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Evolved packet core revenues double year-over-year in 3Q12
Evolved packet core revenues double year-over-year in 3Q12
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In its recently released report, Exact Ventures found the overall wireless packet core market, including evolved packet core (EPC), grew…
OLEDs to face stiff competition from classic LEDs
OLEDs to face stiff competition from classic LEDs
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Until now, OLED revenue has been driven mainly by display applications, but the industry is now targeting the lighting market…
Wireless LAN market posts record quarter revenues
Wireless LAN market posts record quarter revenues
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A recently published report by Dell'Oro Group revealed the Wireless LAN (WLAN) market posted record revenues in the third quarter,…
Mobile equipment market to achieve double digit growth this year
Mobile equipment market to achieve double digit growth this year
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Despite soft macroeconomic conditions, the market for mobile communications equipment will grow by a robust 13 percent this year, propelled…

OLEDs will face stiff competition from classic LEDs, market researchers say
OLEDs will face stiff competition from classic LEDs, market researchers say
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Until now, OLED revenue has been driven mainly by display applications, but the industry is now targeting the lighting market based on the technology specificities in terms of design (form…
Data, voice drive different connected-car markets
Data, voice drive different connected-car markets
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Automotive makers in western markets and emerging markets are driven by vastly different electronics needs that engineers need to understand soon or risk losing designs, according to an executive with…
Smartphones to pass feature phones in flash memory consumption
Smartphones to pass feature phones in flash memory consumption
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Smartphones will account for a larger share of NAND flash memory usage than feature phones for the first time in 2013, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli.
Global cellular machine-to-machine connections to grow to more than 325 million by 2016
Global cellular machine-to-machine connections to grow to more than 325 million by 2016
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IMS Research forecasts the market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity services to rise from approximately 107 million connections globally in 2011 to about 326 million connections by 2016. Mobile operators…
New wave of touch sensors driven by consumer demand, says NPD DisplaySearch
New wave of touch sensors driven by consumer demand, says NPD DisplaySearch
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With the advent of new touch sensor structures driven by consumer demand for lighter and thinner devices, NPD DisplaySearch finds that in-cell touch technology and DITO (dual ITO) film are…
The real cost of gold according to IDTechEx
The real cost of gold according to IDTechEx
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In its latest report on the market for gold inks, IDTechEx identifies and assesses the opportunities for a printable nano-gold ink, excluding its use in graphic arts applications.
LEDs shine amidst a gloomy semiconductor industry
LEDs shine amidst a gloomy semiconductor industry
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The growth of the industrial electronics market will fall short of expectations in 2012, says market research company iSuppli. The only bright spot in this murky environment is the LED…
60 GHz enabled device shipments to exceed 1 billion units by 2017
60 GHz enabled device shipments to exceed 1 billion units by 2017
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​After many years of waiting, 60 GHz technology looks set to emerge from a niche technology to a mass market solution. The main enabler has been the linking of the…
LED TV backlight price erosion continues among poor orders visibility
LED TV backlight price erosion continues among poor orders visibility
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The global downturn along with poor orders visibility triggered a significant decline in the price of LEDs for TV backlight applications. According to the market researchers from LEDinside, the price…
High power UPS forecast to face stiff competition from static suppliers
High power UPS forecast to face stiff competition from static suppliers
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Market analyst IMS Research is forecasting the market for high power uninterruptible power supplies (>500 kVA) will surpass $1 billion by 2016.
Car industry should benefit from semiconductor economies of scale, NXP suggests
Car industry should benefit from semiconductor economies of scale, NXP suggests
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In an environment where for cars it becomes essential to be "connected", the automotive industry is confronted with a growing dilemma: The design cycle of everything inside the vehicle that…
Mobile drives rapid growth In Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile drives rapid growth In Sub-Saharan Africa
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The GSMA has revealed that sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest-growing mobile market in the world, with a prodigious average annual growth rate of 44 per cent since 2000 (Source: Wireless…
LTE RAN market nearly tripled in 3Q12 while 2G/3G crashes
LTE RAN market nearly tripled in 3Q12 while 2G/3G crashes
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A recently published report by Dell'Oro Group indicates that rapidly growing LTE revenues were not enough to offset falling 2G/3G revenues as the total mobile RAN market declined 11 percent…
OLED TVs to start shipping by the end of 2012, says NPD DisplaySearch
OLED TVs to start shipping by the end of 2012, says NPD DisplaySearch
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Despite high expectations set by manufacturers Samsung and LG Electronics for the entry of OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays into the TV market in 2012, these sets will likely…
Over seven million licensed mobile radio terminals shipped in 2012
Over seven million licensed mobile radio terminals shipped in 2012
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IMS Research, recently acquired by IHS Inc., forecasts the number of terminals shipped to professional radio users will increase to more than seven million by the end of 2012. The…
More smartphones connect to Wi-Fi hotspots than laptops, says the Wireless Broadband Alliance
More smartphones connect to Wi-Fi hotspots than laptops, says the Wireless Broadband Alliance
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The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has published a report on the Wi-Fi hotspot market compiled by global research company Informa Telecoms & Media, revealing that smartphone-based hotspot connections now outnumber…
More smartphones connect to Wi-Fi hotspots than laptops
More smartphones connect to Wi-Fi hotspots than laptops
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The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has published a report on the Wi-Fi hotspot market compiled by global research company Informa Telecoms & Media, revealing that smartphone-based hotspot connections now outnumber…
OLED Lighting to reach a USD 1.7B market opportunity by 2020, says Yole Développement
OLED Lighting to reach a USD 1.7B market opportunity by 2020, says Yole Développement
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So far, OLED revenue has been driven mainly by display applications but the industry is now targeting the lighting market based on the technology specificities in terms of design and…
Android powers 75% of smartphones in Q3
Android powers 75% of smartphones in Q3
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Google's Android operating systems was found on three of every four smartphones shipped in the third quarter, according to International Data Corp. (IDC).
OLED displays will prevail over LCDs, study says
OLED displays will prevail over LCDs, study says
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OLEDs will gradually take the lead position over competing lighting and display technologies, a new study from Frost & Sullivan finds. According to the study, the global OLED market has…
LED packaging industry in for a slow year, LEDinside predicts
LED packaging industry in for a slow year, LEDinside predicts
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Although the LED market is still growing steadily in terms of demand, corresponding market growth slows down amid excess capacity build, believes market research company LEDinside. The analysts expects the…
u-blox expands with the acquisition of Fastrax
u-blox expands with the acquisition of Fastrax
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u-blox has announced the acquisition of privately owned, Finnish-based Fastrax Oy, a company that specializes in a broad range of GNSS positioning and antenna modules.
Low-cost smartphone shipments to double every year from 2010 to 2016
Low-cost smartphone shipments to double every year from 2010 to 2016
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The low-cost smartphone segment, defined as models with a selling price of less than $150, is a strong growth opportunity for the mobile phone industry, according to the new NPD…
Robots making inroads in the home, study finds
Robots making inroads in the home, study finds
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As the U.S. population ages, proponents of robotics technology are finding growing acceptance of robotics technology to assist with household chores.


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