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Global mobile subs surpass 7bn

Data from TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database reveal that global mobile subscribers have reached 7.1 billion, up from just seven million in 1989, and that the number of mobile lines in service will surpass the world’s population later this year. Even so, regional differences in wireless penetration and subscriber composition leave significant opportunity for growth in some […]

July 29, 2015

Sky’s new 4K box ready to go

Sky’s ground-breaking ‘Project Ethan’ set-top box is ready to be announced shortly, according to widespread media reports over the weekend. The UK’s Sunday Telegraph said the unit, now dubbed the SkyQ box, will enable users to record four channels at the same time and – at long last – permit subscribers to transfer some programming […]

July 27, 2015By Chris Forrester

Mobile data traffic up 59% in 2015

Global mobile data traffic is set to reach 52 million terabytes (TB) in 2015, an increase of 59 per cent from 2014, according to Gartner. The rapid growth is set to continue through 2018, when mobile data levels are estimated to reach 173 million TB. Gartner analysts advise communication service providers (CSPs) to rethink their […]

July 24, 2015

Sky Sports scores Premier League video clip rights

Sky Sports has further strengthened its position as the home of the Premier League by winning the rights to show clips from every Premier League game across its digital platforms. The three-year agreement, starting from the 2016/17 season, will see clips from every Premier League match being made available to both mobile and online users, […]

July 22, 2015By Colin Mann

Survey: Binge-viewing has gone solo

Findings from the Consumer Entertainment Index (CEI) produced by IP, video and broadband technology specialist ARRIS, suggest that binge-viewing has ‘gone solo’ in 2015. According to

July 22, 2015By Colin Mann

New apps outrank established brands

Data from the June Application Strategies’ Monthly iPhone Entertainment App Tracker – covering 150 individual countries – indicates that established entertainment brands are being outshone by less well known applications potentially creating new media powerhouses across the globe. Of the top ten most popular free and grossing apps – based on number of appearances globally […]

July 22, 2015

China leads mobile subscription rankings

According to research by global analyst firm Ovum, China Mobile is ranked in first place, Vodafone in second, and India’s Bharti Airtel in third as the three largest mobile operating groups in the world in terms of proportionate subscriptions. Mai Barakat, Senior Analyst, Middle East and Africa, Telecoms says “based on the rankings in late […]

July 22, 2015

80% expect to use video calling more in next 5 years

Research carried out by Alcatel-Lucent has revealed that consumers are increasingly looking to service providers to offer them high-definition voice and video calling services over LTE and Wi-Fi. In a study of 5,500 smartphone owners in the US, UK, Japan and Brazil, Alcatel-Lucent also identified how new technologies such as wearables, connected homes and cars, […]

July 22, 2015

Smartphones 95% of all handset sales by 2020

According to a forecast by the independent telecoms analyst firm Ovum, total handset sales are expected to grow from 1.88 billion to 2.16 billion units between 2014 and 2020, at a compound annual growth (CAGR) rate of 2.4 per cent. Smartphones will comprise 95 per cent of global handset sales by 2020, up from 65 […]

July 21, 2015

Next-gen Slingbox enhances mobile viewing

Sling Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corp, has unveiled the Slingbox M2 — a new entertainment experience designed to meet the ongoing shift in consumers’ television viewing habits. With the Slingbox M2 bundle, Sling Media says that today’s ultra-connected generation will have uncompromised access to their live and recorded home TV content from […]

July 17, 2015