Research releases
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May 9, 2013Total smart mobile device (notebook, tablet and smart phone) shipments for the Q1 hit 308.7 million units, according to Canalys’ latest worldwide estimates. This represents year-... [more]
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May 2, 2013Canalys is pleased to announce the launch of its latest continuous information service: ‘Appcessory Analysis Worldwide’. The service features ongoing market, ecosystem and product... [more]
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April 8, 2013Canalys’ App Interrogator research, covering the leading app stores in more than 50 countries, shows healthy growth in the download and purchase of apps on mobile devices in what... [more]
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March 28, 2013Canalys today announced its latest enterprise content security market estimates, which indicate that total investment increased 3.5% worldwide between 2011 and 2012. Within this... [more]
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February 23, 2013Worldwide mobile device shipments (notebook PCs, tablet PCs, smart phones and phones) will reach 2.6 billion units by 2016, according to the latest forecasts from Canalys. Tablet... [more]
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February 8, 2013Canalys has published its final mobile phone shipment estimates across the 50+ countries that it tracks. The total mobile phone market, at 438.1 million units, was flat year-on-... [more]
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February 6, 2013Worldwide PC shipments increased 12% year-on-year in Q4 2012 to reach 134.0 million units, with pads accounting for over a third. Apple continued to lead the PC market, shipping... [more]
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January 17, 2013Canalys’ latest smart phone forecasts show a clear rise in theimportance of developing markets, and markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China (BRIIC) will drive... [more]
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January 10, 2013Canalys’ latest forecasts paint a bleak picture of the state of the industry for the majority of PC hardware vendors. Combined shipments of desktops, netbooks and notebooks showed... [more]
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December 5, 2012A small number of developers, almost entirely game companies, continue to generate the majority of revenue at the leading app stores - Apple’s App Store (iPhone only) and Google... [more]
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November 8, 2012Canalys today released its final worldwide country-level smart phone data for Q3 2012. The estimates show that the smart phone market reached 173.7 million units, growing 44% year... [more]
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September 10, 2012The latest product announcements by leading smart phone and pad vendors will help drive consumer demand to new heights, according to Canalys. It forecasts that in 2016, global... [more]
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August 2, 2012Canalys published its final Q2 2012 country-level shipment estimates to clients yesterday. Results show that China saw phenomenal growth of 199% year-on-year and 32% over the... [more]
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July 31, 2012Canalys reported today that global client PC shipments rose 12% year on year in Q2 2012. Growth in pads more than compensated for disappointing sales of Ultrabooks. The new iPad... [more]
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July 11, 2012
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July 5, 2012Mobility is adding complexity to the enterprise IT market. This in turn is creating opportunities for channel partners across various sectors, such as security, unified... [more]
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June 18, 2012According to the latest forecasts published by analyst firm Canalys, China will account for more than a third of the global increase in smart phone shipment volumes in 2012 (over... [more]
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June 11, 2012Complacency on the part of leading app store providers is the biggest threat to their long-term success, according to analyst firm Canalys. This manifests itself in a remarkable... [more]
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May 29, 2012Market analyst firm Canalys anticipates that the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region will face major challenges in meeting the rising energy requirements of data centers... [more]
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May 2, 2012Canalys today released to clients its detailed smart phone shipment estimates by country for Q1 2012. Total shipments worldwide grew 45% year on year to 146 million units, but... [more]
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May 2, 2012HP retook the lead in the worldwide client PC market in Q1 2012, according to the latest figures published by analyst firm Canalys. Apple had ousted the long-time PC market leader... [more]
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April 30, 2012Market analyst firm Canalys reported today that global pad shipments more than tripled year-on-year in Q1 2012. Vendors shipped 20.3 million pads, representing 19% of all client... [more]
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April 17, 2012Market analyst firm Canalys predicts that many more consumer electronics (CE) retailers will follow in the footsteps of Surcouf, Best Buy Europe, CompUSA and Circuit City and... [more]
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March 12, 2012Canalys reported today that the value of the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) network security market topped $674 million in Q4 2011, up 9.0% year-on-year and 12.8% over the... [more]
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February 27, 2012Canalys today shared its prediction that revenues of the leading IT industry titans will collectively grow by 11% in 2012, significantly more than the low single-digit growth... [more]
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February 23, 2012Canalys today released the results of a recent App Interrogator survey of the top paid-for and free apps from the leading consumer app stores to clients of its App Store Analysis... [more]
