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Fitness Trackers in the Lead as Wearables Market Grows 3.1%

by Bob Raikes

The overall wearables market grew 3.1% year over year in Q3 of 2016 and shipments reached 23 million in the quarter, according to data from IDC. Basic wearables, primarily comprised of fitness bands, accounted …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 48| Wearables

Worldwide Tablet Market to Rebound…

by Bob Raikes

IDC released data for the tablet market both globally and in Europe. Globally, the firm expects tablet shipments to decline by 12% in 2016 to 182.3 million. The market is expected to rebound in …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 48

4G To Hit 1 Billion in 2016 Says IDC

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that it expects worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.45 billion units with a year-over-year growth rate of 0.6% in 2016, down a long way from the 10.4% growth seen in …

Tags:Android| Apple| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Premium Tablets Strong in Western Europe

by Bob Raikes

IDC reported that sales of tablets in Western Europe declined to 8.2 million units, a drop of 6.7% year on year, although detachables and commercial sales increased by 48.4% and 13.1% respectively. Although volumes …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Ericsson Mobility Report Sees High Growth

by Bob Raikes

Ericsson has released its annual report on mobile data and communications and said that it believes that the US will be an important market for 5G mobile connectivity, with 25% of all subscriptions being …

Tags:Ericsson| Market Data| Mobile Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

LRG Says US Pay TV down 255K in Q3 2016

by Bob Raikes

Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) said that the eleven largest pay-TV providers in the US — representing about 95% of the market — lost about 255,000 net video subscribers in 3Q 2016, compared to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Gartner

IT Spending in India will Reach $72.4 Billion in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has said that the outlook for IT spending in India is up and is expected to reach $72.4 billion in 2017. Devices are forecast to grow from $19.75 billion (and 9.5% down on …

Tags:India| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 45

LCD Volume to go Down, Area to Go Up

by Bob Raikes

Witsview said that while overall volume of large panels of 7″ or above will decline in 2017 by around 2.4% to 725 million units, the area will grow by 3.8% because of the increasing …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| tablets| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 45

European PD Market is Flat in Q3

by Bob Raikes

The Q3 market for public displays in Europe was basically flat from Q2, in line with typical seasonality but slightly better than expected as Germany saw a good quarter according to Meko’s DisplayCast service. …

Tags:DOOH| Europe| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Low-Cost Detachables and Slates in the Lead as Tablet Market Slumps

by Bob Raikes

IDC reported that the worldwide tablet market continued its slump as vendors shipped 43 million units in Q3 2016, a year-over-year decline of 14.7%. In contrast to the annual decline, 3Q16 shipments were up …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Grand View Forecasts Digital Signage

by Bob Raikes

A company called Grand View Research has said that it expects the global digital signage market is expected to reach more than $29 billion by 2024. Retail and health care will be the key …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 23 - Issue 44