15.9 mln mobile Web logons in UK in December 2006

Mobile phone users in the UK accessed the internet via their handsets about 15.9 mln times throughout December 2006, says the Mobile Data Association.

Published on: January 29, 2007 Department: Wireless data

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400 mln ultrawideband devices to ship by 2013
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Europeans spent 1.86 bln on wireless e-mails in 2007
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110 mln GPS chipsets shipped in 2006, 725 mln in 2011
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Bluetooth device shipments to increase by 34% in 2007
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US wireless data market up 7% in Q2 2007
5 mln Europeans to connect to broadband via mobile in 2007
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40 mln devices with WiFi support to ship in 2006
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248 municipal WiFi deployments in the US by year-end 2006
40 mln global navigation satellite systems receivers shipped in 2005
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Asia-Pacific WiMAX market to generate $4.3 bln by 2011
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100 mln WiFi-enabled cell phones by 2010
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8.5 mln WiMAX subscribers by 2009
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Wi-Fi equipment revenues up 15% for 2004, but down 21% in Q4 2004
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WLAN equipment revenues to grow 13% in 2005
100 mln wireless sensors in use by 2008
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11 mln Wi-Fi units sold in Q3 2004
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27% of enterprises to use voice-over-WLAN by mid-2006
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WLAN IC market to generate $2.1 bln in 2008
Wireless LAN integrated circuits to generate $2.1 bln in 2008
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19 mln ZigBee units to ship in 2006, 123 mln in 2009
200K hotspots by 2008
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39 mln WLAN users by the end of 2004
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Chinese WLAN market to grow 33% a year
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EMEA WLAN equipment market up 188% in Q2 2004
Global WLAN hardware sales up 3% QTQ in Q2 2004
Embedded WiFi market to grow at 66.2% CAGR till 2008
802.11g access point prices declined 10.3% in June 2004
1 mln Zigbee devices will be shipped in 2005, 80 mln in 2006
Enterprise WLAN access point market to grow 75% in 2004
SMB wireless market to grow 93% in 2004
300 mln Bluetotth products to ship in 2004
36% of businesses provide wireless access to back-end
Productivity is the top reason for installing WLAN
27% of US users have heard of VOIP, 13% considered it
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Chinese WLAN market falls 28.7% in Q1 2004
Almost 700K wireless networks in the US
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22% of WiFi devices fail to connect on the first try
10% of Americans use wireless networks
60% of Americans know what Wi-Fi is, 72% familiar with wireless networking
30 mln WiFi users by the end of 2004
WCDMA grew 33% in Q4 2003
WiFi revenues up 55% for 2003, consumer market up 66%
Last mile wireless solutions market to reach $3 bln by 2009
Wireless e-mail pushes worker productivity
802.16 and 802.20 market to outpace $1 bln by 2007
Wireless shipments increased 214% in 2003
37% of laptop plan to buy a WLAN card, 30% have one
115 mln people use mobile data services
WiFi unit shipments up 214% in 2003
Hotspot statistics - most unwired countries
Taiwanese double WLAN production
Wireless security market $8.4 bln by 2008
40K hotspots globally in 2003
IDC: wireless games will bring $1 bln by 3006
$250 mln in WiFi sales in China in 2005
Nomad: 3.8 M WiMax users in UK by 2006
Hot spots in Asia: good growth, little money
IDC: Centrino laptops will get 42% market share in 2003
VoIP: Big in Europe
Wireless e-mail productivity
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In-Stat/MDR: Wireless security providers up
ABI: Wifi deployment - a million hot spots a year
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Wireless notebooks: 95% by 2006
China wireless apps up
US VOIP sales
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