The spread of home networks is a consequence of the mass influx of broadband to European homes and the growing number of interconnectable devices developed by manufacturers.

From remote access to storage, media centres and home automation, we take a look at home networks possibilities.

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At the end of June 2007 there was a rise of 46% broadband customers over one year.

Get a breakdown by country and find out which Western European countries are benefiting by this rapid development.

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Find out how widgets are being used to revolutionise personalised content for the desktop, mobile, TV and as interactive and CRM tools.

Plus find out what operators are doing in this space.

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Find out about the competition between convergent mobile/WiFi terminals and FMS (fixed mobile substitution) offers (aka. homezone offers)…

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Although the operating systems (OS) market is dominated by Symbian and Linux, there are significant geographic disparities.

Find out the breakdown by operating systems sales and market share.

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1 billion mobile handsets were shipped by mobile handset manufacturers in 2006.

Find out the breakdown by manufacturer, by technology and by operating system.

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Published: February
2007

Find out about what is being done in emerging markets to increase the uptake of mobile phones...

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Strategy Analytics reports that the second quarter of 2005 saw an acceleration in handset sales with operators buying 185 million units from manufacturers (+16% year-on-year, + 10% compared to Q1 2005)…
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Published: October 2005
 

On Saturday morning, Nicholas, carrying an electrocardiogram connected to his mobile, has just completed his fourth lap of the park. He bumps into Claire doing some stretches, armed with a pedometer that communicates with her MP3 player. Stretched out next to her in the grass, Peter receives an SMS on his mobile phone giving him advice on gradually giving up smoking.

What do these three people have in common? They're all users of e-wellness services. So which market does this term describe and where can operators, and developers, fit into it?

Find out more, and get inspired to enter this growing market...

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This article provides the latest stats, on customisable aggregation portal usage across Europe...

Aggregation portals offer a private homepage where users can decide on the content and format, examples being Netvibes, My Yahoo and Bubbletop!

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48% of young French and Spanish people and 47% of young Italians want to see instant messaging on their mobile phone.
The customer need has been clearly identified. What's more, users are prepared to pay for it…

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Published: 
November
2007

Originating in the United States and providing highly popular in Japan, the principle of the 'unlimited offer' is now affecting mobile pricing strategies.
Find out how…

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Following the launch of Opera's mobile browser (Opera Mini) in 2006 it's now the turn of Microsoft and Mozilla to take an interest in this market...

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Published: 
September
2007

Read about the productivity gains for users, the forecasted usage and the emerging business models...

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Read through this whitepaper by Orange Labs, Boston and find out why serving out customised mobile web content doesn't have to be difficult and doesn't have to rely on technologies not already in wide use.

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This whitepaper examines how RSS is emerging as a standard for distributing emerging data...

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Among the different types of wireless access (Bluetooth, infrared etc), the incorporation of RFID9 cards in mobile phones heralds a profound mutation of the mobile...

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In the final part of this four part series we take a closer look at the European market which is experiencing a timid start for mobile games...

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In the third part of this feature we take a closer look at gaming communities in the USA...

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The second part of this feature takes a closer look at Korea and Japan, the mobile games grand masters...

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Published: 
March 2006 

After developing on the PC and home and portable consoles, games are now appearing on the mobile...

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Who invented the mobile game? That question is nigh-on impossible to answer but French company In Fusio certainly has a decent claim to being one of the first...

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Published: 
July 2005
 

It's a no brainer that girls like their mobiles. So why aren't game publishers and developers doing more to stimulate the female half of the mobile universe?

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Learn about the growth of mobile multimedia and look at the trends...

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In the final part of this series, we take a look at how handsets have evolved over the past few years...

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In the third part of this series, we take a look at four successful music services...

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In the second part of this series we take a look at the services and levers for usage development of Mobile TV...
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Music on mobiles is fast becoming a key component of operators' offerings. With the development of broadband networks and the appearance of music-dedicated handsets...

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Nearly three years after the initial tests, the results of broadcast TV are less than reassuring, despite commercial success in Asia and Italy. Read this article to find about the successes, the debates and uncertainties…

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In the final part of this four part series of articles on Mobile TV, we examine the challenges of the "broadcast" business model and the even further challenge of convergence...