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February 3, 2012Canalys today released its full, detailed Q4 2011 country-level smart phone shipment estimates to clients, so completing the picture for the year. One notable result was that... [more]
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January 30, 2012Canalys today announced that Apple, after reporting stellar results, became the leading worldwide client PC vendor in Q4 2011. Apple shipped over 15 million iPads and five million... [more]
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January 27, 2012Canalys today provided analysis of recent, record-achieving financial results issued by key smart phone vendors. The analyst firm noted strong performance from Apple and Samsung... [more]
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January 9, 2012Canalys today announced the key themes likely to impact 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) news from Las Vegas this week. The analyst firm anticipates that Intel’s... [more]
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December 20, 2011Canalys today announced the results of its latest enterprise security forecasts, indicating that total investment is expected to grow 8.7% year-on-year in 2012 to reach a market... [more]
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December 14, 2011Canalys today announced that the worldwide data center infrastructure market reached $26.2 billion in Q3 2011, up 2.7% from $25.5 billion in Q2 2011[1]. A wave of data center... [more]
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Apple on track to become leading global PC vendor: Global PC shipments to reach 415 million for 2011
November 21, 2011Canalys today announced that it expects Apple to overtake HP to become the leading global PC vendor before the second half of 2012. Pads, and particularly the iPad, have radically... [more] -
November 2, 2011Canalys today announced that Q3 2011 worldwide PC shipment volumes showed healthy year-on-year growth of 18%. The proliferation of pads drove overall PC market expansion, though... [more]
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November 1, 2011Canalys today released its Q3 2011 country-level smart phone shipment estimates to clients, revealing that HTC has taken the top spot in the US market. At the same time, a... [more]
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September 9, 2011Canalys today announced that Cisco captured the number one spot in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) PBX call control market in Q2 2011, with a share of 14.8% compared... [more]
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September 6, 2011Canalys today announced that the total enterprise wireless LAN market, including access points and controllers, was worth $757 million in Q2 2011, with 1.6 million units shipped.... [more]
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August 23, 2011Canalys today announced that the private cloud infrastructure and services market offers the world’s channel partners a $36 billion revenue opportunity in 2011. [more]
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August 1, 2011Canalys today published its final worldwide country-level Q2 2011 smart phone market estimates, showing substantial market growth in all regions. Globally, the market grew 73%... [more]
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July 29, 2011Canalys today announced that the global PC industry continued to defy difficult economic circumstances with an overall growth of 17% in the second quarter. A strong performance in... [more]
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July 12, 2011Canalys today announced that it expects data center IT infrastructure investment, covering everything from server closets to large data centers, in Europe, the Middle East and... [more]
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June 29, 2011Canalys today announced that app store direct revenue from the sale of apps, in-app purchases and subscriptions across smart phones and pads combined will hit $14.1 billion next... [more]
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June 20, 2011Canalys today announced that it expects 106 million mobile phones to ship in Southeast Asia this year, up 19% from the 90 million units that shipped in 2010.[1] Driven primarily... [more]
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June 10, 2011Canalys today announced mixed first quarter results for the enterprise network security market, with a year-on-year increase of 10.8%, but a 5.0% decrease from Q4 2010.[1] Hit by... [more]
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June 1, 2011Canalys today stated that Q1 2011 was a difficult quarter for Ethernet switch vendors, with revenue down 8.8% year-on-year due to aggressive port pricing competition and weakening... [more]
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May 20, 2011Canalys today announced its view that cloud service providers would benefit from the new EU Telecoms Reform, which comes into effect on 25 May. Network operators able to modify... [more]
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May 4, 2011Canalys today released its worldwide country-level smart phone market data for Q1 2011, revealing that Android led the market for the second quarter running, and, with 35.7... [more]
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April 28, 2011Canalys today announced that the PC market grew 7% in Q1 2011, as the pad market, led by Apple’s iPad, continued to bolster growth. Once again, Apple set the standard in the pad... [more]
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April 18, 2011Canalys today announced its latest trends analysis regarding the impact of consumerization on unified communications (UC) and collaboration, signaling a growing opportunity for... [more]
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March 15, 2011Canalys today announced the release of its latest worldwide PC market forecast, estimating year-on-year growth of 14% for 2011. The analyst firm predicts that much of this growth... [more]
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March 8, 2011Canalys today announced the results of its latest US survey, indicating that 86% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have not yet adopted mobile phone security throughout... [more]
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January 31, 2011Canalys today published its final Q4 2010 global country-level smart phone market data, which revealed that Google’s Android has become the leading platform. Shipments of Android-... [more]
