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The demand for high-bandwidth applications will jump in the next few years, as the number of households worldwide with broadband will reach close to 650 million by 2013, according to a report released today by Parks Associates, an international research firm.

“Bandwidth will continue to be a focus as the operators re-architect their networks to deliver multiple services over the same infrastructure; however, in such a competitive field, bandwidth alone is not enough to win sub ...read more

According to research from Park Associates, the demand for high-bandwidth applications will shoot up in the coming years as the number of households worldwide with broadband will reach close to 650 million by 2013.

“The need for information and communication services persists despite current recessionary economic conditions,” said Jayant Dasari, research analyst, Parks Associates, in a statement. “Consumers are less likely to cancel Internet access and broadband services than ...read more

A new report from Parks Associates reveals that annual sales of smartphones worldwide will grow from 131 million units in 2008 to more than 300 million by 2013. An internationally recognized market research and consulting company, Parks Associates specializes in emerging consumer technology products and services.

According to Harry Wang, director of health and mobile product research at Parks Associates, applications such as T-Mobile's Sherpa will learn from its user's prefere ...read more

Said Kurt Scherf, principal analyst for market research and consulting firm Parks Associates: “The Retrevo Marketplace benefits consumers by bringing together the disparate but important elements of product and brand education together in one easy-to-use site. By combining peer feedback, more technical and professional reviews with pricing comparisons and providing relevant information in easy-to-follow graphics and plain English, consumers win by receiving the best possible info ...read more

Revenues for mobile advertising in the U.S. and Canada are expected to grow from $208 million in 2009 to around $1.5 billion by 2013, according to a new report published by Parks Associates. The report, entitled “Mobile Advertising: Analysis and Forecasts,” notes that this growth in ad revenues will be due to adoption of smartphones, 3G network data plans—or newer wireless services—and downloadable applications.

Report predicts that this significant increase will begin in 2010 ...read more

A survey conducted by Parks Associates finds consumer use of tech support has tripled since 2006 thus creating opportunities for service providers, retailers, and third-party providers. One major reason for users turning to tech support is the lack of time and/or expertise to deal with the complications of today's technology, according to Customer Support in the Digital Home.

“Consumers purchasing new technologies have less time and inclination to solve the growing number of t ...read more

"Several factors are driving the connected consumer electronics market, but none is more significant than the rise of premium access content services - such as multichannel television and broadband Internet offerings - and the continued trend of centralized digital media in the home," said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst with Parks Associates. "The pace of product and service development in this space will grow more intense as the market is joined in force by CE ...read more

With that as a backdrop, analysts at Parks Associates continue to estimate that U.S. consumers are reluctant to engage in such cord cutting, and that, as a result, demand for cable TV and related video packages will remain “strong,” with revenues exceeding $11 billion by 2013.

“Currently 37 percent of U.S. digital cable customers use premium video on demand regularly, up from 21 percent in late 2004,” says Kurt Scherf, Parks Associates principal analyst. “The cable companies n ...read more