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The Yankee Group Anywhere Consumer: 2010 US Survey Suite is an online methodology of more than 6,200 consumers aged 13 and over in the U.S. that examines respondents' Connectivity Choices and Digital Experience. It investigates the connectivity and devices consumers have, as well as their planned activities and decisions around five core connectivity services: wireless broadband, mobile phone, pay TV, telephony and broadband. Additionally, it looks at the consumption of media empowered by these services, including video, music and gaming, as well as respondents' choices of channels and brands.
Aug. 31, 2010 | Survey | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Dmitriy Molchanov
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Five trends have matured the prepaid market to the point where it is no longer just for those who can't afford postpaid mobile services. Operators who want to thrive in this new, more mature prepaid business must embrace new market segments and find ways to serve underbanked subscribers.
Aug. 30, 2010 | Report | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Christopher Collins
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The Research Topic Consumer Access spans fixed-line, VoIP, broadband and mobile services for 55 countries and 7 regions.
Jul. 29, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, Andy Castonguay, Declan Lonergan, Wally Swain
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The Global Consumer Forecast features top-line figures on global consumer spending that hide many differences among market segments and regions.
Jul. 28, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, Andy Castonguay, Declan Lonergan, Wally Swain
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Many reports over the weekend reported that only 20 percent of Android owners would buy another Android phone. It isn't true. The true statistic is larger -- both in numerical terms and in the complexity of the story behind it.
July 26, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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The Yankee Group Anywhere Consumer: 2010 Canada Survey Suite is an online methodology of more than 800 consumers aged 13 and over in Canada that examines respondents' Connectivity Choices and Digital Experiences. It investigates the connectivity and devices consumers have, as well as their planned activities and decisions around five core connectivity services: wireless broadband, mobile phone, pay TV, telephony and broadband. Additionally, it looks at the consumption of media empowered by these services, including video, music and gaming, as well as respondents' choices of channels and brands.
Jul. 26, 2010 | Survey | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Dmitriy Molchanov
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The Yankee Group Anywhere Consumer: 2010 US Survey Suite is an online methodology of nearly 5,000 consumers aged 13 and over in the U.S. that examines respondents' Connectivity Choices and Digital Experience. It investigates the connectivity and devices consumers have, as well as their planned activities and decisions around five core connectivity services: wireless broadband, mobile phone, pay TV, telephony and broadband. Additionally, it looks at the consumption of media empowered by these services, including video, music and gaming, as well as respondents' choices of channels and brands.
Jul. 23, 2010 | Survey | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Dmitriy Molchanov
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The Asia-Pacific Consumer Forecast examines consumer behavior for fixed-line and wireless services.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The Asia-Pacific Forecast encompasses consumers and enterprises across both mobile and fixed-line spaces.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The North America ConnectedView Forecast contains all forecasts for consumers and enterprises across mobile and fixed-line spaces in one file, structured in a Technology view. Look out for the associated monitors in separate Excel files.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, Joshua Holbrook, Andy Castonguay, Eugene Signorini
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The Asia-Pacific Mobile Forecast comprises emerging markets with immense potential, and highly advanced mobile markets that are at the forefront of mobile data services.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The North American Consumer Forecast provides an understanding of consumers in North America. It includes forecasts of consumer services (fixed, media and mobile).
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, Andy Castonguay
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The Asia-Pacific Enterprise Forecast provides an aggregate Asia-Pacific rollup, as well as country-specific forecasts for a number of key markets such as Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The North America Mobile Forecast includes users, ARPU and revenue summaries segmented by prepaid and postpaid; it also has voice/data segmentations and technology splits including handset sales.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Joshua Holbrook, Andy Castonguay, Eugene Signorini
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Yankee Group research shows Apple iPhone owners shop more, buy more and remain more loyal to their phones than users of other devices. Mobile operators must understand the six forces that drive this behavior or risk falling further behind operators that have adapted to the Apple platform.
Jul. 19, 2010 | Report | by Carl Howe
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20 db attenuation from a hand touching an antenna? Demand a recall! File a class action lawsuit!! Off with their heads!!!
Isn't that a bit of an overreaction when Consumer Reports still rates the iPhone the best mobile phone you can buy?
July 14, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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Google's Andy Rubin was recently quoted as saying that Google is currently activating 160,000 Android phones each day....
