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EMEA smartphone markets hit record value

The EMEA region’s smartphone market showed some stability in the first quarter of 2018 in unit terms, while its value grew to exceed its previous first quarter peak result in Q1 2015. The total value of smartphone sales was $29.967 billion, and unit volume was 86.523 million. “Overall mobile phone shipments in EMEA declined year […]

June 15, 2018

Research: OTT devices driving connected market

Research by Ampere Analysis reveals that online households now own an average of 4.5 different types of connected devices. The research also shows that they’re every bit as attached to the technology brands that manufacture their hardware as they are to the online services this hardware enables them to access. The survey of 22,000 respondents […]

June 14, 2018

Ericsson: 5G on a roll; cellular IoT ramping up

Commercial rollouts of 5G and larger than previously forecasted deployments of cellular IoT are focal points in the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. The forecast for cellular IoT connections has nearly doubled since November 2017. It is now expected to reach an estimated 3.5 billion in 2023, driven by ongoing large-scale deployments in […]

June 13, 2018

210 US networks give delivery rights to MobiTV

MobiTV, a global player in application-based pay-TV video delivery solutions, has announced it is the first multi-tenant video delivery solutions provider to secure hosted streaming delivery rights for more than 210 major networks, including C-SPAN Networks, Disney and ESPN Media Networks, Fox Networks, Fuse Media Networks, Hallmark Channel, Game Show Network, NBCUniversal, Pac-12 Networks, Reelz, Showtime, […]

June 13, 2018

Demand for mobile streaming to surge during World Cup

Independent research based on over 3,000 European subscribers on behalf of Openwave Mobility has found that 1 in 3 football fans (31 per cent) will watch the 2018 Russia World Cup using mobile data. This is nearly double the number of people that watched the 2014 Brazilian World Cup (17 per cent) using mobile data. […]

June 12, 2018

La Liga using mobile phones to detect TV piracy in bars

Millions of football fans’ mobile phones are being used by La Liga to spy on bars and other public spaces to uncover whether they are pirating TV football signals, according to a report by eldiario.es. La Liga is using its app – which currently has over 10 million downloads – to access mobile phone microphones […]

June 11, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

FCC releases high-band spectrum for 5G

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken steps to make additional high-band spectrum available for advanced wireless services, describing the actions as “building blocks of the nation’s 5G future” and critical to continued US wireless leadership. “Pushing more spectrum into the marketplace for the next generation of wireless connectivity will contribute to economic growth, […]

June 8, 2018By Colin Mann

Study: Hyper-growth of Connected TV & data-driven video

Video marketing platform Innovid has released its annual global video benchmarks report, highlighting the growth and impact of data-driven video (DDV) and connected TV (CTV), based on a year-long study analysing thousands of video campaigns with billions of impressions across 340+ global brands. The report covers data collected throughout 2017, delving into baseline performance for […]

June 7, 2018

EE set for UK 5G trial

UK mobile operator EE will switch on the UK’s first live 5G trial network in East London in October 2018, connecting real EE customers and businesses to 5G for the first time. The trial will see 5G switched on at 10 sites around East London in areas including City Road, Old Street, Hoxton Square, St […]

June 6, 2018

VoD growing in France & Germany, but penetration still lags

Despite the abiding appeal of traditional linear TV, cinema, radio and offline games, many Internet users in France and Germany now devote a major part of their time to online entertainment. “Digital video viewing has grown steadily in France and Germany, but penetration still lags behind several other countries in Western Europe, including the UK […]

June 6, 2018