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December 29, 2006
Frost: Demand Supports Expansion of African Mobile Telecom Market
The African telecommunications market will continue to experience significant growth as new subscribers are signed up and mobile operators introduce ... more
December 29, 2006
Frost: Australian Mobile Content Market Set to Grow to $1.3B in 2010
The mobile content market in Australia is dominated by telecommunications carriers, with most consumers identifying with telephone company (telco) ... more
December 29, 2006
ABI: Concurrent Video-on-Demand Streams to Reach 163 Million in 2011
Traditional video-on-demand (VOD) services may not be growing at a particularly rapid pace, but the introduction of time-shifting, network personal ... more
December 29, 2006
Frost: Mass Adoption of WiMAX Possible in Developing Countries with Minimal Infrastructure
Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) is likely to become popular in geographical pockets as it offers significant benefits ... more
December 20, 2006
ABI: Wireless Technologies Compete for Space in Portable Computers
A changing mix of communications protocols will compete for space in notebook computers as they take a growing share of the personal computer ... more
December 20, 2006
Frost: Meeting Expectations a Challenge for Australian Enterprise Telephony Vendors
The shift to Internet protocol (IP) telephony is still considered a major infrastructure investment and risk by Australian organizations. ... more
December 20, 2006
Frost: Stress on Energy Conservation Boosts Chinese Electric Drives Market
With the Chinese government's emphasis on the application of green technologies, manufacturing industries are realizing the need for energy-efficient ... more
December 18, 2006
NEMA Publishes Standard on Gauges for Electric Lamp Bases, Lampholders - NEMA ANSI C81.63
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) on behalf of the American National Standard Lighting Group (ANSLG) published NEMA ANSI_ANSLG ... more
December 18, 2006
ASTM Int'l Electronics Standard - ASTM WK9490 - Will Impact Tantalum Industry
According to ASTM International, a standard being developed by ASTM Committee F01 on Electronics will prove to be useful to the tantalum sputtering ... more
December 15, 2006
ABI: Mobile Device Shipments on Target for 1 Billion by End of 2006
The second quarter of 2006 was softer than expected in terms of handset shipments and prices, but ABI Research anticipates that fourth quarter ... more
December 15, 2006
ABI: Wibree Market Has Potential to Exceed $500M by 2011
Recent analysis from ABI Research found that the market for Wibree products could reach $513M by 2011, as long as several key prerequisites are ... more
December 15, 2006
Ecma Int'l Approves Office Open XML Standard
Ecma International approved Microsoft Office Open Extensible Markup Language (XML) (Open XML) as Ecma standard 376 at the General Assembly meeting. ... more
December 14, 2006
3GPP2 Publishes Technology Evolution Framework
The Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) and the CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced the publication of a technology evolution framework ... more
December 14, 2006
CDG: Japan's Mobile Number Portability Rules Initiated Shift to CDMA2000
In the wake of Japan's mobile number portability (MNP) rules, KDDI, Japan's second-largest operator, is witnessing a significant boost in net ... more
December 14, 2006
CableLabs and EuroCableLabs Issue RFI for DOCSIS 3.0 Devices
Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (CableLabs) and EuroCableLabs issued a request for information (RFI) seeking product availability for devices ... more
December 12, 2006
DVB-T Network with Multimedia Home Platform Services Goes Live in Austria
Austria launched a digital video broadcasting-terrestrial (DVB-T) network with extensive multimedia home platform (MHP) services. ... more
December 12, 2006
ABI: Personal Locator Services to Reach over 20 Million N. Americans by 2011
Personal locator services based on the global positioning system (GPS)-enabled mobile phone will grow from a small user-base of just 500,000 ... more
December 12, 2006
EU Telecom Council to Discuss Key Telecommunications Issues
The European Union (EU) Council of Telecom Ministers will meet on Dec. 11 to discuss key issues in the European telecommunications industry. ... more
December 12, 2006
Recall Spurs Assessment of Battery Safety Standards
A widespread recall of laptop batteries in 2006 affected nearly 10 million products from five major manufacturers, when it was found that some ... more
December 11, 2006
NEMA Publishes Metal Halide Lamp Ballasts Standard - ANSI ANSLG C82.14
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), on behalf of the American National Standard Lighting Group (ANSLG) published ANSI ANSLG ... more
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