In-car audio is changing fast. For decades, the experience was defined by radios and CD players. Today, the smartphone has taken control, reports Futuresource. The company’s Automotive Perspectives report shows that more than half of drivers across major markets now rely on their phones as the primary source of audio. This shift creates a new […]
Investments in transformative technologies are continuing to grow among enterprises, with analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) leading the way across all sectors. Sixty-six per cent of enterprise respondents are either currently investing in agentic AI (34 per cent) or planning to invest during the coming year (32 per cent), and several profound shifts are reshaping […]
During February half term in the UK, household demand for WiFi is set to peak, with more than three quarters (77 per cent) of parents reporting their family’s time online increases during the school holidays. Experts at Uswitch, the comparison and switching service, are issuing a warning to families that connection issues during busy periods […]
The second edition of Ookla and Omdia’s report on the global state of 5G Standalone confirms that the technology has moved beyond launch announcements into an execution-driven phase. By the close of 2025, the ‘coverage gap’ between major economic blocs had narrowed, but a more consequential ‘capability gap’ has emerged, reflecting divergent spectrum strategies, investment […]
Viasat, a specialist in satellite communications, has published a report which shows rising urgency among decision-makers to adopt Direct-to-Device (D2D) IoT devices within their organisations. The report – The Great Connectivity Convergence: NTN in Industrial IoT – was conducted by Vanson Bourne and surveyed 600 IoT decision-makers from five major industries: agriculture, energy, transport and […]
Following the publication of an advisory report, Fibre-to-the-Room: Is There Room for FTTR?, examining the outlook for FTTR and why adoption remains heavily concentrated in China, despite growing global operator experimentation, Yousef Almadani, Senior Analyst, Telecom Technology and Software at GlobalData, an intelligence and productivity platform, offers his view: “FTTR is the latest step in […]
Research from Futuresource Consulting reveals that home studio content creation is maintaining its mainstream behaviour, shaping demand across audio and production technology markets. The firm estimates the home studio market captured 55.3 per cent of total studio and broadcast revenues in 2025, reflecting a structural shift rather than a temporary pandemic distortion. Based on a […]
The global Pro AV market is projected to reach $258 billion (€215.6bn) by 2030, according to analysis conducted by Caretta Research, as the industry prepares for ISE 2026. For many years, the pro AV industry focused primarily on hardware such as projectors, screens, microphones and speakers. The market is now rapidly evolving beyond hardware into […]
According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, the Broadband Access Equipment market is forecasted to grow at an average annual rate of 0.3 per cent from 2025 to 2030, with total revenue peaking at $18.8 billion (€15.7bn) in 2028, driven by […]
Global TV shipments declined 1 per cent YoY in November 2025, according to Counterpoint Research’s Global Monthly TV Tracker, reversing the growth seen in the previous two months. In MoM terms, the shipments fell 15 per cent in November, as September and October shipments had been boosted by inventory accumulation ahead of year-end peak sales. […]