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Research: For Gen Z, everything is entertainment

As the first native smartphone generation, Gen Z consumers are entertainment omnivores. Their handheld devices allow them immediate access to a wealth of platforms and content and they are taking full advantage. The latest 2023 results of Hub  Entertainment Research’s annual Video Redefined survey shows that unlike their older counterparts for whom TV and movies […]

January 30, 2024

Patent granted for “direct communications” to smartphones

The US Patent Office has granted a Patent covering ‘SATCOM GSM Solution Directly Communicate With GSM Phones’. The Patent was granted on November 14th 2023 to three inventors – Zhi Zhong Yu or Reading UK, Frederico Pedro Fawzi of Midland, Texas and Abel Avelian of Coral Gables, Florida. The Continuation Patent is assigned to AST […]

January 29, 2024By Chris Forrester

Research: 17 connected devices per US household

Parks Associates has announced research at CES 2024, from its quarterly consumer research of 8,000 US internet households, finding the average number of connected devices per US internet household reached 17 in Q3 2023. The international market research and consulting firm’s Consumer Electronics Dashboard, an ongoing service that visualises the most important metrics for consumer […]

January 12, 2024

Survey: 32% Millennials, Gen Z have phone bill paid by parents

A poll of 1,000 adults aged 18 to 35 found almost a third (32 per cent) still have their phone bill paid for by their parents, while 35 per cent also use their logins to TV streaming services. Other bills paid for by the bank of mum and dad include utility bills (30 per cent), […]

December 6, 2023

Report: German home electronics sales fall

German consumers are keeping their wallets firmly closed according to a study from HEMIX (Germany’s Home Electronics Market Index). The first 9 months of this year saw a 6.1 per cent fall in sales of a broad range of consumer electronics compared with the same period in 2022. TVs, the backbone of consumer electronics sales, […]

November 30, 2023By Chris Forrester

From Halls to Screens: How digital media is transforming the bingo experience

Bingo is a time-tested pursuit, initially conceived in Italy around 1530. Rapidly moving forward in time to the 20th century, bingo became radically popular in the UK in the 1960s; originally known as ‘Housey-Housey’, the British Betting and Gaming Act of 1960 laid the foundations for an exponential increase in participation. However, it suffered a […]

November 23, 2023

Qualcomm pulls plug on Iridium link

Satellite operator Iridium says that chip-set giant Qualcomm has ended its relationship with Iridium. Qualcomm and Iridium were in an agreement to include satellite-to-cellular chipsets in smartphones. Iridium said that, while “the companies successfully developed and demonstrated the technology,” smartphone makers “have not included the technology in their devices,” leading Qualcomm to end the agreement. […]

November 13, 2023By Chris Forrester

Report: Smartphone owners now the majority

Over half (54 per cent) of the global population – some 4.3 billion people – now owns a smartphone, according to mobile industry trade body the GSMA’s annual State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2023 (SOMIC). Smartphone owners are much more likely to be aware of, and adopt, mobile Internet services, as well as use […]

October 12, 2023

Research: S Africa adopting Western digital behaviours

Findings from telecoms technical customer support specialist Subtonomy provide key insights into the online habits and customer support expectations of South Africans, suggesting that they are adopting similar behaviours to those seen in mature Western European markets. The global wave of increased digitalisation hasn’t bypassed Southern Africa. As Internet access has grown, and smartphone penetration […]

September 13, 2023By Colin Mann

Globalstar: Two-way sat-comms this year

Satellite operator Globalstar is already working with Apple on smartphone connectivity for emergency use. Globalstar says its full ‘Spot’ two-way global communications service will start beta-testing later this year. Globalstar is using MDA Corp of Canada to build 17 extra satellites to girdle the planet in readiness for what the industry expects to be a […]

August 7, 2023By Chris Forrester