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OTT demand driving need for robust in-home networks

The burgeoning interest in on-demand streaming video, driven by new OTT service offerings such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, together with the rapid proliferation of Internet-enabled devices, is one of the major market trends of the moment. This, however, puts an enormous strain on in-home networks which can struggle to cope with the […]

July 2, 2015

Wi-Fi to reach 90% of global households by 2019

The number of households worldwide with Wi-Fi home gateways or routers will rise substantially in the next five years to become a strategic component for ISPs and customers who rely on the technology for everyday activities, according to research from IHS. IHS forecasts that by 2019, nearly 90 per cent of all households will have […]

June 26, 2015

Mobile audiences key for video consumption, ad growth

Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has released its Q1 2015 Global Video Index, revealing mobile devices made up 42 per cent of all online viewing during the quarter. In particular, smartphones are driving the majority of mobile viewing growth, receiving four times more plays than tablets during the […]

June 25, 2015

Connected living trends spark demand for IoT testing

As the trend towards connected living and the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to permeate home, work and city solutions, the need to keep tabs on a myriad of connected devices will thrust the global IoT testing and monitoring equipment market into the spotlight. The incorporation of machine-to-machine (M2M) communication – central to IoT deployment […]

June 24, 2015

Ovum forecasts FTTx optics to exceed $1bn in 2015

According to a forecast report by Ovum, FTTx optics will reach a record level in 2015, following a record-breaking 2014. The report forecasts that FTTx optical components revenue will exceed $1 billion this year, up from $953 million in 2014. Next year will remain

June 23, 2015

Analyst: STB market consolidation not over

ARRIS’s acquisition of Pace created the largest set-top manufacturer, with 22 per cent worldwide market share of the set-top box market. ARRIS is about three times larger than most competitors including EchoStar, Technicolor, Cisco, and Humax. Set-top semiconductor leader

June 19, 2015

Europeans like smart home devices

According to Parks Associates research, there were 721 million broadband households worldwide in 2014, and that number will reach 972 million by 2019. The prevalence of high-speed connections will drive the expansion of the Internet of Things in the European connected home. Among European broadband households,

June 18, 2015

Wi-Fi to carry 60% of mobile data traffic by 2019

Research has forecast that Wi-Fi networks will carry almost 60 per cent of smartphone and tablet data traffic by 2019, reaching over 115,000PB (Petabytes) by 2019, compared to under 30,000PB this year – representing almost a four-fold increase. The research from Juniper Research found

June 16, 2015

White-label tablet sales continue to outpace market

According to a worldwide tablet report from Futuresource Consulting, the emergence of low-cost Android devices are causing a dilution of Apple’s market share. The introduction of lower-priced iPads, and the aggressive PC brand pricing strategy has made the average tablet price fall dramatically between 2010 and 2014. In spite of continued growth in shipment volume […]

June 15, 2015

Smart TVs in a third of Australian homes

The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen, and covering the first quarter of calendar 2015 – explores household take-up of new screen technologies and trends in how major age groups view broadcast television and other video across multiple screens. It also presents new findings about Australians’ claimed use of and […]

June 12, 2015