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Research: Streaming heightens demand for connected devices

Currently, 70 per cent of the Nordic households have a paid streaming service. This has spurred the demand for internet connected TVs. As many as 75 per cent of the households in the region have at least one TV set with internet connection, according to research from Mediavision. This can be either through external devices […]

September 18, 2023

Report: Wi-Fi 7 to play fundamental role in daily lives

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has released Get Ready for Wi-Fi 7: Applying New Capabilities to the Key Use Cases, a report that explores how this new technology will transform how people worldwide live, work and play. Based on the IEEE 802.11be (Extreme High Throughput) standard, Wi-Fi 7 has a wide variety of advanced capabilities […]

September 12, 2023

Research: Prime Day connected device sales keep growing

Network services and consumer experience specialist Plume has issued its latest Plume IQ report, which analyses consumer purchasing behaviour during Prime Day, one of the premier online shopping events for electronics, especially connected devices like streaming gadgets, tablets, e-readers, cameras and smart doorbells. Comparing 2022 to 2023, the data shows that while the US continues […]

September 6, 2023

Study: Adaptive WiFi key to ensuring high QoE

Network services and consumer experience pioneer Plume has issued its latest Plume IQ report for July 2023, revealing Plume’s Quality of Experience (QoE) scores have remained consistently high, despite rising WiFi load, congestion and interference. Over the last three months, Plume IQ has highlighted a growing QoE risk for home networks globally by analysing Plume […]

August 9, 2023

Forecast: Broadband equipment spend over $120bn to 2027

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data centre industries, cumulative broadband equipment spending is expected to exceed $120 billion (€109.8bn) between 2022 and 2027. The sales of PON equipment for fibre-to-the-home deployments, cable broadband access equipment, and fixed wireless CPE will show a […]

August 3, 2023

Study: CTV driving commerce-related activities

New research from analyst firm Parks Associates shows that 51 per cent of CTV (connected TV) device owners, roughly 44 million households, engage in commerce-related activities on their TV nowadays. The most common are video-related digital purchases that leverage stored payment credentials or direct consumers to a mobile link to complete the purchase. The study […]

July 26, 2023

Omdia: Buyers shift to larger screens

Those of us of a certain age can remember the shift from 21” TV sets, then colour, then PalPlus (the so-called widescreen revolution) the move from analogue to digital, and the rising popularity from consumers for flat-panel sets and ever-larger screens. A new report from analyst firm Omdia says that the move towards screens larger […]

July 26, 2023By Chris Forrester

Data: Fibre over 66% of fixed broadband subs

As of Q1 2023, global fixed broadband connections reached 1.377 billion, reflecting a growth rate of 1.59 per cent compared to Q4 2022, according to broadband data specialist Point Topic, who also recorded a decline in fixed broadband subscriptions in 18 countries, which mainly include emerging markets, as well as some saturated markets such as […]

July 18, 2023

Forecast: Apple to revitalise AR/VR market

Following Apple’s recent unveiling of its Vision Pro headset, S&P Global Market Intelligence believes that the tech firm is set to play a key role in revitalising the AR/VR market. Neil Barbour, associate research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence, commented: “The AR/VR hardware segment found a relatively low ceiling as an extension of the […]

July 10, 2023

Data: Smart home device shipment decline continues

Global shipments of smart home devices continued to decline in the first quarter of 2023 as shipments fell 5.6 per cent year over year to 186.0 million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Smart speakers and networked video entertainment devices faced the steepest declines in the first […]

June 28, 2023