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January 26, 2011Canalys today announced strong PC industry growth of 19% in Q4 2010, with Apple climbing to third place in the market, thanks to impressive iPad and Mac sales, as well as fast... [more]
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January 13, 2011Canalys today announced its projection that Android will continue to grow at more than twice the rate of its major smart phone competitors in 2011, despite market concerns over... [more]
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December 13, 2010Canalys today announced some of the key research topics that it believes will most impact the technology channel in 2011. The priority areas include: [more]
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November 1, 2010In Q3 2010, the worldwide smart phone market grew an impressive 95% over the same quarter a year ago to 80.9 million shipped units. Nokia retained its leadership position, albeit... [more]
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September 21, 2010Findings from a survey conducted for the new Canalys Mobile Application Analysis services suite show that 51% of Chinese end users downloaded applications or games on their mobile... [more]
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August 2, 2010Nokia retained a substantial lead in the worldwide smart phone market in Q2 2010, achieving a 38% market share. The vendor shipped a record 23.8 million smart phones during the... [more]
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July 26, 2010Canalys today released its quarterly worldwide PC market data, highlighting Apple’s jump into the top five PC vendors. The iPad captured approximately 6% of the portable PC... [more]
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July 15, 2010Canalys expects the global enterprise security market to grow by 13.8% in 2010, with end-user value forecast to reach $15 billion. The security market had a strong start to 2010,... [more]
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June 16, 2010Canalys today announced the results of its latest ‘State of the Economy’ survey, highlighting reseller concerns that the public sector would be the weakest for IT expenditure in... [more]
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June 14, 2010The smart phone market continues to see impressive growth around the world, and in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region particularly. Shipments in the region are expected to grow 53%... [more]
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May 3, 2010Smart phone volumes continued their climb in Q1 2010 as volumes reached 55.2 million. The sector weathered the period of economic uncertainty well, and growth has fully rebounded... [more]
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April 27, 2010Cloud computing took a serious hit with Google’s exit from search business, and its subsequent service issues, in mainland China, announced Canalys. While cloud solutions will... [more]
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April 21, 2010In a recent survey conducted by Canalys with more than 2,400 mobile phone and PC users in EMEA, 79% said that they were users of social networking sites on both platforms.... [more]
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March 18, 2010The worldwide enterprise switch market was worth a total of $4.7 billion in Q4 2009 Total end-user value fell 5.9% year-on-year, but increased 15.5% sequentially Cisco’s market... [more]
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March 17, 2010The North American smart phone market is forecast to grow 38% year on year in 2010 Android device shipments in North America will grow quickly, surpassing 12.3 million units this... [more]
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March 15, 2010The worldwide security market was worth a total of $3.6 billion in Q4 2009 Security hardware and software grew 3.6% year-on-year in the fourth quarter Juniper Networks grew its... [more]
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February 8, 2010Canalys quarterly research highlights For the first time ever, smart phones with touch screens accounted for more than half of all smart phone shipments globally in Q4... [more]
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January 26, 2010In a recent survey conducted online by Canalys with more than 4,000 PC and mobile phone users across several countries in EMEA, a sizeable minority expressed strong interest* in... [more]
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December 9, 2009Enterprise telephony shipments totalled 4.8 million lines in Q3 2009 Total volume fell 17.5% year-on-year, but increased 4.4% sequentially IP line penetration increased to 40%,... [more]
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November 3, 2009Global smart phone shipments grew 4% year on year, to 41.4 million units in Q3 2009 Nokia, RIM, Apple and HTC command over 80% of the market between them The APAC region shows... [more]
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November 2, 2009Canalys Q3 2009 EMEA PC research highlights In a recent survey conducted by Canalys with more than 3,000 mobile phone users across France, Germany and the UK, 38% said a... [more]
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October 21, 2009The EMEA PC market declined by 8% in Q3 2009, but the consumer segment was up 15% 56% of PCs are sold to consumers, as many businesses refuse to restart spending Acer’s cost... [more]
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September 17, 2009The EMEA enterprise security market totalled $2,100 million in H1 2009 Cisco maintained its overall lead but saw its H1 2009 share slip to 17% Check Point appliances gained... [more]
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September 10, 200913.5 million netbooks were sold worldwide in H1 2009 More than 50 telcos have begun selling netbooks HP has the most telco deals overall, but Samsung has risen quickly with the... [more]
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August 17, 2009Nokia maintains global lead, although its performance varies by region Touchscreens become the preferred interface, representing 40% of all shipments Apple’s success continues,... [more]
