Entries tagged with “mobile broadband” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Newly released forecasts by technology and media specialist Coda Research Consultancy show that mobile broadband search and display ad revenues in the US will grow to US$4.2bn in 2015, up from US$1bn in 2010.

The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has received almost 2,200 applications requesting nearly $28 billion in funding for proposed broadband projects reaching all 50 U.S. states and territories and the District of Columbia.

Coda Research Consultancy research shows that portable laptop and netbook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will produce US$48bn in operator revenues in 2017, will number 418m worldwide, and will generate and consume an immense 1.8 exabytes of traffic per month - a forty fold increase over 2009.

Coda Research Consultancy's report into mobile broadband via netbooks and laptops shows that the most significant growth will occur in the Asia-Pacific region, where users will amount to 162m by 2017. Europe will account for 94m users, and North America for 58m users.

Impacts of Long Term Evolution (LTE) will be dramatic, with half of all mobile broadband via netbook and laptop users employing LTE worldwide in 2017. LTE users will hit 38m in 2013 after a ramp up in LTE production in 2012, and will rise to 209m by 2017, a 1100% increase over 2012. Three quarters of users in Europe and nearly two thirds of users in North America will employ LTE in 2017. This contrasts with just over half of users in Asia Pacific, and 12% in Central and South America. According to Steve Smith, founder of Coda Research, "LTE take up will be greatly skewed toward European and North American markets in the short to medium term, where ARPU will be highest. However, we will also see significant take up in China, and we may also see countries like India bypass 3G altogether, and move straight to LTE."

Verizon is now offering that the PC770 2-in-1 PC Card and Express Card  The PC770 is for the Verizon Wireless' Mobile Broadband service. It has an adapter so that it can be connected to your notebook computer and your PC.

Key features:

• Runs on Verizon Wireless' high-speed network, which uses Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) technology.
• Uses NovaSpeed technology that enables high-speed simultaneous uploads and downloads.
• Includes VZAccess Manager software for easy connection management and automatic installation.
• 2-in-1 card includes an adapter so the PC770 can be used with an ExpressCard or a PC peripheral interface slot and is compatible with both PC and Mac notebook computers.
  

Lifestyle features:

• Ideal for individuals and organizations making the transition from PC Cards to the newer ExpressCard format.
• Addresses the flexibility that enterprise customers require in their mobile broadband solutions.
  

Price and availability:

• The PC770 will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on Aug. 2. It will be available for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. You can avoid the waiting for the rebate by ordering online using Wireless and Mobile News' $50 off online only coupon-link

Even during the down-turn with contracting household budgets, US broadband subscriptions will continue to grow in 2009, according to analyst firm Strategy Analytics. In a report just published, “North America Broadband Forecast: 1H’2009,” the firm predicts that US Broadband Service Providers (BSPs) will add five million new subscribers during the course of 2009.

“All things considered, we’re still seeing a fairly vibrant consumer Broadband market in the US,” said Ben Piper, Director of the Strategy Analytics Multiplay Market Dynamics service. “Broadband subscriber numbers are expected to grow by a respectable 7% in 2009—a far cry from the double-digit growth of the past, but nonetheless pretty robust in today’s climate.”

While today over 50% of Americans receive broadband through their cable provider, the role of fiber-optic cable (FTTx) is becoming increasingly important, and will account for 13% of all broadband connections in 2013. Broadband household penetration in the US will exceed 80% in the next five years, according to the report.

Publisher of casual and family-friendly games Sandlot Games(R), and digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R), Inc. today announced the continued success of the smash hit casual game Cake Mania -- this time on the mobile platform, stating that their bakery game with over 45 fast-paced levels of baking is one of the most downloaded games in the U.S.

"With its success on the PC, we anticipated a similar performance for the mobile version. Those expectations were surpassed and we're proud to have teamed with Sandlot to deliver this hit casual title to gamers on their mobile handsets," said Matt Turetzky, vice president, non-PC platforms in the Games Division at Real.

At the end of second quarter, RealArcade Mobile moved into the top ten ranked mobile publishers, in part due to the success of Cake Mania. (Telephia, September 2007)