Market Trends

London, UK,  September 25,  2013 –The global telecoms industry’s revenues will remain roughly flat over the next few years, with a decline in spending on voice services counterbalanced by growth in spending on mobile and fixed (broadband) data services, according to global analyst firm Ovum.

Wilmington, DE, September 24, 2013 – NSR’s 10th edition of the Government and Military Satellite Communications (GMSC-10) report, published today, projects the industry will generate US $5 billion in revenue growth by 2022 primarily from rising transponder and bandwidth demand of UAVs and airborne manned missions. The positive impact of HTS and MEO-HTS services for mobility applications (maritime, aeronautical and land-mobile) as well as comms-on-the-pause, fixed VSATs and bulk leasing, will also play important roles in the market growth.

Dallas, Tex., September 23, 2013-- According to Parks Associates research, there will be 175 million online video users in the U.S. in 2013, rising to 191 million by 2017, at which time there will be nearly 70 million smart-TV households. Parks Associates advertising research finds 25% of smart-TV app users recall seeing an in-app ad and 84% responded to that ad, the highest response rates to app advertising among current connected CE platforms.

Singapore, September 23, 2013--Even though 4G’s share of cellular subscriptions stood at a meager 2.9% at the end of 2Q 2013, it is expected to account for slightly more than 20% of the total data consumed on mobile networks worldwide this year. After surpassing 3G networks in 2016, 4G networks will go on to capture two-thirds of data traffic by 2018, according to market intelligence firm ABI Research.

New York,NY, September 21, 2013 – Mobile broadband is the fastest growing technology in human history, according to the 2013 edition of the State of Broadband Report. Released in New York at the 8th meeting of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, the report reveals that mobile broadband subscriptions, which allow users to access the web via smartphones, tablets and WiFi-connected laptops, are growing at a rate of 30% per year.

Dublin, Ireland, September 20, 2013-- Research and Marketshas announced the addition of the "Global Location Based Services (LBS) Market 2012-2016" report to their offering. Commenting on the report, an analyst from the team said: One of the main trends witnessed in the Global LBS market is the increasing adoption of LBS across industries."

Wilmington, DE, Sept. 19, 2013 — The Global Direct-to-Home (DTH) Market continues to grow rapidly but the growth is now shifting from around North America and Western Europe to the developing parts of the world. According to NSR’s Global Direct-to-Home (DTH) report, the worldwide DTH market will grow to $134.4 billion by 2022  but the new source of new subscribers and revenue growth will come from the southern hemisphere  — with India, Indonesia, and Sub-Saharan Africa leading the way.

Scottsdale, Ariz.,  September 19, 2013--The vast majority of CE devices shipping today are what MRG defines as “connectable” devices; they have the ability to connect directly to home networks and/or the Internet via wireless or wired means. MRG expects shipments of connectable devices to grow to roughly 2.5  billion in 2017, representing a compound annual growth rate of 16.5%.

Oyster Bay, September 18, 2013--Developments in display interface technologies are making it possible such that your personal mobile device may become the hub for all your computing experiences at home, in the office, and on-the-go over the next 5 years. New research from market intelligence firm ABI Research finds that hundreds of millions of PCs, displays, and projectors offer this capability today and 2.1 billion smartphones and tablets are forecasted to ship with this functionality through 2018.

Mountain View, Calif., September 17, 2013--The amount of online video we watch via our smartphones and tablets is set to double this year according to Ooyala's latest Global Video Index for the 2nd quarter 2013. Viewers using mobile phones are watching video content for longer with over half watching for 10 minutes or longer and one fifth watching for over an hour. Live streamed content is proving more popular than video on demand with almost double the viewing figures for second screen devices and 15 times the amount on desktops and laptops.