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Gartner: IT Spending in South Africa Will Grow 4.3% in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

IT spending in South Africa will total 276.6 billion rand in 2018, a 4.3% increase from 2017, according to Gartner. All IT segments are on track to achieve growth this year, with data centre …

Digitimes Research: Shipments of 5G Smartphones Won’t Pick Up Until 2021

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research says that shipments of 5G devices like smartphones, consumer premises equipment and Wi-Fi devices are unlikely to reach the one-million-unit mark until 2021, two years after initial shipments begin in 2019. The …

Tags:Forecasts| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Strategy Analytics: AR is Taking Off But Dedicated Headsets Remain Grounded

by Andrew Fenn

Consumers are becoming accustomed to AR technology on their smartphones through apps such as Snapchat and Pokémon Go, yet AR headsets such as Google Glass and Microsoft HoloLens remain a niche product, with sales …

DSCC: OLED Materials Revenues Will Grow to $2.3 Billion by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

Sales for OLED stack materials are expected to grow at a 22% annual CAGR from $864 million in 2017 to $2.29 billion in 2022, according to DSCC. The company’s latest report includes a revised …

Samsung Forecasts MicroLED Value

by Bob Raikes

Samsung was quoted by the Yonhap News as saying that it believes that the value of the microLED display market, globally, will reach $4.5 billion up from $14 million this year. The report also …

eMarketer: Exodus from Pay TV in the US Accelerates Despite OTT Partnerships

by Andrew Fenn

Even as traditional pay TV providers form partnerships with former OTT rivals to retain customers, cord-cutting continues to outpace projections. According to eMarketer’s latest US pay TV/OTT forecast, the number of cord-cutters (adults who …

VR Content Market Data Point at Much Slower Growth Than Forecasted

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent years the market forecast data for virtual reality hardware and content / software has predicted strong growth into significant tens of billion of dollars range. So far nobody has been able to …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 28

IDC: The Fight for Smart Assistant Dominance Heats Up

by Andrew Fenn

The worldwide smart home devices market — inclusive of smart speakers, digital media adaptors, lighting, thermostats and more — is forecast to ship 549.5 million devices in 2018, growing 26.8% over the prior year, …

IDC: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Are on the Verge of Growth

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide shipments of AR and VR headsets were down 30.5% year-on-year, totalling 1.2 million units in the first quarter of 2018, according to IDC. Much of the decline occurred due to the unbundling of …

Automotive Display Shipments Reached 148m in 2017

by Barry Young

Automotive display panels totalled ~148m units last year and unit volumes are expected to grow to ~170m units this year, but with displays ranging in size from 1.5” to 20+”, it is difficult to …

Tags:Automotive| Forecasts| Market Data| Vol 25 - Issue 23

IDC: Notebooks and Detachables Show Positive Signs Ahead

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, global shipments of traditional PCs and tablets are expected to decline 3.5% year-on-year in 2018, which is an even steeper decline from the 2.7% in 2017. Looking forward, the category is …

IDC: Accelerating Mobility Adoption will Incentivise Commercial Device Renewals in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Shipments of traditional PCs and tablets in Western Europe will total 76 million in 2018, a 3.7% year-on-year decline, dropping another 3.3% in 2019 with 73.5 million shipments according to a forecast from IDC. …