Yankee Group perspective: Mobile applications will be user-aware, network-aware and device-aware in the Anywhere Network. Yankee Group believes this will be important to CIOs and software providers because it makes delivering information and applications to all workers possible. Our research explores the application infrastructure, mobile middleware vendors, device limitations and application transformation necessary to mobilize applications. We also analyze how businesses and IT should transform to support workers no longer confined to a controlled corporate network environment while continuing to meet customer service and productivity objectives.
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Faced with consumerization in the enterprise, employers' first impulse is to single-mindedly seek control. But instead, they should look to balance and share responsibility for device and application usage with employees. Our survey results show such flexibility not only brings better control but can also produce a substantial uplift in productivity.
Sep. 9, 2010 | Report | by Chris Marsh
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The Anywhere Enterprise: 2010 U.S. Enterprise Mobility/Empowered Employee Survey, Mid-Year Analysis, Wave 1-2, is an online survey of more than 2,400 workers in the U.S. The type of questions asked include: What are your changing work habits and level of mobility? What is your level of productivity at different work locations (office vs. remote vs. on-the-go)? What technologies are critical to keeping you productive? How do you use your own devices and (consumer) tools? What is your IT department?s policy?
Sep. 8, 2010 | Survey | by Chris Marsh
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The Anywhere Enterprise: 2010 U.S. Enterprise Mobility/IT Decision-Maker Survey is an online survey of 854 enterprises in the U.S. The type of questions asked include: What is your deployment status? What are your purchase plans? What are your barriers/challenges to adoption? What motivates you to deploy? What factors impact your decision to deploy a technology and select a supplier? How satisfied are you with your wireless voice and data carriers? Do you consider switching? Why?
Aug. 31, 2010 | Survey | by Eugene Signorini | CO-AUTHORS: Chris Marsh, John Keough
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The Anywhere Enterprise: 2010 U.S. Enterprise Mobility/Empowered Employee Survey, Wave 1-2 is an online survey of more than 2,400 workers in the U.S. The type of questions asked include: What are your changing work habits and level of mobility? What is your level of productivity at different work locations (office vs. remote vs. on-the-go)? What technologies are critical to keeping you productive? How do you use your own devices and (consumer) tools? What is your IT department's policy?
Aug. 31, 2010 | Survey | by Chris Marsh
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As smartphone usage and video traffic increases on mobile networks, content delivery networks (CDNs) are beginning to make their mark on the mobile landscape. Carriers and content providers should consider CDNs as they seek to strengthen their presence in the mobile market.
Aug. 18, 2010 | Report | by Terry Cudmore
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The Topline Data Forecast presents the global connectivity markets, technologies and competitive landscape at a regional level. This data module is updated quarterly for Link Research clients.
Aug. 13, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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The advent of 4G networks, smartphones and more demanding Anywhere Consumers mean the mobile Web is fast becoming a make-or-break platform for today's businesses. Companies that focus on improving mobile customer service, not just e-commerce, will prosper.
Aug. 12, 2010 | Report | by Sheryl Kingstone
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Ushering in a paradigm shift in enterprise mobility and freeing the information worker for a one-year old company with only 18 employees this is an ambitious goal, but then leapfactor don't seem short on ambition....
August 4, 2010 | Blog | by Chris Marsh
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Mobile video is already stoking unprecedented data traffic levels, and the demand will only increase as newer, video-savvy devices and 4G networks proliferate. Communications service providers (CSPs) can prepare for the onslaught by revamping their back-office systems and adopting more creative pricing and business models.
Jul. 30, 2010 | Report | by Terry Cudmore | CO-AUTHORS: Chris Nicoll
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The Research Topic Enterprise Mobility is segmented by connectivity and application tiers for 55 countries and 7 regions.
Jul. 29, 2010 | Data Module | by Eugene Signorini | CO-AUTHORS: Joshua Holbrook, Andy Castonguay, Declan Lonergan, Wally Swain
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The Research Topic Consumer Mobile Data provides a detailed segmentation of consumer messaging, infotainment, advertising and m-commerce, including revenue flow share forecasts for 55 countries and 7 regions.
