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 bill..
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, ma..
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 sof..
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 ..
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) ..
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 man..
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..
Stat Spot: Mobile broadband subscribers
2.5m
…3.5G mobile broadband subscribers in 2006. Apparently this will grow to 300m in 2011. Source: Informa.