Birds-Eye.Net tracks events and predictions related to the broadband industry each year. Note that if no source is listed, the information came from multiple sources. For global broadband numbers check out our world telecom numbers spreadsheet.

Actual Events:

Advertising

Product or Service Milestones

Buyouts or Deals of Interest

Predictions:

Advertising:

• By 2013, Mobile search advertising growth will be driven by this escalating array of options, as total search-related mobile advertising expands from $813 million in 2008 to $5 billion (ABI)
• By 2013, Mobile marketing is expected to grow to over $24 billion worldwide (ABI)
• By 2013, US online TV and video services will generate revenues of $7.9 billion and advertising revenue is expected to account for the largest slice at 63 percent of the global total (Informa Telecoms & Media)

Connectivity:

• By 2013, More than 90 million 4G subscribers worldwide (ABI)
• By 2013, Global telecommunications industry services revenue will reach $2.7 trillion (Insight Research Corporation)
• By 2013, Shipments of ultrawideband devices will grow from virtually nil today, to more than 400 million (ABI)
• By 2013, GPS IC shipments to reach 1 billion annually (ABI)
• By 2013, The worldwide market for GPS units will reach 900 million (ABI)
• By 2013, The worldwide market for contactless technology in transportation ticketing and contactless payments will reach more than $820 million (ABI)

Market:

• IPTV
  • By 2013, IPTV global subscriptions should top 90 million (ABI)
  • By 2013, West and Eastern Europe IPTV subscribers will grow to 30 million (ABI)
  • By 2013, IPTV Services are expected to Hit $12.6B
  • By 2013, Asia-Pacific's IPTV market is forecast to be worth $3.3B (Frost & Sullivan)
  • By 2013, Both AV form factor home theater PCs and more traditional home theater PCs will grow to an installed base worldwide of 25 million (ABI)

• Cell Phones
  • By 2013, Mobile browser market is transforming and will grow to 1.5 billion units in 2013 (ABI)
  • By 2013, Mobile Location Based Services revenue to reach an annual global total of $13.3 billion (ABI)
  • By 2013, 31 percent of phones sold will be smartphones (ABI)
  • By 2013, Innovation and customization to drive mobile messaging growth to $212 billion (ABI)
  • By 2013, Mobile messaging to generate $212 billion in revenue (ABI)
  • By 2013, Mobile device management (MDM) services are forecast to grow from $583 million in 2007 to over $20 billion (ABI)
• Wireless
  • By 2013, In-building wireless systems to exceed revenue of $15 billion (ABI)
  • By 2013, WiMAX broadband subscribers to reach 47 million subscribers globally (Juniper Research)
  • By 2013, Broadband Wireless Systems (WiMAX) markets are anticipated to reach $26.7 billion (Wintergreen Research)
• Data
  • By 2012, Global enterprise Web 2.0 market to reach $4.6 Billion (Forrester Research)
  • By 2012, investment in customer-facing Web 2.0 technology will dwarf spending on internal collaboration software by nearly a billion dollars (Forrester Research)
  • By 2012, Mobile data will account for 29 percent of the global mobile service revenue (Forrester
• Other:

Product or Service Milestones:

• By 2013, Innovation and Customization to Drive Mobile Messaging Growth to $212 Billion (ABI)
• By 2013, one in every three phones sold will be a Smartphone
• By 2013, More than 30 million new cars with on-board telematics units will ship (ABI)
• By 2013, Ultra-Wideband equipment shipments will exceed 400 million (ABI)
• By 2013, Copper landlines will be gone (Tom Evslin - AT&T Worldnet)
• By 2013, Office workers will access everything they need online, from their own desktop and applications such as Microsoft Office, to accounting software, content management systems and even bespoke applications (Nasstar)

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