenue declines in certain European countries, but the cost of attracting new mobile internet subscribers and keeping hold of...
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3G technologies reshaping mobile device market
The drive to increase mobile data revenues is leading global operators to add a significant number of data devices in their product portfolios alongside traditional handsets, according to a new...
View ArticleiPhone driving US smartphone sales
Two in every three smartphones sold by the top three US mobile operators in Q1 related to iPhone activations, according to new analysis by Wireless Intelligence, reflecting the increasing dominance of...
View ArticleOperators see smartphones beginning to dominate handset sales
The high volume of smartphones currently being sold in developed regions has pushed smartphone penetration past 50 percent for some operators, while others expect smartphones to completely supersede...
View ArticleIDC: mobile phone market slow in 2012
IDC forecast that the worldwide mobile phone market will have grown by 1.4 percent year-on-year during 2012, the lowest annual increase for three years.The slow growth comes despite a record period for...
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Localytics: New iPads making inroads
Apple’s latest iPads generated 4 percent of all iOS tablet sessions for apps tracked by analytics firm Localytics, following the launch of the devices in early November 2012.According to the company, 2...
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Canalys: emerging markets to drive smartphone growth
Developing markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China (BRIIC) will “drive much of the volume growth” in the global smartphone market in 2013, according to the latest forecasts from...
View ArticleIndia and Brazil set for strong smartphone growth
India and Brazil will see strong smartphone growth in the period to 2017, with China remaining the biggest market, according to a forecast by IDC.According to the company, India will see growth of...
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Chinese operators reap the rewards of rising smartphone penetration
NEW ANALYSIS: “China has an unusually large number of potential first time smartphone buyers, and that’s not lost on us,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors this week. He added that the firm had...
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Study: smartphones gaining ground in operator device portfolios
Smartphones make up 58 per cent of operators’ device ranges, compared with just 19 per cent for feature phones, according to a new study by Wireless Intelligence.According to its analysis of more than...
View ArticleQ1 smart devices top 300M, tablets growing fastest
Global shipments of ‘smart devices’, comprising notebooks, tablets and smartphones, hit 309 million units in Q1 2013, with tablets the fastest-growing segment, according to research firm Canalys.Total...
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Operators look to tablet devices to drive 4G migration and usage
NEW ANALYSIS: As 4G-LTE networks continue to expand across mature markets, there is evidence that device choices and usage habits are also evolving in line with the faster network speeds. As Wireless...
View ArticleAndroid smartphone shipments to hit 1B in 2017; WP to rival Apple
More than 1 billion Android-powered smartphones will ship in 2017, with Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform growing its share to rival Apple’s iOS, according to analyst firm Canalys.This will give...
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IDC: tier-two vendors driving mobile phone growth
Growth in the worldwide mobile phone market is being partially driven by vendors outside of the top five, which saw volumes increase faster than the market, according to research from IDC.According to...
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Is a ‘world’ LTE smartphone on the horizon?
NEW ANALYSIS: Achieving global economies of scale for LTE remains a challenge, reports Joss Gillet of GSMA Intelligence.The mobile industry has made good progress in ensuring LTE spectrum harmonisation...
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Why emerging markets hold the key to smartphone success for Microsoft-Nokia
NEW ANALYSIS: Microsoft announced this week that it is acquiring Nokia Devices & Services for $7.2 billion, a bold move by the software giant aimed at strengthening the position of Windows Phone in...
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Smartphone suppliers smash shipment record in Q3 – IDC
Smartphone vendors shipped a record 258.4 million units in Q3, according to research firm IDC, beating the previous record set in Q2 2013 by 9 per cent.“Price points have declined significantly, driven...
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Android hits 80% smartphone share; phablets on the up
Google’s Android platform hit a “new milestone” in the third quarter of 2013, accounting for 81 per cent of the 261.1 million smartphones shipped during the period, according to number crunchers at...
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From feature phones to smartphones, the road ahead
NEW ANALYSIS: The increasing number of smartphone models priced under the $100 mark is the main driver of consumer migration from basic and feature phones to smartphones.GSMA Intelligence research...
View ArticleLenovo focuses on innovation at inaugural Tech World conference
Lenovo’s first Tech World conference, held in Beijing this week, was talked up “as a celebration of innovation”, by CEO Yang Yuanqing after the company took the wraps off a number of new research...
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Smartphone market sees record 2015, but not without challenges
Global smartphone shipments increased by 12 per cent annually to hit 1.4 billion units in 2015, although there are signs that the future may not be so rosy, figures from Strategy Analytics show.Growth...
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Tablet market continues slowdown in Q4
The worldwide tablet market declined “yet again” in Q4 2015, although the picture for “detachable” devices is significantly different, according to figures from IDC.65.9 million units shipped during...
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