http://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?buck=Hardware%2FWireless+and+Mobile+Devices&keyword=&lcol=en&access_type=All&container_type=All&resperpage=10&sortby=scoreIDC research on 3G Wireless Infrastructure, Channels and Alliances – Desktop and Mobile Devices, Contract Manufacturing – Hardware, Handhelds and PDAs, Handsets, Home Networking, Location-Based Services, Mobile Infrastructure Software, Mobile Internet Devices, Mobile Users, SMS/EMS/MMS/IM, Tablet PCs, Semiconductors – Consumer Devices, Wireless and Mobile Infrastructure Services, Wireless Consumer Services, Wireless Data, Wireless Business Services, and Wireless LAN.en-ushttp://cdn.idc.com/en_US/images/pageImg/idcLogoHome.jpghttp://www.idc.com/research/simplesearchres.jsp?buck=Hardware%2FWireless+and+Mobile+Devices&keyword=&lcol=en&access_type=All&container_type=All&resperpage=10&sortby=scorehttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=215037http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=215037This IDC Flash analyzes the impact of Iomega's new StorCenter ix2, a network storage appliance for small businesses and homes. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=JP208101Qhttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=JP208101QThis IDC study provides an update and analysis of the carrier Capex capex market in Japan. Market trends that had had a significant impact on carriers' CAPEX capex strategies in 2007 include FTTxfiber to the "x" (FTTx) adoption, TDMtime-division multiplexing (TDM) legacy to IP/next-generation network (NGN) migration, on-demand service development, and TCOtotal cost of ownership (TCO) reduction requirements. Professional services, wireless infrastructure, and network management accounted for the largest Capex capex segments in 2007. Data transport, optical transmission, and next next-generation wireless mobile infrastructure, and broadband wireless Capex capex categories are expected to drive growth during the forecast period ending 2012. "Rigid carrier/equipment vendor relationships are the norm for most carrier Capex capex categories; and foreign equipment and IT vendors will most likely continue to struggle in the Japanese market. However, at the same time, the over-dependence of local vendors to NTT and other leading local carriers may weaken the competitiveness of local vendors in overseas markets. As such, major local vendors should actively explore new opportunities overseas for standards based products. In addition, foreign vendors should leverage their scale and advanced technologies to differentiate themselves in the local market," says George Hoffman, Group group manager, Communications Research, IDC Japan. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=LC65Qhttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=LC65QNokia Siemens Networks (NSN) held its Converged Core Analyst Days in Munich on October 28–29, 2008. The overarching message NSN gave was its focus to support open interfaces and open platforms. It is interesting to note that NSN did not mention anything about the likely impact of the current financial crisis on NSN's activities and order flow. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=prUK21506708http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=prUK21506708The Western European mobile phone industry felt the impact of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2008, as total handset shipments decreased significantly over previous quarters. Mobile phone manufacturers shipped 45.8 million handsets in 3Q08, down 8.0% from the previous year and up 5.1% over 2Q08. The third quarter has historically been a ramp-up period as manufacturers load their sales channels with handsets in preparation for the holiday season, resulting in year-on-year growth as high as 20%. However, this year has not witnessed a similar ramp up, largely due to the current economic situation. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=LM52Qhttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=LM52QThis IDC Flash comments on the new converged mobile devices that HP iPAQ launched with Vodafone and questions whether they really drive mobile connectivity around the globe as announced by HP. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=AP207306Qhttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=AP207306QThis IDC study provides an in-depth analysis of leading enterprise mobility players. It includes pure-play mobility players as well as unified communications (UC) players that consider mobility as an integral part of UC. Besides analyzing the players' mobility strategy, portfolio, and go to market, the study also investigates their UC plays. "The industry focus on UC suggests that mobile devices will play a pivotal role in enterprise collaboration. Collaboration entails sharing information and files in a Web 2.0 fashion. Hence, mobile experience will increasingly adapt to the evolving Web experience of collaboration and communication. This is where UC will cross paths with mobility," says Shalini Verma, research manager, Communications Research, IDC Asia/Pacific. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=prUS21500308http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=prUS21500308According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, mobile phone manufacturers shipped a total of 299.0 million handsets in 3Q08, up 3.2% from last year, and down -0.4% over 2Q08. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=214908http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=214908This IDC Flash analyzes the recent news from Texas Instruments (TI) and assesses the future impact on Texas Instruments and the wireless semiconductor industry in general. On October 20, 2008, Texas Instruments announced its 3Q08 financial results, which revealed rapidly deteriorating semiconductor demand overall and significant changes and restructuring for its wireless chipset business over the upcoming quarters. TI acted on its cautious outlook by reducing its foundry utilization by 10% during the quarter to draw down channel inventory levels in anticipation of continued slow demand. TI expects that the fourth quarter will see a 10% decline in revenue on a quarter-on-quarter basis, including its calculator business. Most surprisingly, TI announced that with its restructuring plans, it will seek to sell its merchant baseband processor business and focus on applications processors in the smartphone and feature phone segments, and thereby improve margins and focus longer term on the analog and embedded processing businesses, which offer higher potential top-line growth and stronger overall margins. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=I10Qhttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=I10QThis IDC study provides Western European WLAN equipment shipment and revenue data for 1H08 and comparisons with 1H07 and 2H07. Shipment and revenue shares are provided for network interface cards (NICs) and infrastructure by country and vendor for 2007. Shipment and revenue data for embedded solutions is not included in this study. Only IEEE 802.11-related products are covered in IDC's definition of WLAN. Included in the pivot table are the figures for the Western European market size and market shares of WLAN vendors active in the market A geographical split is included for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K. "WLAN solutions should be considered as an integral part of the network architecture in order to move to a fully converged unified communications environment, and vendors need to carefully consider how they market their WLAN solutions to their customers in order to be successful in the future," said Evelien Wiggers, research manager, European Enterprise Networks IDC. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=214688http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?pid=23571113&containerId=214688This IDC Presentation highlights findings from IDC's vendor share analysis through the first half of 2008 for the overall electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry, the EMS and original design manufacturing (ODM) sectors, the nine product segments IDC tracks in the EMS industry, and revenue generation by region (Americas, Asia, and Europe). In the EMS industry, IDC follows more than 30 EMS and ODM firms, providing detailed revenue analysis estimates for each firm. This briefing also presents our updated market sizing for the EMS industry, the EMS and ODM sectors, and each of the nine product segments and three regions. This briefing also reviews the major events in the industry during the first half of the year and the current situation. The briefing ends with an update to IDC's essential guidance for the EMS industry. All quantitative data in the presentation is drawn from Worldwide Quarterly Electronics Manufacturing Services Vendor Shares Version 2 2008 Pivot Table: First Half 2008 (forthcoming). Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT