Emerging Market
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Small firms in emerging markets up IT spend
News Fewer small businesses in markets such as China and India are feeling pinch from downturn, with 17 percent indicating budget increases, new research shows.
Tags: IT budgeting, Personal Computers, Servers, Business, IT Budget, Small Business, business productivity, Server, Emerging Market, Germany
Optimize mobile TV to justify fee
News Subscription-based mobile TV needs to be optimized for small screens in order to offer better value proposition over free-to-air broadcasting, says analyst.
Tags: Development/design, Data services, IPTV, E-mail, Mobile TV, Phone, TV, cell phone, IP television, mobile
MNCs turn to India, China to combat recession
News Global companies tap strong business opportunities in emerging markets by launching new products and services tailor-made for these segments.
Tags: Best strategies, Business development/management, Business, India, Sun Microsystems Inc., e-mail, Emerging Market, recession, Philips Electronics N.V., foreign direct investment
Gartner: PC sales to see worst fall in history
News Shipments of new PCs are set to fall by 11.9 percent this year in the industry's 'sharpest unit decline in history', analysts at Gartner have predicted.
Tags: Personal Computers, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC Company, Gartner Inc., Sales, Emerging Market, senior analyst, industry, Dell Computer Corp., PC
Gartner: PCs, handsets to lead electronics recovery
News Analyst firm says it has seen first signs of economic recovery in the electronics industry, with mobile phone and consumer PC markets leading the way.
Tags: Personal Computers, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Phone, mobile-phone, Recovery, home PC, handset, Personal Computers, Semiconductor
Smartphones boost mobile industry: In-Stat
News Smartphones generate greater revenues for various segments of mobile phone industry, and should be promoted by mobile players, says analyst.
Tags: Smart phones, Data services, Mobile, Smart Phone, Survey, phone, mobile industry, Smartphone, Emerging Market, Apple iPhone
EC cool on data-roaming regulation
News The European Commission's director general of telecoms says data usage should be easier for roaming consumers to measure, but says data-roaming price caps "should be avoided".
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Regulation, Europe, T-Mobile, Emerging Market, SIM card, VoIP, European Commission, consultant
Nokia targets 300M services users by 2011
News Finnish phone maker looking beyond selling devices and wants 300 million users on its devices pulling cloud data within two years, says its corporate strategy chief.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Data services, Mobile platforms, Facebook, Nokia Corp., London Business School, mobile, Broadband, chief development officer, device manufacturer
Microsoft dials up emerging-market phone push
News Redmond announces plans for OneApp, software that enables feature phones to access various mobile Internet services.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Cellular phones, Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, phone, Programming, Emerging Market, Microsoft Windows, SMS
Yahoo enters Arab market with Maktoob acquisition
News Internet giant unveils plans to buy largest Arabic Web portal, Maktoob.com, as part of company's bid to expand into lucrative Middle Eastern market.
Tags: Web sites, Acquisitions, Online Advertising, Emerging Market, Yahoo Search, U.A.E., Internet, merger, Internet company, Joel D. Pinaroc
Developers are Nokia's path to emerging markets
News Mobile maker is placing renewed focus on app creators, in hope that developer-centric strategy will drive its push into Asia's emerging markets, say top execs.
Tags: Mobile applications, Symbian, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Phone, cell phone, mobile, Mobile applications, Asia, India
Yahoo CEO eyes Asia, mobile for growth
News Internet company sees strong potential to expand its footprint via Asian markets as well as mobile platform, says Yahoo head Carol Bartz.
Tags: Search, Mobile advertising, Internet advertising, Yahoo! Inc., advertisement, CEO, U.S., mobile, Asia, Singapore
'Green' mobile power offers new revenue
News Alternative power supplies can prove lucrative US$2.3 billion market for mobile operators and benefit 485 million mobile users without access to electricity grid.
Tags: Development/design, Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Power supplies, surge suppression, Green IT, Phone, cell phone, revenue, mobile, Green IT
Analyst: IBM needs to 'out-innovate' with Notes
News For Lotus Notes to wrest market share from Microsoft's dominance in e-mail collaboration, IBM needs to place bets on trends before they happen, says Forrester Research.
Tags: E-mail clients, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, work flow software, Software, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., IBM Lotus Notes, e-mail, Emerging Market, software-as-a-service
Analyst: 2G to dominate Southeast Asia
News Voice and text messaging to stay predominant mobile services due to expanding subscriber base in rural areas; 3G adoption remains in saturated markets.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Network infrastructure, Broadband, 2G, 3G Network, Southeast Asia, Frost & Sullivan, 3G, Emerging Market, analyst