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March 31, 2009When asked about what measures they would take if they had to reduce their personal expenditure in 2009, very few consumers said they would stop using their mobile phone or switch... [more]
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March 30, 2009Businesses across EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) were forced to reprioritise their IT budgets in Q4 2008, as the banking problems sent shockwaves through the global... [more]
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March 16, 2009North America overtook EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) as the largest regional market for PNDs (portable navigation devices) in the final quarter of 2008, according to the... [more]
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November 7, 2008Highlights from the Canalys Q3 2008 research 2008 has been a healthy year for the EMEA PC market, with strong double-digit growth each quarter despite the credit crunch and rise... [more]
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November 6, 2008Total worldwide smart phone shipments hit new peak of 39.9 million in Q3 2008 US market more than doubles, but decline in Japan contributes to 18% year-on-year fall in Asia... [more]
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November 5, 2008EMEA shipments of PNDs in Q3 2008 fell to 4.3 million, from 4.8 million in Q2 EMEA shipments of smart phones with integrated GPS more than doubled from Q2, to hit 10.4 million At... [more]
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August 15, 2008EMEA smart phone shipments reached 12.6 million in Q2 2008, up 28% on the figure one year ago Growth slowed from Q1 2008, when it was 44%, to the lowest figure seen for 18 months... [more]
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August 14, 2008US PND (Portable Navigation Device) shipments rose to 3.7 million in Q2 2008 Unit shipments were up sequentially on Q1 2008, by 32% Shipments in Q2 2007 were 1.9 million, meaning... [more]
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May 23, 2008New research from analyst firm Canalys indicates that, while the IPTV market will continue to gather momentum over the next four years, competition from other video delivery... [more]
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May 12, 2008Highlights from the Canalys Taiwan consumer survey At the Canalys Navigation Forum in Taipei this week there will be a lot of discussion by industry experts about the future of... [more]
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May 8, 2008Highlights from the Canalys Indian consumer survey Canalys today released the first highlights from a new survey of around 1,200 consumers, which explores the opportunity for... [more]
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April 14, 2008Annual highlights Total EMEA enterprise telephony line shipments hit 24 million in 2007, up 7% on 2006 Call control systems represented €3.5 billion of the total €9 billion... [more]
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March 13, 2008Recent market data released by leading industry analyst firm Canalys shows how the boom in the global satellite navigation market is continuing. Worldwide shipments of mobile GPS... [more]
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March 6, 2008Annual highlights Total global shipments of mobile GPS navigation devices in 2007 were up 132% on 2006 PNDs still represent 90% of market, despite increasing activity from smart... [more]
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February 5, 2008Annual highlights Converged device shipments (smart phones and wireless handhelds) rose 60% to hit 115 million in 2007 Shipments of handhelds fell 47% to 3.0 million, from 5.6... [more]
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October 31, 2007Canalys forecasts there will be 39.6 million IPTV subscribers worldwide by the end of 2010 EMEA will remain the largest region for IPTV, although its dominance will be reduced... [more]
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October 17, 2007Consumer Internet usage is having a huge impact on the way the TV, gaming, music and PC industries function. The dynamics of these markets, and the vendors that lead in them, vary... [more]
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August 20, 20077.4 million mobile navigation devices shipped in Q2 2007, up 116% on Q2 2006 Over 90% of these were PNDs (dedicated Portable Navigation Devices) Converged devices, such as smart... [more]
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June 19, 2007According to survey results released by Canalys today, consumers in other Western European countries are more willing than those in the UK to pay a premium for electronic goods... [more]
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June 14, 2007Canalys today revealed more results from its recent consumer mobility survey, which show how receptive European consumers may be to emerging mobile phone design trends, such as... [more]
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May 16, 2007The first results from Canalys’ new consumer mobility survey reveal some interesting attitudes and opinions from European consumers on a range of topics, including Apple as a... [more]
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May 10, 2007APAC shipments of all smart mobile devices in Q1 2007 rose 40% year-on-year to 10.7 million 10.1 million of these were smart phones, over 400,000 were wireless handhelds Handheld... [more]
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March 28, 2007Annual security market growth declined to 7.2% in 2006, from over 30% in 2004 and 20% in 2005 Symantec and Trend Micro benefited from strong PC market growth Growth is predicted... [more]
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March 13, 20071.5 million portable navigation devices (PNDs) shipped in the US in the final quarter of 2006 Overall PND shipments for the year hit 2.9 million units, up 269% on 2005 Garmin was... [more]
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February 12, 2007Global shipments of all smart mobile devices rose 30% year-on-year in Q4 2006 to hit 22 million 18 million were smart phones, 2.5 million wireless handhelds and 1.5 million... [more]
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February 5, 2007IPTV subscribers hit 3.6 million in 2006, generating almost €1 billion in annualised revenues Western Europe accounts for two-thirds of worldwide IPTV subscribers The top five... [more]


