Research Reports

Mobile providers must expand digital offerings and maintain high-performing networks to attract and keep customers, according to Accenture?s Mobile Web Watch 2013 survey.

The market is being driven by sales in tablets, smartphones, and to a lesser extent, ultramobiles, as PC shipments are on the decline.

Apple?s unveiling Monday, June 17, of a new streaming music service as well as a major redesign of its vaunted mobile operating system shouldn?t be construed as defending what many see as an increasingly embattled position.

This development renders the Philippines the most upbeat market in Asia-Pacific which, in contrast, contracted year-on-year for the sixth quarter in a row and dropped by 7.6%.

Driven by falling prices and a major initiative from Intel, shipments of touch-enabled mobile PCs are expected to enjoy rapid growth in 2013 and the coming years, rising to about 25% of all notebooks by 2016.

2013 will mark the first year that smartphone shipments surpass those of feature phones, with smartphones expected to account for 52.2% of all mobile phone shipments worldwide.

The number of mobile payment users worldwide will reach 245.2 million in 2013, up from 200.8 million in 2012.

The evolution of new threats and working practices, such as bring your own device (BYOD), is driving spending on security.

The new forecast reflects a shift in PC buying trends as users increasingly consider alternatives such as delaying a PC purchase or using tablets and smartphones for more of their computing needs.

The "Big Four" ITOM vendors ? IBM, CA Technologies, BMC Software, and HP ? surrendered market share in 2012, while a new generation of ITOM vendors grew significantly faster than the market.