Half Of Western European Mobile Operators Recorded Annual Falls




Voice Revenue Growth Precipitously Drops to 1 percent Q1 2007

Boston, MA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Half of the mobile operators in Western Europe recorded annual falls in voice revenues in Q1 2007 as revenue growth in the region as a whole stalls. According to the new Strategy Analytics report, "Wireless Operator Performance Benchmarking, Q1 2007," revenues per minute from wireless voice fell 12 percent last quarter as regulatory pressure and competition continue to bite.


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Consumers Give High Marks to Perceptions of the iPhone




Boston, MA -/Wi-Fi Technology News/-The Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Labs probed consumer perceptions of the iPhone experience in a series of research panels. "Consumer Reactions to the Apple iPhone - Wireless Device Lab Analyzes the 'Wow,'" reports on the iPhone's stellar performance.


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Trustive Report Reveals Businesses Failing to Control Wi-Fi Hotspot Usage



-/Wi-Fi Technology News/-Wireless hotspot users are not getting value for money for service access as they are wasting minutes unnecessarily, according to Trustive, Europe's leading wireless hotspot access provider. This along with: businesses failing to have a policy on hotspot access; Wi-Fi access becoming an important factor in hotel selection; Voice over IP (VoIP) will be the 'killer application' for Wi-Fi hotspots within 12 months; hotspot usage is on the increase; and Asia Pac operators falling behind on adopting WISPr, are some of the key findings from the second, annual Trustive WLAN Roaming Research 2007(i) launched today at the Wireless Event, Olympia.


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Consumers Worldwide Still Less Interested In Mobile Broadband Access



Value of Mobile Broadband Access Unclear to Average Consumers

Dallas, Texas-/April 14, 2007 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-Mobile broadband access services have failed worldwide to capture the interest of average consumers, with Internet users in most countries unwilling to pay a premium for such services, according to "Mobile Broadband Wireless: Path toward 4G."


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Middle East And Africa World's Fastest Broadband Growing Regions



Region increases number of broadband subscribers by 38% in 2006



Arabcom, Dubai, -/April 11, 2007 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- during the DSL Forum’s first visit to the Middle East, Robin Mersh, the DSL Forum Chief Operating Officer, applauded the strong growth of broadband in the region during his keynote address at Arabcom. Mersh cited analyst Point Topic’s published figures that confirm that the number of broadband subscribers in Middle East and Africa grew by 38% in 2006, while the number of those subscribers using DSL access technology grew by 81.9% to 4.3million.


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Demand For Access To Web Services Via Mobile Phone Growing Strongly



Media Content Consumption Surging

Boston, MA -/March 27, 2007 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Demand for access to Web service via mobile phone continues to grow strongly in the US. Most respondents to a recent Strategy Analytics survey identified a preference for Google Search, with Yahoo! services and iTunes close behind. These survey results support the Strategy Analytics view that carriers must partner with these brands in order to pull demand through for their data access plans.


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UK Companies Pouring £1+ billion Down a Telecoms Black Hole




London, UK-/March 13, 2007 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Aurora Kendrick James, the telecoms expense management specialist, has today revealed that UK companies are pouring more than £1 billion annually down a black hole by simply not controlling the cost of communications.


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U.S. Households FTTx Fiber Connections Subscribers Will Increase to 18m by 2011


Aggressive deployment goals from telcos and increased consumer demand for bundled services will drive growth

Dallas, TX -/March 2, 2007 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-The number of U.S. households subscribing to FTTx (fiber connections) will increase from three million in 2007 to 18 million by the end of 2011, according to "FTTx and BPL: Analysis and Outlook." This new report from Parks Associates finds fiber subscriptions will join DSL and cable as mainstream broadband access methods over the next five years, driven by aggressive deployment plans from the telcos and increased consumer demand for new data, voice, and video services.


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High-speed Internet growth in U.S. homes exceeded 20% in 2006




Dallas, Texas -/February 16, 2007 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-Residential subscriptions to broadband Internet services surged 20% in 2006 to exceed 50 million U.S. households, according to "Digital Lifestyles: 2007 Outlook," a new study from Parks Associates. The report estimates U.S. residential broadband subscriptions will surpass 60 million households by year-end 2007, accounting for 55% of all U.S. households.


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WLAN Limitations & Distant WiMAX Promises Fuel Growth




Strategy Analytics Forecasts 9 Million PC Card & Embedded 3G/3.5G Modems Sales in 2007

Boston, MA -/February 2, 2007 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- According to the newly released Strategy Analytics report, "Liberating the Laptop: 5-Year Market Outlook on PC Cards & Embedded Wireless WAN Connectivity," the market for cellular PC cards and embedded 3G modems for notebook PCs is set to post spectacular 60 percent growth in 2007.


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