July 7, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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The Yankee Group Anywhere Consumer: 2010 Canada Survey Suite is an online methodology of more than 600 consumers aged 13 and over in Canada that examines respondents' Connectivity Choices and Digital Experiences. It investigates the connectivity and devices consumers have, as well as their planned activities and decisions around five core connectivity services: wireless broadband, mobile phone, pay TV, telephony and broadband. Additionally, it looks at the consumption of media empowered by these services, including video, music and gaming, as well as respondents' choices of channels and brands.
Jun. 30, 2010 | Survey | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Dmitriy Molchanov
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Apple sent on a press release today noting that they sold a total of 1.7 million iPhone 4s on June 24, 25, and 26....
June 28, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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The Asia-Pacific Mobile Carrier Monitor offers unprecedented comparability between operators, as this is the most dynamic region for wireless activity.
Jun. 17, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe
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The North America Mobile Carrier Monitor follows the fortunes of the largest carriers in the region. Data revenue is picking up just in time to preserve upward momentum in the industry.
Jun. 17, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe
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The U.S. Consumer Service Provider Monitor compares service providers in the U.S. that deliver consumer services across voice, data and TV categories, including satellite TV.
Jun. 17, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore
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The Yankee Group Anywhere Consumer: 2010 US Survey Suite is an online methodology of more than 3,700 consumers aged 13 and over in the U.S. that examines respondents' Connectivity Choices and Digital Experience. It investigates the connectivity and devices consumers have, as well as their planned activities and decisions around five core connectivity services: wireless broadband, mobile phone, pay TV, telephony and broadband. Additionally, it looks at the consumption of media empowered by these services, including video, music and gaming, as well as respondents' choices of channels and brands.
Jun. 16, 2010 | Survey | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Dmitriy Molchanov
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After four years of iPhone launches, you'd think that Apple and AT&T would refined the ordering process to a high gloss. Based on the fact that the eCommerce servers of both companies are melting under the pre-order load today, the reality is that the two companies still have a way to go.
June 15, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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AT&T's new data plans will take some load off its wireless networks in exchange for about $1.3 billion less revenue. However, these new plans threaten many mobile media services, including streaming video, music and mobile advertising.
Jun. 14, 2010 | Report | by Carl Howe
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Sprint has had some tough times in the past couple years, but assuming it can execute on its current plans, the worst is behind it. Sprint is winning back consumers the old-fashioned way: with hard-nosed cost management, good customer service, and simpler and cheaper services.
Jun. 9, 2010 | Report | by Carl Howe
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The most important thing about the iPhone launch was not revealed during the keynote, but instead came from an FCC filing that was made public yesterday. The iPhone 4 supports five radio bands, up from 4 in the 3GS.
June 8, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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Apple officially announced today that it had sold its two millionth iPad, officially making the iPad the fastest ramp to $1 billion in revenue in consumer electronics history.
May 31, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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Despite the recession, Yankee Group survey data shows that the average U.S. consumer spends $185 per month on communications and TV services, but that number doesn?t capture the nuances of spending and subscription variations across the country. By plotting the survey results on maps, we can identify trends and find correlations between pricing, penetration and subscription rates.
May. 26, 2010 | Report | by Carl Howe
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The Yankee Group Anywhere Consumer: 2010 U.S. Survey Suite is an online methodology of nearly 2,550 consumers aged 13 and over in the U.S. that examines respondents' Connectivity Choices and Digital Experience. It investigates the connectivity and devices consumers have, as well as their planned activities and decisions around five core connectivity services: wireless broadband, mobile phone, pay TV, telephony and broadband. Additionally, it looks at the consumption of media empowered by these services, including video, music and gaming, as well as respondents' choices of channels and brands.
May. 25, 2010 | Survey | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Sheryl Kingstone, Dmitriy Molchanov
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The Yankee Group Anywhere Consumer: 2010 Canada Survey Suite is an online methodology of more than 400 consumers aged 13 and over in Canada that examines respondents' Connectivity Choices and Digital Experiences. It investigates the connectivity and devices consumers have, as well as their planned activities and decisions around five core connectivity services: wireless broadband, mobile phone, pay TV, telephony and broadband. Additionally, it looks at the consumption of media empowered by these services, including video, music and gaming, as well as respondents' choices of channels and brands.
