Mobile and Wireless Communications

The Brexit vote’s impact on investment into UK technology start-ups is an important litmus test for broader implications for the UK economy. The UK’s technology sector is a huge driver of growth, performing markedly above the broader economy and with rapid job creation.

The study covers the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)’s telecom market, examining challenges, drivers, and restraints for growth, pricing, distribution, technology, legislation, demand, and geographical trends. Growth forecasts for segments have been provided. There is also an in-depth analysis of the competitive landscape, including operators' mark...

The Sri Lankan government has attached great emphasis to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) innovations, with the country greatly improving its ranking on international benchmarks for network readiness, ICT development, and ease of doing business. Around 50% of the people in Sri Lanka are mobile phone users. Although this figure is hig...

The study covers the Bahrain telecom market, examines challenges, drivers, and restraints for growth, pricing, distribution, technology, legislation, demand, and geographical trends. Growth forecast of segments has been provided. There is also an in-depth analysis of the competitive situation, including operators' (Viva, Zain Bahrain, and Batelco) ...

Cisco has moved to snap up privately held Jasper Technologies with a proposed acquisition of $1.4 billion, which is believed to be as much as 20 times the company's annual revenue in 2015. Describing the move as a huge step forward for Cisco, Rowan Trollope, Senior Vice President Internet of Things (IoT), said the company would now be able to offer...

Low power wide area networks (LPWAN) which have low data rate are designed to support millions of devices that generate small volumes of data and require extended range and energy efficient networks. The LPWAN space is highly contested between proprietary solutions in licence-free spectrum and mobile operators' alternatives based on emerging long-t...

The research provides an overview of key mobile and fixed communications developments by major European mobile operators in Q3 2015. It covers both qualitative (product launches, infrastructure development, partnerships/alliances, M&A activity, key client wins, change in personnel) and quantitative (mobile and fixed broadband subscribers, mobile AR...

In November 2015, MasterCard announced its partnership with several hardware vendors to enable payment functionality in Internet-connected everyday objects such as wearable bands, rings, key fobs, and clothing. Connected objects are transforming all aspects of everyday life.