WorldDAB’s latest market report reveals that by the end of Q2 2020, over 93 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific – up from 82 million one year earlier. The data published by WorldDAB gives an overview of DAB receiver sales, road and population coverage, household penetration and […]
Findings from a Samsung Ads Europe report reveal that streaming on Samsung TVs in the UK now accounts for more TV viewing time than linear TV. Data from January to June 2020 shows streaming time rising to 59 per cent, and overtaking linear for the very first time. This represents an increase of 38 minutes […]
As the world continues to deal with the pandemic, the market for virtual reality (VR) headsets is expected to decline 6.7 per cent in 2020 before returning to double-digit growth of 46.2 per cent in 2021, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. The market has faced a […]
According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, total global revenue for Broadband Access equipment increased to $3.3 billion (€2.7bn), up 6 per cent from Q2 2019. Growth came from spending on PON equipment, particularly in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), where total PON equipment revenue reached $876 million. “Fibre expansion projects continue to expand […]
There may be some doom and gloom about the depressed state of consumer demand on aircraft and other Covid-affected businesses, but an analysis of the overall space industry by Bryce on behalf of the Satellite Industry Association paints a rosy picture for last year. Bryce says that Satellite-based services, representing some 45 per cent of […]
Analyst firm Canalys projects global 5G smartphone shipments will reach nearly 280 million units in 2020, with 62 per cent of these in Greater China, followed by North America and EMEA. Overall smartphone volumes are projected to decline 10.7 per cent in 2020 compared with 2019, while a rebound of 9.9 per cent is expected […]
New figures published by UK comms regulator Ofcom suggest that full-fibre broadband is now available to over 4.2 million UK homes. The figures are included in Ofcom’s Connected Nations summer update, which provides a summary of broadband and mobile availability across the UK and its nations, as of May 2020. Key findings from the report […]
Globally the Consumer Electronics (CE) market increased in value during 2019, adding just over $3 billion to present a worldwide total of $683 billion in trade value, reports Futuresource Consulting. Shipments across CE product categories totalled almost 4.4 billion units worldwide, representing a growth of 2.7 per cent year-on-year. “Companies are refining their strategies, aiming […]
Connected cars and vehicles, with their potential for massive terabytes of data, are very much on the radar for satellite operators. A study from Northern Sky Research (NSR) says “Connected cars are one component of this new revenue growth, and with a huge addressable market, it’s no wonder satellite operators, ground equipment manufacturers and service […]
The global population of TV and video streaming devices has now exceeded 1.1 billion, according to the latest analysis from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. The research, which tracks quarterly deployments of TV and video streaming devices across 27 major countries, finds that Samsung is the leading brand, with 14 per cent of devices […]