Industries

The research service assesses the key stakeholder activities across the near field communication (NFC) value chain. Innovations and trends pertaining to stakeholders including hardware providers, handset manufacturers, application providers, trusted service management providers, and mobile network operators are assessed. The influence of these stak...

After solid growth in 2011, the global videoconferencing endpoints and infrastructure market slowed in the first quarter of 2012. Revenue dropped quarter over quarter, raising the question of whether videoconferencing can return to the phenomenal climb it saw previously. Despite dismal Q1 results, video is expected to continue to be the next-genera...

AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) investment leads to significant organisational, technological, and commercial changes because utilities must embrace new business models to better amortise the investments. Smart metering supports customer-centric utility and the concept of empowering customers as enablers for smart energy. However, most utili...