Mobile Phone Music to Surpass $32 billion by 2010: Gartner

Mobile phone users spending worldwide on music received on mobile handsets will reach $32.2 billion by 2010, up from $13.7 billion in 2007, according Gartner Inc.  Worldwide Total End-user Spending on Mobile Music 2005-2010, by Category (US$ Million)  ...

Gartner: Global PC Shipments Hit 239M in 2006; 4Q HP Shipments Rose 23.9%; Dell Fell 8.7%

Worldwide PC unit shipments grew 7.4% to 67.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2006, and for the second consecutive quarter, Hewlett-Packard was the No. 1 vendor with shipments jumping 23.9% to give it a leading market share of...

Telecom Carriers Will Spend Billions to Try to Survive the IP Revolution: Gartner 

Mobile broadband, Internet Protocol (IP) technology and the desire to become full-service providers are increasingly driving telecom carrier strategies and billions in investments, according to Gartner.  ...

Gartner: Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Equipment Spending Flat at $56B in 2007

Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending grew 24.9% in 2006, but the market will readjust with revenue declining 0.7 percent in 2007, according to Gartner, Inc. The market is projected to return to strong growth in 2008, as worldwide spending...

Gartner: Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Equipment Spending to be Flat in 2007, with $56.6B

STAMFORD, Conn., December 20, 2006 — Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending grew 24.9 percent in 2006, but the market will readjust with revenue declining 0.7 percent in 2007, according to Gartner, Inc. The market is projected to return to strong growth...

Parents Say Text Messaging Kids Improves Communication: Study

Text messages sent to and from mobile phones will more than double over the next five years to 2.3 trillion messages by 2010, according to a Gartner survey. The overall growth in text messaging is driven by multiple factors...

Gartner: IT Spending Growth Forecasts Slashed Down to 2.8% in 2007

Gartner says that IT spending at larger organizations with more than $1 billion in revenue will  only increase by 2.8% in 2007. Earlier, based on 2006 first half data, Gartner had forecast that IT spending to grow 6% in...

10 Key IT Predictions for 2007 & Beyond: Gartner

IT Predictions  2007 Gartner, the largest information technology research firm by far,  released  its annual 10 key predictions that showcase the trends and events that will change the nature of business and IT in 2007 and beyond. Follow-me Internet,...

Text Messaging Traffic to Double to 2.3 trillion Messages by 2010

Text messages sent to and from mobile phones will more than double over the next five years to 2.3 trillion messages by 2010, according to a Gartner survey. Some 936 billion SMS (short message service) messages were transmitted in...

Global Semiconductor Industry Hit $261 Billion in 2006 - Gartner

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $261.4 billion in 2006, an 11.3% increase from 2005, according to preliminary results from Gartner. Intel remained the No. 1 vendor in 2006, even as its revenue declined 9.5%. This is the15th year that Intel...