Jul. 29, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan | CO-AUTHORS: Carl Howe, Andy Castonguay, Wally Swain, Nick Holland
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The EMEA Enterprise Forecast identifies the growth in the business fixed-line market. Businesses want better and more efficient connectivity options both to and within the expanded EU.
Jul. 28, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan | CO-AUTHORS: Camille Mendler, 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 EMEA ConnectedView Forecast includes data on users, carrier and content provider revenue for mobile data applications, including messaging, infotainment, marketing and enterprise data.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan | CO-AUTHORS: Camille Mendler, Andy Castonguay
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The Latin America ConnectedView Forecast provides market data, including subscribers, contracts, technologies and handset sales through data applications, content provider revenue and consumer/business splits.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Wally Swain | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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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 EMEA Mobile Forecast estimates the current number of mobile users split by prepaid and postpaid; penetration rate; mobile service revenue split by voice and data; and users and handset figures split by technology.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The Latin America Mobile Forecast includes users, ARPU and revenue summaries, segmented prepaid and postpaid; with voice/data segmentations and technology splits including handset sales.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Wally Swain | CO-AUTHORS: 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 Latin America Enterprise Forecast assumes that business lines are related to total employment, which increases if economic growth exceeds population growth.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Wally Swain | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay
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The North America Enterprise Forecast highlights trends in the North American market for enterprise fixed-line and mobile communications services.
Jul. 21, 2010 | Data Module | by Joshua Holbrook | CO-AUTHORS: Andy Castonguay, Eugene Signorini
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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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The Mobile Device Shipment Monitor & Forecast tracks wireless vendors and forecasts sell-in and sell-through of mobile devices by feature, technology and technical components.
Jul. 9, 2010 | Data Module | by Andy Castonguay | CO-AUTHORS: Wally Swain
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The Research Topic Mobile Devices tracks and forecasts wireless vendors; sales of mobile devices by feature, technology and technical components; and average selling price.
Jul. 8, 2010 | Data Module | by Andy Castonguay | CO-AUTHORS: Wally Swain
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Last week I travelled to London in search of mobile messaging innovation. Ok I admit I was tempted to take a detour to check out some of the tennis that was just getting underway at Wimbledon. But, on a rare sunny day in this great city, I resisted that temptation and stuck to my task....
June 30, 2010 | Blog | by Declan Lonergan
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Content delivery networks (CDNs) are more important to telcos than ever because they help reduce network traffic in the face of ever-rising data traffic levels. While most telcos are considering buying or building their own CDN offering, partnerships are a faster route to higher level, revenue-generating CDN services.
Jun. 30, 2010 | Report | by Terry Cudmore
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Recently, Telefonica held an Innovation Day for a large number of industry analysts. I d say I arrived with fairly low expectations about how much true innovation I might see....
June 25, 2010 | Blog | by Wally Swain
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The spoken word is something that we very much take for granted. We typically start at about a year of age, and continue to do so for the next seventy years or so....
June 22, 2010 | Blog | by Nick Holland
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I made a quick visit to Helsinki a few weeks ago; it's a city I always enjoy. This time, besides the teeny-tiny sauna in my hotel room (a memorable treat after an early-morning run past stunning Finlandia Hall), I found something else that was hot: an exciting community of mobile entrepreneurs....
June 17, 2010 | Blog | by Emily Green
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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 Europe Mobile Carrier Monitor tracks and updates quarterly KPIs of MNOs when information becomes available. All MNOs in seven European countries are included in this deliverable.
Jun. 17, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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The Latin America Mobile Carrier Monitor tracks wireless operators across the region for KPI and normalizes this data to ensure comparability.
Jun. 17, 2010 | Data Module | by Wally Swain
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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 Research Topic Consumer Mobile Data provides a detailed segmentation of consumer messaging, infotainment, advertising and m-commerce, including revenue flow share forecasts for 55 countries and 7 regions.
Jun. 15, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan | CO-AUTHORS: Carl Howe, Christopher Collins, Andy Castonguay, Wally Swain
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It's been a busy morning for security issues. First came reports last night of the iPad/Apple/ATT vulnerability which leaked the e-mail addresses of 100k+ iPad 3G A-listers....
