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• Press release: UMG leads the new order of recorded-music companies, Sony dominates music publishing
  By Simon Dyson May 1, 2013

  London, UK – May 1, 2013 – Universal Music Group and Sony make big market share gains in 2012 Music & Copyright’s annual survey of the recorded-music and music-publishing sectors has revealed how much Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony have benefited in market-share terms from the breakup of EMI and the consolidation of the two… Read more

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• Press release: OTT messaging traffic will be twice the volume of P2P SMS traffic by end-2013
  2 By Pamela Clark-Dickson April 29, 2013

  The volume of OTT messaging traffic is set to be twice that of P2P SMS messaging by the end of the year, according to data collected by Informa Telecoms &  Media. Daily OTT messaging traffic has already overtaken daily P2P SMS traffic in terms of volume, according to newly collected data from Informa, with an… Read more

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• Press release: Google and Netflix et al reconfigure the Internet in bid for global content-market dominance
  By Tony Brown March 25, 2013

  Google, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft prepare ground for global ambitions The Internet content delivery market will undergo huge changes over the next decade as major telcos and Internet giants, including Google, Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft, wrangle over the continuing over-the-top (OTT) Internet traffic content boom, according to a new Informa Telecoms & Media report Internet Innovation.… Read more

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• Press release: Operators increasingly abolishing handset subsidies, turning to financing
  By Francesco Radicati March 18, 2013

  European mobile operators shifting towards selling smartphones on installments Mobile operators in Europe are increasingly shifting away from handset subsidies to selling smartphones on installments, Informa Telecoms & Media has found. According to new research, close to 30 operators across Europe have abolished subsidies for some or all of their customers and moved to leasing… Read more

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• Press release: Informa strengthens Broadband & TV Research team with appointment of Paul Jackson
  By Rob Gallagher March 14, 2013

  New media platforms and ecosystems principal analyst joins Informa Informa Telecoms & Media is delighted to announce that Paul Jackson, one of the most respected analysts in the consumer technology market, has joined the company as a principal analyst covering media platforms and ecosystems. “Paul has a well-deserved reputation as an industry thought leader, having… Read more

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• Press release: Public Access Small Cell Market to Hit US$16 Billion in 2016
  By Dimitris Mavrakis February 26, 2013

  Urban and rural small cells to account for 73% of all small cell revenues Informa Telecoms & Media today issued its latest quarterly small-cell market status report for the Small Cell Forum, which highlights that public access small cells are gaining clear market traction and will dominate small cell revenues for the foreseeable future. New… Read more

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• Press release: 2012 saw historic decline in Western European pay-TV subscribers
  By Adam Thomas February 21, 2013

  New research conducted by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that Western Europe experienced an historic decline in pay-TV subscriber numbers in 2012. There were 93 million pay-TV subscribers across the region at end-2011, but more than 380,000 were lost during the year, leading to an end-2012 total of 92.6 million. According to Adam Thomas, Informa’s… Read more

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• Press release: Big appetite for data services will drive Latam growth in 2013
  By Marceli Passoni February 5, 2013

  LatAm mobile market to grow by over 7% this year Informa Telecoms & Media estimates that the LatAm mobile market will grow 7.1% this year, ending 2013 with 742 million mobile subscriptions. While many developed mobile markets are struggling to continue growing, because of the deterioration of economic conditions, Latin America’s mobile market will prosper… Read more

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• Press release: UK retailers recommend Samsung products ahead of Apple
  By Julian Jest January 25, 2013

  Samsung and Apple dominate the UK high street while ZTE, LG and RIM struggle to be seen According to the latest research from Informa Telecoms & Media, sales staff at leading UK retailers are more likely to recommend a Samsung device ahead of an Apple one despite Apple’s widespread marketing and advertising campaigns. A “mystery… Read more

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• Press release: Informa Telecoms & Media identifies Top 10 trends for 2013
  By Mark Newman December 19, 2012

  2013 – another tough year for telecoms operators but OTT players will not have it all their own way either Informa Telecoms & Media today revealed its Top 10 trends for 2013 for the telecoms and media sectors. Five of the predictions relate directly to telecoms operators and the other five cover the TV, digital… Read more

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