Archive for May, 2006
44% of UK population has no Internet access from home
Households with no internet access from home correspond to 44% of the UK population, Point Topic said....
Digital music broadband value-added revenues up 237% in 2005
As far as broadband added-value services, music downloads saw the strongest revenue growth during 2005, with an increase in revenue of 237%. VOIP services have seen revenues grow by 89%, Point Topic s...
Venture capital investments up 64% in Q1 2006
Up rounds exceeded down rounds for the 9th quarter in a row, and by the largest margin since our survey began (74% up vs. 15% down, with 11% flat). The Fenwick & West Venture Capital Barometer showed ...
Broadband value-added services up 74% in 2005
Consumer broadband value-added services (BVAS) revenues increased by 74% during 2005. At the start of the year, revenues were running at an annual rate of $6.9 bln. This had increased to $11.9 bln 12 ...
Global market for semiconductor manufacturing materials up 6.1% in 2005
The worldwide market for chemicals and materials for semiconductor manufacturing grew 6.1% in 2005 and is projected to grow another 6.8% in 2006. Worldwide market for chemicals and materials for semic...
NAND flash shipments to grow 196% in megabytes in 2006
Demand for NAND flash continues to outstrip supply, with the number of megabytes shipped likely to rise by 196% in 2006. However, 2007 should bring a small surplus. Samsung will ship 1 bln units in 20...
37.6 mln Americans to travel somewhere for Memorial Day
AAA said 37.6 mln Americans will travel 50 miles or more for Memorial Day, or about 1% more than in 2005. More than 80% of those travelers will take road trips, while another 10% will fly....
Semiconductor contract assembly and test services up 12.6% in 2005
Semiconductor contract assembly and test services revenue for 2005 increased 12.6% to almost $15.2 bln compared with 2004. Outsourcing's share rose to 39.5% of the total semiconductor packaging market...
Illegal immigration costs federal government $10 bln a year
Currently the cost of illegal immigration to the federal government alone is estimated at over $10 bln a year, The Information Network reports. In addition, California citizens pay $10.5 bln a year in...
Consumer spending up 0.6% in April 2006
US Commerce Department reported that consumer spending jumped 0.6% in April 2006, the biggest increase since a 0.8% rise in January 2006. However, when inflation was removed, the increase in spending ...
15 mln fingerprint readers to ship in 2006
Endpoint Technologies Associates predicts embedded fingerprint readers will proliferate, with shipments hitting 15 mln in 2006 and skyrocketing to 228 mln units by 2011. ...
Online cosmetics and fragrances sales to reach $800 mln by year-end 2006
Forrester Research said that 2005 growth of online sales in cosmetics and fragrances sector will be in excess of 30%, rising from $600 mln in 2005 to reach $800 mln by the end of 2006. Growth should r...
37 inch LCD TV prices down 30% so far in 2006
The average selling price of a 32" LCD TV in the US dropped just 24% during the first 18 weeks of 2006, compared to a 53% decline during the same period in 2005. In 37-inch screens, the price drop so ...
Ads on parked domain ads to reach $1 bln by 2007
Advertising on "parked" sites may have generated $400 mln in sales in 2005, estimates Susquehanna Financial Group, which figures the business could hit $1 bln by 2007. Domain name sales generated $29 ...
Global server market down 1.9% in Q1 2006
Factory revenue in the worldwide server market declined 1.9% YTY to $11.9 bln in Q1 2006. Worldwide server unit shipments growth slowed modestly to 9.5% in Q1 2006 when compared with Q1 2005. Global ...
3.7 bln online videos viewed in March 2006, 52% of online video audience are males
The number of consumers viewing video online grew 18% from October 2005 to March 2006. In total, consumers viewed 3.7 bln video streams in March 2006 and slightly less than 100 minutes of video conten...
Newspapers account for 17-18% of US ad market
In 1949, newspapers accounted for 37% of the advertising market in the US. Today, they account for 17% to 18%. About 90% of advertisements in newspapers are local....
35% of software in the world is pirated
35% of the packaged software installed on personal computers (PC) worldwide in 2005 was illegal, amounting to $34 bln in global losses due to software piracy. Piracy rates decreased moderately in more...
Top news sites in April 2006: Yahoo! News, CNN, MSNBC
Yahoo! News was the top news site on the Web for the last eight months. It commanded 25.7 mln unique visitors in April 2006, up 10% from in 2004, followed by CNN at 23.7 mln visitors and MSNBC at 23.2...
US GDP up 4.8% in Q1 2006
US Commerce Department reported GDP growing at 4.8% in Q1 2006. It's the strongest GDP growth in 2.5 years. US GDP reached $11.39 trillion in Q1 2006. Sales of previously owned homes fell 2% in April ...
77% of Americans are online
Approximately 77% of Americans are now online, up from 74% in 2005, and compared with 57% back in 2000. When Harris first began to track Internet use in 1995, only 9% of US adults reported they went o...
Switches to generate $17.7 bln by 2009
With Average Selling Prices (ASPs) decreasing by 19% in 2005, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches are on a strong growth track and will continue to be in hot demand through 2010, reports In-Stat. Though this...
74.9 mln PC graphics devices shipped in Q1 2006
Jon Peddie Research estimates that approximately 74.9 mln PC graphics devices shipped from major suppliers in Q1 2006, a 5.7% decline from Q4 2005 and a 24.5% increase over Q1 2005. The desktop graphi...
500 mln mobile phones to support near-field communication by 2010
By 2010, more than 50% of cellular handsets (some 500 mln units) will incorporate near-field communication capabilities that will be used not only for payments at points of sale and remotely, but also...