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Report: Telco equipment market shows signs of growth

After two consecutive years of declining telecom equipment investments, the pendulum is beginning to shift. Preliminary findings indicate that aggregate worldwide telecom equipment revenues across the six programmes tracked by Dell’Oro Group – Broadband Access, Microwave & Optical Transport, Mobile Core Network (MCN), Radio Access Network (RAN), and Service Provider Router & Switch – increased […]

October 10, 2025

Report: USP critical to broadband service provider AI plans

Broadband Service Providers (BSPs) are overwhelmingly planning to move to Broadband Forum’s User Services Platform (USP/TR-369) standard in order to introduce AI, Wi-Fi sensing, L4S, and more into their home broadband offerings. This is part of their ongoing drive to deliver differentiated services and boost customer revenue, a report has revealed. The Future of the […]

October 9, 2025

Report: Sweden tops Wi-Fi speeds on European trains

Ookla has analysed country-level train Wi-Fi performance across Europe and Asia, using Speedtest Intelligence. Europe and Asia’s rail networks, long heralded as a backbone of economic competitiveness, are now judged not only on punctuality and comfort but on the quality of the digital experience onboard. High-quality train Wi-Fi has shifted from nice-to-have to essential rail […]

October 8, 2025

Research: Amazon takes 60% of US smart speaker purchases

Parks Associates’ Consumer Insights Dashboard: Tech Ecosystem Dashboard study reveals 51 per cent of US internet households report owning a smart speaker and/or display. Among those households that purchased or received a new smart speaker in the past six months, 60 per cent chose an Amazon-branded device, 18 per cent chose a Google product, and […]

October 2, 2025

Forecast: Shipments of 80-inch+ TVs to rise 44% to 2029

Annual TV shipments are projected to see minimal growth over the next five years, but the ultra large segment (80 inches and above) is expected to increase by 44 per cent from 2025 to 2029, representing a CAGR of 10 per cent, according to analysis from Omdia’s quarterly TV Sets Market Tracker. Falling prices of […]

September 23, 2025

Data: Long-term R&D investment paying off in Wales

Media Cymru’s latest campaign, Fuelling the Future, highlights the impact that research, development and innovation (RD&I) investment has had in Wales, playing a significant role in driving productivity, growth and innovation in local and regional economies. Media Cymru’s latest economic analysis (2023 data) shows an economically valuable, yet fragile, creative industries that support more than […]

September 17, 2025

Report: Cisco’s lower prices lead to Wi-Fi 7 surge

According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telco, security, networks and data centre industries, enterprise class Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenue grew by double-digits for the second consecutive quarter in Q2 2025, confirming its emergence from the doldrums of 2024. “Cisco has kept its average Wi-Fi 7 AP price […]

September 5, 2025

Report: Global adoption of RDK surpasses 200m devices

RDK Management has announced that RDK open-source software, used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from broadband and video service providers, has been shipped on more than 200 million devices globally to date. RDK open-source software standardises many of the core functions used in broadband and video devices. By standardising these core functions, service providers can […]

September 4, 2025

Forecast: AR glasses shipments to reach 32.1m units by 2030

A TrendForce report, 2025 Near-Eye Display Market Outlook and Technology Analysis, reveals that the AR glasses market is gaining momentum in 2025 as international brands unveil prototypes and Meta prepares to launch its Celeste AR glasses. Combined with falling OLEDoS product prices, global AR shipments are expected to reach 600,000 units in 2025. In the […]

September 3, 2025

Report: 56% of companies struggle as staff sneak AI into work

Delinea, a provider of solutions for securing human and machine identities through centralised authorisation, has published research on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in reshaping identity security. According to the report, AI in Identity Security Demands a New Playbook, only 44 per cent of organisations say their security architecture is fully equipped to support […]

September 3, 2025