Topic: Publications & Resources
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
Cable and Broadband Dominate US Fixed-Mobile Convergence Outlook
New Study Predicts Service Provider Friction will Drive US Fixed-Mobile Convergence Market
Boston, MA -/June 28, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- According to the latest Strategy Analytics report, "Cellular Beats Convergence in In-Building Voice Battleground," the US will lead adoption of fixed mobile convergence (FMC), as the rest of the world sees FMC play second fiddle to cellular-only substitution. Seven percent of voice telephony users will use a FMC product in the US by 2010, compared with only two percent outside the US.
Broadband Carriers Beginning To Dictate The Pace Of The Home Networks Market
Data connectivity, VoIP, and multimedia capabilities drive deployment of advanced customer premise equipment
Dallas, Texas -/June 24, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- The number of broadband households with a residential gateway (RG) will reach 69% by 2009, driven in large part by service providers, according to Home Networks & Residential Gateways: Analysis and Forecasts, a new study from Parks Associates.
BT Fusion The Beginning Of A $74bn Trend, Says Visiongain Report
-/June 22, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-BT's recently launched Bluephone project, which has been re-christened BT Fusion, is only the start of Fixed/Mobile Convergence (FMC) in the Telecoms industry, says a report by industry analysts visiongain
Benny Bing's New Wireless Networking Book Dealing With Wi-Fi Networks Released
All in a Wi-Fi Network: A Comprehensive Workbook on Wireless LAN Technologies by Benny Bing
-/June 20, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- All in a Wi-Fi Network is a workbook designed to fill the need for a comprehensive yet compact and easy-to-use reference, specifically for anyone who wish to study the underlying principles of past, present, and emerging Wi-Fi technologies.
Nokia Networks, Microsoft Elata and Motricity Best Positioned Vendors
Boston, MA -/June 19, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Strategy Analytics, the global research and consulting company, released "Mobile Content Delivery Platforms: Search for Value-Add and Scale as Solutions Commoditize." This report concludes that operators are now more concerned with the commercial aspects of content provisioning as the majority of the technical problems have been solved and little functional differentiation exists between the competing platforms.
78 Million US Homes Will Use Some Type Of Broadband Service By 2010
Telcos Sacrifice Margins For Market Share As Cable's Broadband Lead Slips
Boston, MA -/June 16, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- After years of dominating the US market, cable operators' share of broadband Internet customers will decline steadily over the next five years according to "Broadband Internet Services in North America: Market Outlook & Analysis," from Strategy Analytics. This report notes that although cable remains the leading broadband platform in the US, its share of the total base of broadband users fell from 62 to 59 percent in 2004.
Only 6% of PSP Intenders Rank Video as the Top Extra Feature for a PSP
PlayStation Portable Hasn't Enticed Video Fans Yet- Only 6% of PSP Intenders Rank Video as the Top Extra Feature for a PSP
Dallas, Texas-/June 15, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Sony's hot-selling PlayStation Portable (PSP) has not yet become an immediate threat to hard-drive-based portable video devices, according to Parks Associates' upcoming report Portable Multimedia Players: Analysis and Forecasts.
Digital Rights Management Conflicts Delay Lucrative 144 Million Device Market
Boston, MA -/June 9, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-According to the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home service, technology providers are now overcoming many of the hurdles in the race to develop tomorrow's connected home, where consumers will be able to easily transfer their digital music and video files between the home PC, the home theater and portable media devices.
802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition Released
Creating and Administering Practical Networks O'Reilly Releases "802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition"
Farnham, UK-/June 8, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-The appeal of wireless networks comes down to two things, according to Matthew Gast: "People move. Networks don't." In a world that's become increasingly mobile, traditional networks are proving inadequate to meet the challenges imposed by their users. "If users must be connected to a network by physical cables, their movement is dramatically reduced," observes Gast. "Wireless connectivity, however, poses no such restrictions and allows a great deal more free movement on the part of the network user." To illustrate, Gast points to the proliferation of mobile phone usage.
EasyMobile & Other Low-Cost MVNOs Shake Up Stagnant Prepaid Mobile Market
Boston, MA-/June 7, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-Low-cost MVNOs, shaking up a stagnant European prepaid market, are threatening to grab as much as 15 to 20 percent of the available market share over the next five years, according to "EasyMobile: Trends in Low-Cost Service Provision in Europe," from Strategy Analytics. Operators are finally waking up to this unpleasant truth, and are reacting by launching their own low-cost offers, like "Simyo," from E-Plus, which launched last week in Germany. However, the threat from no-frills players still looms large over the entire mobile industry.