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BQ Follows E4.5 With Larger Ubuntu Smartphone

by Tom Allen

The world’s second Ubuntu smartphone has been announced by Spain’s BQ and Canonical. The Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition follows BQ’s E4.5 in February (Canonical Promises Break from the Norm With Ubuntu). Although full …

Tags:Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 23

European DOOH Sentiment Begins to Reverse

by Tom Allen

OVAB Europe’s latest Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) results, for the France and Benelux regions, show mixed results in the May/June period, since the last survey in January. Benelux’s DBCI, which tracks sentiment …

Desktop Monitors Reflect PC Market and Economics

by Bob Raikes

The European Desktop Monitor market had a weak Q1 in 2015 with a 12.6% drop in volume on a year on year basis according to Meko’s DisplayCast market research service. “There were a number …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Slovenian Telco Readies 4G TV

by Tom Allen

Telekom Slovenije is getting ready to roll out TV, internet and fixed telephone services over its 4G network. The service will be available this month, in areas where fixed line broadband is not available …

Tags:3G & 4G| Europe| Large Display Monitor| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Merck Leads Printed Electronics Consortium

by Tom Allen

Merck is a founder member of the ATLASS Project – a European project examining printed electronics. ATLASS (Advanced High-Resolution Printing of Organic Transistors for Large Area Smart Surfaces) aims to help achieve a breakthrough …

InFocus Has a Resolution For Everyone

by Tom Allen

InFocus’ new IN110x series consists of five new models, in the low- to mid-end price range. Differing mainly in resolution, the five models (IN112x, IN114x, IN116x, IN118HDxc, IN119HDx) share many other specs. They are …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Europe| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

European PD Market is Positive in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Europe saw a good result in Q1 2015 with 4.2% annual growth reported in Meko’s DisplayCast Public Display research. Annual growth was just over 23% on a volume basis. Despite some price declines during …

Tablet Vendors Battle for Supremacy in Saturated CEE Tablet Market

by Helen Vince

Tablet and 2-in-1 shipments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) declined by more than 20% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same quarter in 2014, according to the Europe, the Middle …

Tags:Europe| IDC

European Parliament Rejects Cadmium QDs

by Tom Allen

Following several months of campaigning against the possibility of cadmium-based quantum dot use being extended in the European market, Nanoco has welcomed a decision by the European Parliament to reject the move. The European …

Vodafone Enjoys Successful TV Year

by Tom Allen

Vodafone has announced that it ended its financial year (31st March) with 9.1 million TV customers in Europe. The TV service will arrive in the UK later this year.

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 22 - Issue 21

SES to Carry First FTA UltraHD Channel

by Tom Allen

SES will broadcast Europe’s first free-to-air UltraHD channel, Pearl.tv, when it goes live in September. Pearl.tv is a shopping channel that will be broadcast in Germany.

Samsung Regains CEE Tablet Lead

by Tom Allen

Shipments of tablets and hybrid devices in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) fell more than 20% YoY in Q1. IDC says that Russia and Ukraine’s poor economies and the strength of the US dollar …