Stat Spot
CategoryStat Spot: UK telecoms spending
– 7.5%
…UK spending on fixed line telecoms fell by 7.5% in 2005 to GBP 10.1 billion, while mobile spending rose 9.7% to GBP 13.1 billion. Source: Ofcom.
Stat spot: User satisfaction by handset brand
67.4%
…of RIM users surveyed by M:Metrics in the US awarded their handsets the 3 highest satisfaction ratings on a 10 point scale, making it the most popular of the major brands on the market. Siemens was lowest with 47%, while Motorola (58….
Stat spot: Windows Mobile license growth
90%
…growth in Windows Mobile licenses shipped during Microsoft’s fiscal 2006 period. While still a relatively small part of the software giant’s USD 44 billion revenue stream, it is one of the company’s fastest growing businesses and this y…
Stat Spot: Photo upload behaviour
47.8%
…of US users equipped with camera phones sporting a resolution in excess of 1.3 megapixels have uploaded photos to an album in the 3 months to May 2006. This compares with 17.7 percent of those with VGA cameras and 25.1% in the 1 – 1….
Stat Spot: HSUPA transmission speeds
2 Mb/s
…is the uplink transmission speed achieved by Qualcomm’s MSM 7200 chipset in trials. HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) is coming under operators’ spotlight as they seek to improve the return path to the network for subscribers. …
Stat Spot: Handset outsourcing
35%
…of handsets shipped in 2006 will be outsourced to contract manufacturers. All of the major handset vendors now use contract manufacturers for some of their portfolio. Source: Visiongain.
Stat Spot: Wireless sector investment
$334.9m
…invested in wireless companies in June 2006, down slightly from the USD 372.2m invested in the same period last year. USD 2.84 billion has been invested so far in 2006. Source: Rutberg & Co.
Stat Spot: Mobile broadband subscribers
2.5m
…3.5G mobile broadband subscribers in 2006. Apparently this will grow to 300m in 2011. Source: Informa.