Mobile Technology Intelligence

Mobile Market Monitor: Handsets and Smartphones Q4 2012 | 11 Mar 13 tags › The fourth quarter as usual saw the mobile handset market received a seasonal boost, though lackluster macroeconomic conditions meant that shipments grew only 1.4 per cent from the same period in 2011. Smartphones however drove revenues up 15.8 per cent from last year aided by a huge boom in emerging markets such as China, plus another big launch quarter for Apple. The news was not so good for many OEMs including Nokia, HTC and Motorola.

Long awaited 4G UK spectrum auction will not live up to expectations | 23 Jan 13 tags › The UK government is auctioning off spectrum for 4G services after much delay. The UK is the last of the major European countries to auction spectrum for 4G which included the valuable digital dividend spectrum. As well as enabling high speed mobile internet access, the auction can shape the market for years to come depending on who wins what spectrum. While the auction will not come close to raising the amount seen in the bonanza 3G auction in 2000, the UK government is expecting a windfall of £3.5bn from the auction.

Forecasting the 4G era's potential for market disruption | 17 Dec 12 tags › The arrival of 4G LTE presents a cyclical opportunity for challenger companies to overturn mobile market leaders because 4G requires: new network infrastructure; new handsets and mobile broadband modems; and opens up new spectrum bands. The 4G opportunity is already with us. There are now 4G networks live in 59 countries. In a number of countries - notably US, Japan and South Korea - a significant minority of consumers are already using 4G services on their smartphones which provides great case studies to understand the future path of 4G in other parts of the world.

Blackberry shifts focus to developing markets | 15 May 13 tags › Blackberry Messenger (BBM) will become available to Android 4.0+ and iPhone users this summer. Blackberry says that the popular messaging service currently has 60 million monthly active users globally....

High prices cool demand for spectrum in Australia | 07 May 13 tags › Australian telecoms regulator ACMA announced that Telstra, Optus and new entrant to mobile network market TPG Internet have won spectrum licences in its recent auction. The auction raised AU$1964m...

BBC iPlayer consumption sees tablets edge ahead of smartphones, both categories remain key | 24 Apr 13 tags › BBC iPlayer usage in the UK via tablets was higher than it was via mobile phones for the first time ever in March 2013. Collectively, tablets and mobile devices made up around 30 per cent of all iPlayer...

Forecasting the 4G Era's Potential | 19 Feb 13 tags › Forecasting the 4G Era?s Potential - Evolutionary or revolutionary? Analysis of the prospects for 4G adoption to grow, tactics to drive uptake, and of the impacts of 4G on TV, games, video and other content and services.

Eight Mobile Trends for 2013 and the Strategies to Win | 19 Feb 13 tags › The pace of innovation in mobile remains ferocious as the mobile market becomes the key battleground for digital. Here, we identify eight trends that will resonate throughout 2013 and the strategies that companies must adopt as a result to be successful.