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RSS abiLocation-based services mean business
News ABI Research's principal analyst Dominique Bonte said business applications of LBS, such as asset and vehicle tracking and workforce management, will become an important revenue generator for carriers in the future as more companies look to deploy... [17 Jul 2008]
Femtocells: Europeans clueless on mobile access tech
News Despite femtocells' current low profile on the consumer radar, the survey - conducted by ABI Research for mobile operator Motorola - found significant appetite for the tech once the great unwashed are told about 'key benefits', such as increased... [23 Jun 2008]
'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market
News Among the features likely to proliferate in terms of enhancing user interface experiences include touchscreens, touchpads and accelerometers allowing tilt and shock sensing, as well as haptics for providing tactile feedback, according to analyst... [25 Mar 2008]
GPS-chip boom as mobiles enter the frame
News The popularity of consumer sat-nav devices is fuelling the market for GPS receiver chips, with one billion chips now forecast to ship annually by 2013, says analyst house ABI Research. ABI Research analyst, Jamie Moss, said in a statement: "Handset... [20 Mar 2008]
Tech leads to crunch time for uninsured drivers
News And out of the vehicles seized this year some 45,000 have been crushed, according to figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Nick Starling, director of General Insurance and Health at the ABI, said uninsured drivers are a menace... [14 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Femtocell
Cheat Sheet Figures from ABI Research last year forecast that by 2011 there will be 102 million users of femtocell products on 32 million access points worldwide. I'll avoid the Austin Powers gags. Thanks. Tell me, what does it mean? [25 Sep 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Wi-fi
Cheat Sheet ABI Research predicts there will be 179,000 wi-fi hotspots worldwide this year, with the hospitality industry leading the way in providing access. Getting online when you have a coffee or a pint, that sort of thing? [24 May 2007]
M2M: 3G taking on WiMax
News According to industry watchers ABI Research, as machine-to-machine communications move away from analogue, 2G and 2.5G many have predicted a wholesale transfer to 3G. Machines are gearing up to take over 3G, analysts believe, as M2M increasingly... [22 May 2007]
Barclays targets taxis with wave-and-pay tech
News A recent report from market watchers ABI Research predicts NFC-enabled mobiles will reach 450 million units in 2011 - nearly 30 per cent of handsets sold that year. After introducing Oyster card-style contactless payments functionality into its... [27 Apr 2007]
Who will pay for mobile broadband's 100 million gadgets?
News According to analyst house ABI Research, 100 million devices will be mobile broadband-enabled by 2012, including either 3G or WiMax connectivity. Although in the near future 3G variants will remain dominant, ABI predicts WiMax has the greater long... [16 Apr 2007]
Mobile Linux set for take off
News But this is about to change, according to ABI research. Stuart Carlaw, research director at ABI, said a number of barriers to Linux taking off are disappearing with industry bodies working to promote the open source OS. [10 Apr 2007]
Online ads skyrocket to $16.8bn
News ABI Research estimated it earned revenues of $1.9bn in 2006. Advertising on the internet is continuing to steal old media's lunch, racking up $16.8bn in revenues last year. According to a report from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and... [08 Mar 2007]
Next version of 3G to milk operators for $18bn
News According to a report from ABI Research, operators will spend $18bn investing in their LTE networks up to 2014. LTE will, however, be challenged by the emergence of WiMax, which some operators including Sprint in the US are already deploying and... [01 Mar 2007]
UWB goes legit
News Analyst house ABI Research predicts the next five years will see significant growth in the number of PCs that ship with embedded UWB capacity. The European Commission has given the official thumbs-up to Ultrawideband (UWB), the high bandwidth... [22 Feb 2007]
BT fuels Fusion offering with two dual-mode handsets
News ABI Research forecasts that in 2011 there will be 325 million converged wi-fi/cellular phones. BT has inked deals with HP and Taiwan's HTC for the supply of converged devices for its BT Business Fusion service. [12 Feb 2007]