May. 25, 2010 | Survey | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Sheryl Kingstone, Dmitriy Molchanov
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The current hot Anywhere device is not only changing the way we do business, but also how Congressional representatives work. The Politico has an article today noting that Apple's iPad has arrived in the House of Representatives:
May 21, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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At today's Google I/O keynote, Google announced that it will introduce Google TV this fall in conjunction with Sony, Logitech, and Intel. Through Sony TVs and Blu-ray players and new Google-branded add-on boxes, Google TV will bring a new wave of content to TV.
May 20, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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While the national average for landline-free households is just over 28 percent, more than 4 out of 10 consumers in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Ohio have cut their landline cords. And if we can accept the higher margin of error associated with small sample sizes, data suggests that a majority of households in Idaho, Wyoming, and North Dakota don't have landline phones.
May 14, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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According to a late article in the Wall Street Journal , the Federal Communications Commission plans to regulate Internet operators to ensure network neutrality. An announcement is expected Thursday....
May 5, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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Update: i've corrected the post to recognize only the time since pre-orders on March 12. I brought my 3G iPad to last night's panel discussion at the TiE Boston panel, "The Google Effect", and it attracted the usual crowd of admirers....
May 5, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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HP's announcement that it is acquiring Palm today for $1.4 billion ($1.2 billion after factoring in Palm's cash and debt) isn't the most obvious deal in the world. But it does offer something for, if not everyone, at least three major players:
Palm gets an attractive exit....
April 28, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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[caption id="attachment_4043" align="alignright" width="320" caption="iPad screen shot of the iPad medical education app, 3D Brain"] [/caption]
The minute I saw an iPad for the first time in January, I thought to myself, "Those would make great Anywhere devices for health-care workers in hospit...
April 23, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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If you haven't seen the "Alice" app for the iPad , you should (you can read an excellent article penned by the developer here )....
April 14, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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There aren't many products that generate instant respect from teenagers, but Apple's iPad is one of the few that do....
April 7, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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In June 2009, we forecast that TV advertising was going to drop 4 percent from 2008. We were wrong. The U.S. ad market declined 12 percent in 2009, and consumers actually reduced the amount of time they spent with all media by two hours. With TV experiencing the most decline, advertisers and operators need to emphasize their online and mobile strategies.
Apr. 6, 2010 | Report | by Carl Howe
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[caption id="attachment_3635" align="alignright" width="320" caption="The last time there was this much excitement about tablets, there were commandments on them. -- the Wall Street Journal"] [/caption]
Writing in Time magazine, Stephen Fry does a nice job of describing the iPad experience afte...
April 2, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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The Asia-Pacific Consumer Forecast identifies solid growth for consumer demand in the region.
Mar. 31, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The Asia-Pacific ConnectedView Forecast features users, ARPU and revenue summaries, prepaid and postpaid segmentations, voice/data segmentations and technology splits including handset sales.
Mar. 31, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The Asia-Pacific Enterprise Forecast is updated quarterly to deliver the most relevant data available. It provides an interactive currency tool that enables clients to select and apply exchange rates used in the product.
Mar. 31, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The Asia-Pacific Mobile Forecast features users, ARPU and revenue summaries, prepaid and postpaid segmentations, voice/data segmentations and technology splits, including handset sales.
Mar. 31, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The Global Consumer Forecast contains all forecasts for all countries for services to consumers across fixed-line and mobile sectors. It also features separate Excel files containing monitors of the key players.
Mar. 31, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, Christopher Collins, Jon Paisner, Andy Castonguay, Declan Lonergan, Wally Swain
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The Research Topic Consumer Access spans fixed-line, VoIP, broadband and mobile services for 55 countries and 7 regions.
Mar. 31, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Vince Vittore, Christopher Collins, Andy Castonguay, Declan Lonergan, Wally Swain
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Did you see those buzzer shots over the weekend? Did you groan over penalties and marvel at the amazing hang time of players? Did you hear about that Cinderella story of the team that went all the way? If you didn't hear that story read on, but don't expect this post to be about technology. It's really about dreaming big dreams.
March 30, 2010 | Blog | by Carl Howe
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The North America Mobile Forecast includes users, ARPU and revenue summaries segmented by prepaid and postpaid; it also has voice/data segmentations and technology splits including handset sales.
Mar. 29, 2010 | Data Module | by Carl Howe | CO-AUTHORS: Joshua Holbrook, Christopher Collins, Andy Castonguay, Eugene Signorini