Metrics News
There is a mountain of data available about the mobile and wireless market, and the host of predictions and forecasts can be confusing. Faced with data overload and sometimes conflicting estimates, Rethink Wireless helps to bring order out of chaos.
Each day we summarize the key findings of reports and forecasts from all round the industry. We offer concise headline figures from the leading analysts covering wireless technology, devices, vendor performance and carrier strategies. We then put these in context with our own analysts’ unique commentary, assessing how the metrics fit into the broader picture.
We also present highlights of exclusive data from the research partners behind Rethink Wireless, ARCchart and Rethink Technology Research. Both firms regularly conduct in-depth studies of key wireless trends and share their insights with Rethink Wireless readers.
Click for Amazon may have sold 6m Fires says analyst
On the eve of Amazon's results, all Wall Street eyes were on the sales figures for the Kindle Fire, which has already trounced every other tablet except the iPad in a survey of applications activity. ...
- Kindle Fire generates $136 in new income at Amazon
- Amazon could license Fire content platform
- Developers flock to Kindle Fire
- Kindle Fire set to outdo iPad's first month sales
Apple topped 2011 smartphone table says Gartner
15 February, 2012
In terms of end user sales, iPhone pipped Samsung to post, while the Korean firm closed on Nokia in overall handset space
Tablets and cloud drive next mobile data explosion
14 February, 2012
Wi-Fi and cellular devices to handle 10.8 exabytes of data each month by 2016 as users switch to streaming
Operators race to upgrade HSPA+
7 February, 2012
World now has 62 networks supporting 42Mbps DC-HSPA+, while PCCW is first to trial the 84Mbps iteration
Apple jumps to third place in handset league
3 February, 2012
iPhone 4S lets its vendor leapfrog LG and ZTE in the fourth quarter, says IDC, but overall handset market sees slowing growth
New Chinese deals could shift 57m more iPhones
31 January, 2012
Morgan Stanley believes Apple could achieve AT&T levels of penetration if it can sign China Mobile and Telecom this year
Vodafone leads M2M pack, says study
18 January, 2012
Global scale gives the cellco a headstart in a cellular market which will could see 365m connections in 2016
FEATURED STORIES
- Intel integrates radios into Atom with Rosepoint - 20 February, 2012
- Apple marshals EC authorities against Motorola - 20 February, 2012
- AT&T and LightSquared cast about for friends - 17 February, 2012
- FCC's deals likely death blow for LightSquared - 15 February, 2012
