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CCS Insight: Europe Still in the 5G Starting Blocks

by Andrew Fenn

CCS Insight has raised its near-term forecast for global 5G connections following impressive progress made by the industry over the past six months. This headway has been accelerated by agreement on standards, trials, deployment …

Tags:5G| Forecasts| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Rumours Swirl about new MacBooks

by Bob Raikes

There are lots of rumours flowing around the market about two new Apple MacBooks. Our friends at IHS Markit certainly believe that there will be two versions, each with a 13.3″ display with 2560 …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Generation 8 TCO Certified Criteria Released

by Bob Raikes

TCO has released the criteria draft for the next version of the TCO Certified approval – which is generation 8. The latest version (there is a new one every three years) focuses on the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Next Generation TCO Certified – Draft Criteria Released

by Damir Lokas

In December 2018, the next generation of the sustainability certification TCO Certified will be launched — generation 8. The criteria draft is now released, including many new and updated criteria, aiming to drive even …

MMD Announces Monitor Partnership with VIP Computers

by Andrew Fenn

MMD, the brand licence partner for Philips monitors, has announced a new partnership with VIP Computers. Based in Warrington, United Kingdom, the VIP Group is an independent distributor of PC components, peripherals, IT products …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Samsung Bullish on Q4

by Bob Raikes

Samsung issued its earnings guidance for Q1 of 2018 and forecast sales of 60 trillion won ($56 billion) with profits of 15.6 trillion won ($14.5 billion). Analysts pointed to strong results from memory as …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Gartner: Global End-User Device Spending Set to Increase in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

After a decline of 3% in 2017, worldwide shipments of devices are forecast to grow 1.3% in 2018 and will total 2.3 billion units, according to Gartner. While device shipments fluctuate year-on-year, end-user device …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Asia Pacific to Add 78 Million Pay TV Subscribers

by Damir Lokas

The Asia Pacific pay TV sector is bucking the downward trends in much of the rest of the world. Subscribers will grow by 78 million and revenues by $2.73 billion between 2017 and 2023, …

NTT Develops World’s First Real–time 4K HFR HEVC Codec

by Damir Lokas

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corporation (Head office, Chiyoda–ku, Tokyo, Japan; Hiroo Unoura, President and CEO) has developed a real–time 4K(*1) high frame rate HEVC(*2) codec which enables live transmission of high frame rate …