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70,000 Australians use Wi-Fi
IDC estimated Australian wireless broadband revenues reached $13 mln in 2004. $57 mln is predicted for 2005 and $112 mln in 2006. The 70,000 users estimated for this year were dominated by consumers, ...
Linux market share reaches 1.1% in Australia
IDC Australia surveyed resellers, small and medium businesses and consumers in regards to their plans on Linux operating system. 1.7% of consumer said they used Linux on notebooks, 1.1% of small and m...
Australian PDA shipments down 26% in Q1 2005
Australian pen-based PDA market fell 26% in Q1 2005, while shipments of smart PDAs increased by 7%, IDC Australia says. E-mail was the biggest driver for smart PDA, although IDC analyst says they see ...
Internet advertising to grow 7.6% in 2005
MarketingVox quotes TNS Media Intelligence report in AdAge, which forecasts 7.6% growth of Internet advertising for 2005. Total advertising spending is forecast to hit $145.3 bln in 2005, for YTY grow...
Australian monitor market up 3% in Q1 2005
Australian total PC monitor market grew 3% QTQ and declined 2% YTY in Q1 2005, IDC says. The top five vendors on Australian monitor market were LG Electronics (18.0%), Samsung (15.5%), BenQ (14.5%), A...
6.4 mln Ukrainians online in April 2005
6.4 mln Ukrainians were online in April 2005, SputnikMedia says. 54.14% of all Internet users in Ukraine logged on from Kiev, five other major cities accounted for 32.03% of Ukrainian Internet audienc...
Residential VOIP market size: Vonage – 600K, CableVision – 350K
The New York Times published new numbers on current residential VOIP market. Vonage has 600,000 subscribers and CableVision is at 350,000. AT&T VOIP service lured 53,000 users. Previously in January 2...
1.5 mln digital music player owners in Australia by year-end 2005
There will be 1.5 mln digital music player owners in Australia by the end of 2005, IDC says, noting that the price floor could hit $50 due to increased competition. However, average selling prices for...
TV networks could lose $27 bln in 5 years to ad skipping
MarketingVox points to research by Accenture, which warns TV industry about $27 bln they are likely to lose due to ad skipping. Viewers with DVRs skip 70% of ads, a trend expected to get worse as DVR ...
Australian WLAN market up 119% in 2004
IDC Australia says the overall Australia WLAN Equipment market grew 119% in 2004. Netgear is the champion of the 2004 Australia WLAN Equipment Market through its shipments to the SME, Education and Co...
83% of those who play games store music on PCs
IDC and IGN asked gamers about their gaming and music listening habits. The bulk of respondents reported spending 4-20 hours a week playing video games. 20% said they spent 6-10 hours a week gaming. 3...
Strategy Analytics ups mobile porn forecast to $5 bln by 2010
Mobile phone users around the world spent $400 mln on pornographic pictures and video in 2004, an amount that is expected to rise to $5 bln by 2010, despite the tiny screen sizes, according to an upda...
280 mln cameraphones to be sold in 2005
180 mln cameraphones were sold worldwide in 2004, a 130% increase over 2003. 280 mln camera phones are projected to be sold by the end of 2005. Kodak market study found that most camera phone owners f...
47% of online Americans increased online news usage, 4% decreased
In 2004, 47% of respondents to a Washington Post-sponsored survey said they increased online news use. 4% said they had decreased online news use. Traditional news sources showed smaller gains, rangin...
6.3 mln online gamers in the Philippines by 2008
The number of online gamers in the Philippines will reach 6.3 mln by 2008. IDC said that online gaming subscriptions in the country will grow 58.4% annually from 2002 until 2007....
2 bln mobile subscribers by year-end 2005
The global mobile phone market is set to grow to 2 bln subscribers by the end of 2005, fueled by strong demand from developing economies in Asia and Latin America, according to Deloitte & Touche. Mob...
53% of US online users have broadband in October 2004
In October 2004 53% of US Internet users were using a broadband connection, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. The research company attributed growth in broadband users to price drops. In August 2004 5...
PC market sales 2001-2005
IDC released PC sales numbers for the United States and Worldwide. The sales volume for 2004 is estimated, and sales volume for 2005 is current IDC forecast, which predicts the market growth by 11.3%....
$264 bln spent on advertising in US in 2004
AdWeek reports that national and local advertising will reach $264 bln, according to Universal McCann. That means a rise of 6.4% over 2004, despite this year's confluence of the election cycle and the...
67% of UK IT directors don’t see an alternative to offshoring
A recent Vanson Bourne research finds two-thirds of UK IT directors seeing little alternative to going offshore. 67% of UK IT Directors are ignorant of any alternative solutions to offshoring, Vanson ...
Blog, incumbent and electoral are words of the year at Merriam-Webster
Between the Lines reports on Merriam-Webster's most popular words for 2004. The report is based on the number of lookups for specific word definition on Merriam-Webster Web site. blog incumbent ele...
Australian PC market declines 8% in Q3 2004
After seeing a record performance in Q2 2004 Australian PC market declined by 8% QTQ, but saw a 20% increase YTY in Q3 2004. Desktop PC market contributed to the majority of the decline in the overall...
44.51 Indians have mobile phones, 43.96 mln – landlines
The number of mobile phone subscribers in India exceeded that of fixed-line users by October 2004, according Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. At the end of October 2004, the mobile phone user ba...