Topic: Publications & Resources
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Sixty-Five Percent of Internet Households Ready to Switch to Bundled Services to Save $20 per Month
Cost currently trumps convenience for a majority of Internet households; service provider challenge is to sell value beyond monthly cost savings
October 14, 2004 Dallas, TX ? Over 60% of all Internet households would be willing to consolidate their services under a single provider if so doing saved $20 per month, according to Bundled Services: Analysis and Forecasts, a new industry report from Parks Associates.
Next Major Technology Wave Is Multimedia Home Networking
STRATEGY ANALYTICS: 350 MILLION CONNECTED HOME DEVICE OPPORTUNITY LURES MAJOR TECHNOLOGY FIRMS
London, England -/22 Oct, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Global sales of home networking devices, such as digital media servers and receivers, will reach a cumulative 350 million units over the next five years, according to Strategy Analytics' latest report, 'Connected Home Devices: Global Market Forecast.' Technology leaders, including Cisco/Linksys, Microsoft, Philips, Samsung and Sony, are bidding alongside emerging players, like Entropic, Ucentric and Video Without Boundaries, for a share of this newly emerging and fast-growing market.
Strategy Analytics' Mobile Robots Research Featured In UNECE 2004 World Robotics Report
STRATEGY ANALYTICS FEATURED IN UNITED NATIONS' "A ROBOT IN EVERY HOME?" CONFERENCE IN GENEVA
Boston, MA -/19 Oct, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-Strategy Analytics' analysis on the commercial readiness of mobile robots is featured as Chapter 8 in the United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 2004 World Robotics report. Published by Neena Buck, Vice President of the Strategy Analytics Emerging Frontiers program, this recent research on the market for mobile robots, entitled, "Mobile Service Robots: Entering the Commercial World," will be announced during the UN conference, "A Robot in Every Home," scheduled for October 20, 2004, at the Palais du Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
BT Report - Broadband Can Help Alleviate UK's Chronic Congestion
Company joins forces with the CBI, the RAC Foundation and Bradford University to show how broadband can help alleviate UK's chronic congestion
Research shows greater use of broadband could eliminate about three years growth in car mileage
-/8 Oct, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-BT called on all parties involved in tackling congestion on British roads to look at increased use of broadband communications as part of the solution. In a report published yesterday, entitled Broadband: the role for communications in beating congestion*, the company suggests that flexible working and staggered commuting times, the ability to work from home and increased take-up of online shopping could make a major contribution to an issue which the CBI estimates costs the UK ?20bn a year.
Asia Pacific region to become the largest and most valuable roaming market
ROAMING REVENUE WORTH $20 BILLION TO ASIA PAC OPERATORS
Singapore-/30 September, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- The Asia Pacific region could soon head the world in generating revenue from mobile roaming. Earlier this year, official GSM industry figures confirmed the region accounted for some 40 per cent of the global mobile subscriber base ? a share which would put its roaming revenues at an estimated US$20 billion annually.
GPRS PRICES DOWN 40 PERCENT BUT PAY-PER-USE PLANS REMAIN OUT OF REACH
"3" Leads Market with Value-Based Pricing As Operators Struggle to Stimulate Consumer Data Demand
London, England & Boston, MA -/14 September, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Strategy Analytics' Wireless Internet Applications Service today released, "GPRS Prices Fall by 40% as '3' Leads Drive Towards Value-Based Charging," a report which builds on last year's groundbreaking data pricing study. This report reveals that the cost of transporting 10Mb of data across a GPRS network has fallen by an average of 40 percent in Western Europe between May 2003 and August 2004.
AIRNYX and Intel questioned 1590 drivers about their WLAN use
Substantial interest for WLAN at petrol stations and motorway service stations
Munich, -/09 September, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-. While WLAN hotspots for wireless Internet access have become very much part of the landscape at airports and hotels, experts now expect demand for WLAN from drivers who use the Internet as part of their job to increase substantially. Commissioned by AIRNYX and Intel, a recent study carried out by the Marketing Society has now provided a comprehensive insight into how drivers use WLAN.
Paraglyph Press Announces First Book On The Phenomenon Of Camera Phones
Paraglyph Press Announces First Book on the
Culture of Camera Phones: "Camera Phone Obsession"
Scottsdale AZ -/06 September, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Paraglyph Press is pleased to announce the first book on the phenomenon of camera phones, "Camera Phone Obsession" (U.S. $19.99, 272 pages, ISBN 1-932111-96-4). Today, virtually every new cell phone sold has a camera feature. These wildly successful devices can only be described as a cultural phenomenon, and the way people think about their camera phones can only be described as an obsession
Home network complexity challenges customer satisfaction
Study finds that installation complexity ? quantified by ?help desk? calls ? reduces both satisfaction with and brand loyalty to home networking products and services
Dallas, Texas-/03 September, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Customer satisfaction and brand loyalty regarding home networking equipment are related directly to product ease of installation and operation, according to Parks Associates? Primary Perspectives: Complexity and Customer Satisfaction in the Networked Home.
IFONE GRANTED EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO ?LEMMINGS? GAME FRANCHISE ON WIRELESS DEVICES
Classic action-puzzle game coming to wireless devices
Manchester -/August 26, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-iFone, the wireless entertainment publisher, has signed a multi-year agreement with Psygnosis, a Sony Computer Entertainment company, for rights to the best-selling Lemmings game franchise.