June 10, 2010 | Blog | by Ted Julian
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As smartphones proliferate and become more video-capable, consumers will gravitate to mobile video offerings. Verizon's deal with Time Warner to stream video to FiOS users offers a blueprint for operators looking to profit from the expected explosion in mobile video traffic.
Jun. 8, 2010 | Report | by Terry Cudmore
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As data traffic increases, so will the market for content delivery platforms (CDPs). Yankee Group predicts the global CDP market will grow from $3 billion in 2010 to more than $4 billion in 2014, spurred on by operators looking to leverage CDPs to cement their place in the content delivery value chain.
May. 18, 2010 | Report | by Terry Cudmore
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Verizon's LTE service is highly anticipated so the recent demo in Boston is disappointing for the lack of a big improvement over existing options from Sprint/Clearwire and upcoming services from T-Mobile. TeliaSonera is showing LTE speeds 5-10x what Verizon showed. So why are folks happy with with what was showed?
May 14, 2010 | Blog | by Christopher Nicoll
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SAP's U.S.$5.8 billion purchase of Sybase gives the ERP giant essential mobile and cloud capabilities, in addition to a workhorse database. The move could spell trouble for Oracle.
May. 13, 2010 | Report | by Sheryl Kingstone | CO-AUTHORS: Joshua Holbrook, Eugene Signorini
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Yankee Group analyst Sheryl Kingstone comments on the SAP-Sybase aqcuisition announcement
May 12, 2010 | Blog | by Sheryl Kingstone
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The distributed nature of mobile costs, devices and data has finally caused demand for managed mobility to catch up with supply. Current demand is driven by efforts to reduce operational costs, but as the market matures and enterprises push the boundaries of mobile initiatives, vendors will need to expand their capabilities.
May. 11, 2010 | Report | by Joshua Holbrook
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The Topline Data Forecast includes end-user and service provider activities in Anywhere markets at a regional level, and summarizes many of the Link Data modules. It is available to all Link Research clients.
Apr. 30, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan
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The Mobile Device Shipment Monitor & Forecast tracks wireless vendors and forecasts sell-in and sell-through of mobile devices by feature,
technology and technical components.
Apr. 28, 2010 | Data Module | by Andy Castonguay | CO-AUTHORS: Wally Swain
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As a fan of all things connected -- and I do mean, getting all things in our lives connected, as that's a foundational element of Yankee Group's Anywhere vision -- I have mixed feelings about the recent spate of network operator announcements in the marketplace about M2M (machine-to-machine connecti...
April 27, 2010 | Blog | by Emily Green
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Global telecom-related capital expenditures will be down approximately 2.5 percent for 2010, as the hangover from the global economic crisis reins in spending further and declines in capex spending by Chinese operators offset modest growth in U.S. spending. While telecom services revenue is remarkably resilient, decreasing revenue-to-capex ratios continue to drag aggregate spending down slightly.
Apr. 27, 2010 | Report | by Terry Cudmore | CO-AUTHORS: Brian Partridge
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CTIA has lost some of its luster, as the most exciting developments in wireless today are actually taking place outside the industry. But as consumers become more sophisticated in their understanding of how new devices, applications and OSs work together to bring the network to life, CTIA remains the industry's best venue to appreciate the breadth of connected services available today.
Apr. 19, 2010 | Report | by Christopher Collins
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CTIA Wireless 2010 highlighted a renewed focus on the business market for operators. Sprint made waves with its WiMAX-capable EVO smartphone, T-Mobile announced plans to get in the mobile broadband game, and AT&T launched new mobile application functionality for iPhone focusing on industry-specific requirements.
Apr. 5, 2010 | Report | by Eugene Signorini
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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 Global ConnectedView by Activity Forecast collates fixed-line and cellular activity at the country level globally, compiling information by end-user activity.
Mar. 31, 2010 | Data Module | by Declan Lonergan | CO-AUTHORS: Carl Howe, Vince Vittore, Joshua Holbrook, Camille Mendler, Christopher Collins, Jon Paisner, Andy Castonguay, Eugene Signorini, Wally Swain