Although tablet prices are dropping and devices are getting smaller, competition from emerging connected devices such as wearables, phablets, and convertible laptops is slowing market growth. Read more »
A growing middle class in developing countries and the falling cost of handsets are driving smartphone growth across the globe. Meanwhile, the growth of new activations and replacement devices in highly… Read more »
Drivers for handset growth include an increased number of subscribers in developing countries, the rollout of 3G and 4G wireless networks, and shorter upgrade cycles for technology. Vendors will vary by… Read more »
Nokia has a relatively small share of the market in the Americas compared to other regions, at just 13.2 percent. The company is planning to re-enter the U.S. smartphone market in… Read more »
With its global dominance, Android will see its share of shipments increase in 2013. It will lose a little share after that, but to Microsoft and Samsung — not to Apple. Read more »
Over-the-top (OTT) messaging applications have upended the mobile operators’ highly profitable short messaging services (SMS) business. The traditional mobile-messaging value chain is changing as upstart OTT players attack the carriers’ control… Read more »
Eighty-five percent of the global population owns mobile phones currently. This report forecasts the global handset market, examining the following regions: the Americas; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and… Read more »
Nokia and Samsung have taken a commanding share of the mobile phone market, with 29.2 percent and 22.8 percent, respectively. This represents over half the worldwide mobile phone shipments in 2011. Read more »
Much of this growth will be driven by the emergence of NFC technology and contactless payments. The existing NFC-enabled POS infrastructure in developed regions such as the U.S., Europe and Japan,… Read more »