Home Networking Households Will Exceed 160 Million in 2008




European Service Providers Drive Home Networking in Booming Worldwide Market

Dallas, Texas -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Home networking penetration worldwide will grow nearly 50% from 2006 to 2008, according to a new Parks Associates white paper Europe: Home Network Update. This paper finds that households with data networking solutions for broadband and file sharing, totaling 114 million at the end of 2006, will reach close to 170 million by the end of 2008, prompted in large part by service provider-led deployments of residential gateway solutions, particularly in Europe. Amid aggressive competition, European broadband providers will have deployed residential gateways to more than 16 million households by the end of 2008, up from 11 million at year-end 2007.


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Aruba Networks Announces New WiMAX Interoperability White Paper



WiMAX Is Well Suited for Wide Area Networks, Wi-Fi Is Cost-Effective for a Wide Range of Local Clients

SUNNYVALE, CA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, today announced the availability of a new white paper on Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) that explores the strengths and weaknesses of this technology for delivering broadband wireless services to fixed and mobile clients.


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Palm Centro Attracts Most Attention From US Mobile Device Buyers



Buyers Seek Multifunction, Integrated Mobile Device

Boston, MA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- The latest buyer behavior report from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Lab, "Design Labs USA: Palm Centro & Samsung i760 Most Appealing Innovative Designs," looks at style perceptions of pre-launched and newly released devices in the USA.


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WiMAX Environment May Welcome Virtual Operators




Boston, MA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/-The new Strategy Analytics report, "WiMAX MVNOs: Just Crazy Enough to Work?" depicts scenarios that show that the WiMAX environment may actually prove to be more receptive to the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business model than the cellular world.


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Online and Mobile Advertising will grow to US$41 billion worldwide by 2011



New Media Captures Huge Advertising Dollars as Technology and Advertising Collide

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-/Wi-Fi Technology News/- MultiMedia Intelligence reports that the new media opportunity of Internet advertising, Internet TV, IPTV advertising, mobile TV advertising and in-game advertising will grow to US$41 billion worldwide by 2011. This will more than double the new media advertising segment of 2007, which collectively will reach almost US$18 billion worldwide in 2007.


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Global Online Games Market Expected To Triple In Five Years



Massively Multiplayer Games Blazing the way for Electronic Sell-Through

Boston, MA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- The global online games market is already worth $4 billion and is expected to triple in the next five years according to the latest Strategy Analytics outlook for the global online games market.

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Support Calls To Broadband Service Providers For Home Networking Issues Rising



Could exceed $200 million by 2011

Dallas, Texas -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- As broadband providers look to in-home networks as a means of enhancing productivity, communications, and entertainment, a new report from Parks Associates warns that their customer service costs will escalate significantly. Digital Home Services: Carriers, Retailers, and the Consumer projects that customer support costs for home networks alone could exceed $200 million annually for U.S. broadband providers.


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Days of 'Extortionist' Paid Wi-Fi Coming To An End?




Boston, MA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- FON, the company with a vision of free and ubiquitous broadband, marked a milestone in the US market several months ago. Its agreement with Time Warner Cable permitting TWC subscribers to share bandwidth created a minor splash in the press and industry.


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Fiber (FTTx) and WiMax Among Fastest Growing Access Technologies Next 5 Years


Worldwide Broadband Subscriptions to Exceed 536 Million by 2011

Fiber Will Grow to Nearly 12 Percent of Total by 2011

Boston, MA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Worldwide broadband subscriptions will exceed 536 million by 2011, with DSL representing over half of the market. Fiber (FTTx) and WiMax will be among the fastest growing access technologies in the next 5 years, according to a report just released by Strategy Analytics, "Worldwide Broadband Subscription Forecasts, 2007-2011."


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Nokia N95 and Apple iPhone Set New Standards for Multimedia Devices




Boston, MA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Strategy Analytics has conducted the first end user evaluation of the much heralded iPhone with its panel of multimedia buyers in Boston, MA. The latest Wireless Device Laboratory report, "Nokia N95 and Apple iPhone Set New Standards for Multimedia Devices," reveals that although the iPhone has the wow factor and outperforms all other multimedia devices tested, the Nokia N95 likewise provides exceptional multimedia performance in a mobile form.


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