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Many of the dynamics set in place by net neutrality’s brief life will take time to play out. For example, investment in content creation rather than broadband deployment will take time to consummate. However, Stratecast expects to see significant changes in network operator behavior in the shorter term. These changes will likely be good for consu...

As new technologies enter the market, consumers are increasingly willing to consider a connected home as a possible living environment. This report examines the state of the connected home market, illuminates some of the barriers to growth, and considers some of the companies that are delivering solutions to transcend those barriers. The discussion...

On January 3rd, 2017, Sarasota, FL-based Star2Star Communications merged with Dublin, Ireland-based Blueface to form an entity with a market value estimated at $500 million (representing a multiple of current revenues). The new entity’s legal name will be StarBlue; however, the two companies will continue to operate under their original brands in...

This report examines OTT service providers that are disrupting their industries, and the impacts that may take effect from the recent FCC vote to eliminate net neutrality.

The Conferencing Services Market in Latin America experienced solid growth in 2016, driven by fabulous performances of the hosted web and video services. While different regions and product segments are exhibiting diverse performances, the overall market defogged notably well in a challenging economic scenario. The advance of Internet protocol (IP...

Voice messaging has long been an important component of business communications. However, reliance on voice messaging is declining among business users. This market insight highlights both the opportunities and challenges that exist in the voice messaging market, as well as identifies examples of unified communications suppliers addressing these ch...

This market insight examines the preferences and plans of North American businesses regarding mobilized sales force automation (SFA) applications. In June 2014, Frost & Sullivan surveyed mobility purchase decision-makers in Canada and in U.S. business sectors. Their responses regarding deployment plans, business impacts, preferred partners, and so ...

As the Wearables sector continues to explode in interest in the healthcare space in terms of potential hard benefit to consumers, providers, and vendors across the value chain of connected healthcare, areas are expanding in launches besides that of activity tracking. The following Vital Signs presents analyst discussion regarding brain wearables in...

The attached tracker presents mobile communications metrics for Tier I mobile operators in the United States, and the Canadian mobile communication market. In addition, statistics on mobile subscribers, connected devices, smartphone penetration, service and data revenue (including the average voice and data revenue per user), equipment revenue, pre...