The growth in the global telecom market can be looked at from two angles : in terms of subscribers and in terms of revenues. Whereas the number of subscribers are massive in emerging economies like India and China, the revenues do not translate commensurately. This is because most of these subscribers use their mobile phones [...]

According to a recent study by TeleNav, Walmart, Starbucks and Target are among the highest searched businesses on GPS in USA. The highest number of GPS navigation occurred from Maryland, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, North Carolina and California. Here are the cities that had the maximum number of GPS searches 1. Phoenix 2. San Antonio [...]

According to a study by Pew Internet, 59% of the American population access their news from a combination of offline and online news sources with 2% of readers consuming it completely online. Here are the most popular news categories online as ascertained from the study (based on the number of people accessing it) Weather : [...]

Cloud Security firm Zscaler recently released its ‘State of the Web’ report for Q4 ’09 which lists the top P2P file sharing websites in the world. One of the most conspicuous things about these websites is the overwhelming non-US nature of the same. Here are the top torrent websites and their market share 1. Siambit [...]

According to a new study by Bitkom, digital music downloads off the computer are estimated to have reached 51 million by the end of 2009. This is at an average price of 1.08 Euro per download. Here are the statistics from the study. The number of downloads is marked against the year and the corresponding [...]

The IT services market in India is projected to grow at a healthy CAGR over the next few years according to a study by SpringBoard research Indian IT Service market in 2008-2009 : $5.7 billion Indian IT Service market in 2012-2013 : $12.8 billion (projected) Annual CAGR : 18.6% Big Players Infrastructure management services : [...]

Mobile coupons are a small speck of the overall coupon “industry” in US and Canada. But like it has already happened in Japan, mobile couponing is likely to pick up tremendous momentum in North America in the next few years. Here is how the industry is expected to grow 2009 : $0.2 million 2010 : [...]

Rupert Murdoch must be thinking of shifting base to Italy. The media baron’s obsession to get people to pay for online content is pretty well known and it now looks like Italians are much more ready to pay money to access online news content. A BCG study reveals the following Money that consumers will be [...]

What kind of promotional offers do customers expect from the online travel agents websites? A little study by About.com revealed the following results (based on percent of respondents) Discount coupons on airfare : 70% Discount coupons on hotels : 67% All-inclusive packages : 49% Discount coupons on activities and food : 49% First time buyer [...]

The American mobile phone penetration is inching towards the 80% mark which shall be attained in the next 4-5 years. Here is the number of mobile phone subscribers through the years and the corresponding penetration percentage inside brackets. 2008 : 228.2 million (75%) 2009 : 235 million (76.5%) 2010 : 242 million (78%) 2011 : [...]