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Parks Associates’ Home Systems Research Director Bill Ablondi will participate in three key events at the 2011 ConnectivityWeek Conference May 23-25, Santa Clara, California. The events include the Consumer Symposium, the “Home Consumers See Value” Panel, and the “Service Providers Make the Case” Panel.

Parks Associates forecasts 17% of U.S. households will have some form of in-home display for monitoring energy consumption by 2015. By 2021, nearly 50% of households will hav ...read more

International research firm Parks Associates forecasts over 2 billion people worldwide will own at least one smartphone in 2015, with unit sales growing over 175% from 2010. Smartphones represent a new lifestyle,” said Harry Wang, Director, Mobile Research, Parks Associates. “Consumer desire for that lifestyle has accelerated the traditional mobile phone replacement cycle and will drive near-term hypergrowth of the smartphone market.” The market for non-device revenues is changi ...read more

Parks Associates announced "Technical Support as a Value-added Service" will be a key session at CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase in Santa Clara on Wednesday, June 29. “As customer retention becomes the top priority in service provider strategies, tech support is an area where providers can significantly improve satisfaction and, with remote diagnosis and troubleshooting, set the stage for future fee-based services," said Kurt Scherf, VP, Principal Analys ...read more

Remote access and control via broadband are expanding opportunities for energy management systems and services, with lighting controls, programmable thermostats, and self-monitoring systems each exceeding $1 billion in U.S. revenues by 2015, Parks Associates forecasts. The international research firm’s report Residential Energy Management 2011: Trends and Opportunities projects 13% of U.S. households will have some type of energy management network by 2015.

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"When I look at the price tag, I go 'What?'" said Harry Wang, director of mobile research at Parks Associates, a tech research and consulting group. "$8.5 billion for revenue less than $1 billion a year? The long term, incremental value makes sense but it's not exactly a match with the price tag."

"The user base will definitely boost Microsoft's online presence," said Wang. "That's one of the key battlegrounds for them to gain in the future and they have to be there."

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App stores, social networking platforms, and cloud-based innovations are forcing mobile operators to reexamine their business models, according to Parks Associates, which noted global smartphone sales surged more than 70% in 2010. Executives from Ericsson, Femto Forum, HCL, Telcordia, and Zodiac Interactive will join Parks Associates for the session “The Mobile Cloud: Apps, Services and Innovations" at CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, June 28-30 in Santa ...read more

By mid-2011, TV Everywhere services will be available to 81% of U.S. and Canadian pay-TV subscribers through their current service provider, according to Parks Associates’ report TV Everywhere: Growth, Solutions, and Strategies.

“Service providers realize they need to be the consumer’s primary source of video content on all platforms,” said Brett Sappington, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates. “In North America and Western Europe, TV Everywhere has moved rapidly from a handful ...read more

"ConnectivityWeek brings together a diverse set of high-tech entrepreneurs, investors, analysts, and utilities, working to find next-generation solutions," said Bill Ablondi, Director Home Systems Research, Parks Associates. "This event covers a wide range of topics from technologies, to consumer attitudes and deployment strategies."