Mobile and Wireless Communications

From its launch in 2004 to the arrival of the iPhone in 2007, Facebook’s success as a social medium was elevated by the personal computer’s (PC) intrinsic immobility. With PC as the dominant computing platform, screen time peaked through interaction this ubiquitous social network facilitated, creating huge demand for advertising slots.

This study provides an update on the state of long-term evolution (LTE) deployment across 11 European countries. It offers a snapshot of the mobile communications market per country. It also analyses the key LTE developments and plans of mobile network operators in the areas of LTE-Advanced, Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE), and LTE Broadcast.

After years of on-off discussion and persistent industry speculation, Nokia has confirmed it will acquire Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), its rival in the telecom equipment business

Excitement pervades the market about wearable device opportunities. Large device manufacturers and niche technology companies are constantly innovating to launch new devices for varied applications. However, market uptake is still limited to a niche customer group due to pricing, battery, data accuracy, data security, and weak business case challen...

This Frost & Sullivan market insight presents an analysis of the North American machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) asset lifecycle management market. It highlights the key steps in M2M and IoT solution design, development, deployment, and management, and it discusses the key success factors for M2M and IoT solution providers. It ...

Like expert poker players who must anticipate their competitors’ next move while deciding on the best course of action in the moment, technology manufacturers need to make calculated judgements about the future while keeping up with the current landscape. No one can truly foresee how the next hand will unfold, but manufacturers make big bets to s...

The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) always identifies a few key items for operators and vendors to highlight on their to-do lists. This year in Barcelona, 5G topped everyone’s list.

The wearable technologies opportunity was a hot topic at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, with major global device manufacturers launching their brands of wearable devices alongside smaller, niche wearable device companies attempting to create their own space in the market.

Smartphones run complete operating system software that provides a standardized interface and platform for application developers. This excel is a market engineering research that provides global smartphone and mobile OS metrics and forecasts. Market measurements include smartphone unit shipments and revenue from 2011-2020. Market segmentation is b...