London, 22 February 2012. The market for fixed broadband access equipment saw exceptional growth for the second consecutive year, according to Ovum. Preliminary results for 2011 show PON equipment shipments doubled from 2010, annual DSL port shipments surpassed 100 million and CMTS port shipments crossed the 1 million mark for the first time ever.

M2M expected to be 5% of service provider revenues by 2015, but profits will be erratic

 London, UK – 21 February, 2012 – Operators must provide internet-style communication services to remain relevant to customers and to challenge the OTT services which are beginning to erode voice and text revenues, according to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media.

Hampshire, UK - 22nd February 2012: A new report from Juniper Research finds that annual revenues generated by MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) devices built into mobile phones including sensors, audio, displays and RF will exceed $6 billion by 2016, as the mobile device market accelerates, including smartphones, tablets, eReaders and Ultrabooks.

Today Ovum has launched new research that estimates operators lost $13.9bn of potential SMS revenue in 2011 through subscribers using social messaging apps on their mobile phone.

More than a quarter of company marketing budgets in the Middle East are expected to be spent on digital channels in 2012, according to the second State of Digital Marketing in MENA survey by Econsultancy.

Lebanon: Solidere is pinning hopes on an ultrafast 100 megabyte-per-second fiber optics network to help transform Beirut’s central district into a technology hub, the firm said Thursday.

Global smartphone sales for 2011 rose by 58 percent on the previous year to 472 million units, new figures show.

Analysys Mason report: Mobile voice services will account for most of the revenue growth – retail revenue for such services is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9%

 
 London, 15 February, 2012. Emerging market operators will continue to experience strong connections growth in 2012. Mobile broadband will be the main driver of this growth, but it will also act as a strategic disruptor, finds Ovum.