According to Omdia, online consumer spending is set to reach $4.4 trillion (€4.03tn) in 2025, with the US contributing $1.4 trillion. By 2029, this figure will surge to $6.6 trillion, with the US accounting for $2 trillion of total online expenditure. Maria Rua Aguete, Senior Research Director at Omdia, presented the data at the Connected […]
LG Electronics (LG) has reaffirmed its dominance in the premium TV market, leading global OLED TV shipments in 2024 with over 52.4 per cent of the market share. LG has now led the OLED TV market for 12 consecutive years, According to market research firm Omdia, LG secured the top spot in the global OLED […]
According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, total global revenue for the Broadband Access equipment market increased to $4.8 billion (€4.4bn) in Q4 2024, up 3 per cent Q/Q and 5 per cent Y/Y. The gains in the quarter and the second half of the year were not enough to push 2024 into positive territory; […]
According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telco, security, networks and data centre industries, enterprise class Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenues continued on a recovery trajectory, growing 7 per cent on a Y/Y basis. The adoption of Wi-Fi 7 jumped by 5 points to 11 per cent of Indoor Access […]
The momentum for enterprise investment in emerging technologies remains robust with nearly half (47 per cent) of businesses investing in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), compared with 43 per cent in 2024. Forty-three per cent of survey respondents are investing in internet of things (IoT) and 33 per cent is investing in 5G technology, reflecting an […]
Ookla, the network intelligence company behind Downdetector and Speedtest, has published research on the global reach and performance of 5G Standalone (SA) and Europe’s digital competitiveness in the deployment and commercialisation of 5G SA networks. Developed in collaboration with Omdia, the report, A Global Evaluation of Europe’s Digital Competitiveness in 5G SA, focuses on Europe’s […]
People who think they are saving energy by using dark mode rather than light mode on their apps and websites are actually using more energy, according to research from BBC Research & Development (R&D). The vast majority of people using an app or website in dark mode turn the brightness of their device up far […]
Skyscrapers test the limits of telecommunications and connectivity systems. These structures highlight both the obstacles and innovations required for seamless connectivity in high-rise environments. This Ookla report, using data from Cell Analytics, benchmarks the 5G indoor coverage experience in nine of the world’s most iconic buildings by analysing the average Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) […]
A study from Juniper Research forecasts that the global number of IoT devices protected by cybersecurity solutions will reach 28 billion by 2028; rising from only 14 billion in 2024. This represents a growth of over 100 per cent over the next four years. However, despite this sizable growth, it warned that as the complexity […]
According to the latest Omdia smartphone preliminary shipment report, global shipments reached 328 million units in Q4 2024 marking a 2.8 per cent increase. This growth extends the smartphone market’s streak to five consecutive quarters of year-on-year growth. For the full year 2024, total shipments climbed to 1.22 billion units, a 7.1 per cent increase […]