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A Dallas-based research company called Parks Associates has published the results of a survey it conducted with U.S. wireless consumers pertaining to the costs of smartphone data plans.

According to the research firm, two-thirds of U.S. consumers that plan to purchase a smartphone refuse to pay more than $50 per month for mobile data plans. The study also revealed that nearly 50% of smartphone users out there don't know how much data they use each month. That's unsurprising ...read more

InformationWeek reports that a new study from Parks Associates claims that by 2013 the households globally with broadband internet access will be over 640 million. The firm reports that homes with broadband worldwide grew by over 18% in 2008 exceeding 400 million.

Kurt Scherf from Parks Associates said in a statement, "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 ...read more

TV viewers who kick back on the couch in their living room to watch a movie or popular TV show now have more power than ever over the content they can watch.

Another analyst, Kurt Scherf from Parks Associates, said "It's just become amazing to watch this space," when talking about TV viewing.

From the article, "The Digital Living Room Continues to Take Shape" by Michael Barkoviak