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Let's understand the trends that will get usage moving in the third part of this feature written by Orange Badim...

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In the second part of this feature on mobile TV market we take a closer look at the typology of mobile TV content.

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Published: 
March
2006 

Mobile usages continue to grow, and mobile TV is taking off in Asia, Europe and the USA, yet so far no dominant business model has emerged...

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A surge in 3G take-up is forecast for 2010, thanks to falling sales prices, widespread adoption of flat-rate pricing for broadband services (in particular for mobile Internet), increased campaigns to encourage mobile usage and handset subsidies.

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Published: 
June 2008

An insight into the global mobile telecoms market...

According to initial estimates by Informa, there were more than 3.2 billion mobile customers worldwide at the end of 2007, providing growth in the global mobile base of more than 6% in one year.

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Published:
March
2008

The global 3G market has hit 'cruising speed'

Read this article and find out everything you need to know about 3G; customer numbers, the technology and the marketing initiatives of Operators that are contributing to the global 'take-up'.

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Published: 
December 2007

3G subscriptions near the 100 million threshold. Find the breakdown of subs at the end December 2006.

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Published:
January 2007

Find out where the areas of growth are by region (Asia and Europe) and by standard…

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Published: 
February 2005

September heralded Europe's biggest monthly increase of the quarter…

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Published:
November 2005
 

With 1.56 million new customers recruited in August, the W-CDMA base reached 31.2 million, almost twice as big as that of the rival standard CDMA2000 1xEV-DO…

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Find out where the areas of growth are by region (Asia and Europe) and by standard…

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Published: 
February 2005

Data comes to the rescue of voice.

In Europe there has been a 5% fall in the average revenue per user (ARPU).

Get the full blended ARPU rates and data as a percentage of blended ARPU across the European operators.

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Published: February 
2008 

Orange France remains our largest market with 23.504 million subscribers; the UK is second with 15.4 million followed by Spain with 10.921 million.

Find out where the Orange brand operates and the location of our biggest markets.

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The churn rate of European mobile operators is continuing the slow decline that began nearly two years ago, falling under the 1.5% per month barrier for the first time in the second quarter.

Find out what factors caused this drop and which Operators are 'top of class' in keeping their customers.

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Published: December 
2007 

With nearly 40 million new customers over the past two quarters, W-CDMA subscribers around the world almost reached the 160 million mark in September, i.e. twice as many as 14 months ago.

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Despite the increase of 73 million new CDMA subscribers last year GSM still takes the lead globally.
Read the full article and get the figures for Asia, Central Europe, Africa and MENA.

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Published: October 
2007 

If you're developing mobile and fixed-line products for commercialisation via Orange and the France Telecom Group, then get our latest customer figures from this report.

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Read through this article and find out about how much revenue SMS accounts for and the current global predictions for the future...

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Published: September
2007 

Read through this article and find out what's driving the growth in Telecoms services...

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Published: July 2007 

Read through this article and find out where the world's largest integrated operators rank in terms of margins, turnover, investment and debt.
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Published: June 2007 

Take a look at the official European mobile operators Average Revenue per User (ARPU) results for 2006.

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Published: March
2007 

Read about the European mobile base evolution of prepaid vs post-paid contracts.

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Published: February
2007 

We take a closer look at SIM penetration rate in Europe and Worldwide at the end of 2006.

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Published: January
2007 

An update on the latest country-by-country figures for September.

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Published: December
2006 

We take a closer look at the monthly new customers in a country-by-country breakdown of nine European countries. Plus learn about the breakdown between pre and post paid customers.

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Published: March
2006 

Read through our in-depth case study on Amena (the newest Orange and France Telecom Group operation) and find out everything there is to know about Spain – the fifth largest European market.

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Here we take a quick look at some high level trends in Europe for the first half of 2005.

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Published: October 2005
 

Get the latest stats and trends on the use of widgets and social networking across Europe.

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Far from replacing television, watching videos online appears to be in addition to other image viewing and entertainment practices. Nearly a quarter of the top 25 most-visited Internet sites are those which offer videos, and 28% of European Internet users view videos online in Western Europe.

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