In the last week or so I’ve observed a couple of separate developments in the rapidly developing mobile retail or shopping market. Firstly Boots, which is a large UK pharmacy, health and beauty group with over 2,500 stores, said that it is going to launch a mobile-optimised site platform to increase its competitiveness. Secondly, and as [...]
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Number of Embedded Mobile & M2M Connected Devices to rise to 412 million globally by 2014
by John Levett on January 19th, 2010
In our latest research on Embedded Mobile & M2M Strategies, the number of embedded mobile & M2M connected devices is expected to rise to 412 million globally by 2014, with connected utility metering expected to be the single largest device area of the five key markets within the burgeoning M2M industry. The markets covered include: Utility metering, Mobile [...]
This week has seen a big development for NFC in the shape of the launch of the Nokia 6216 classic. It is Nokia’s first SIM-based NFC device which enables operators to build NFC services on to the SIM card. The GSMA has welcomed the news, and at Juniper Research we also see a big future [...]
I have to admit to being slightly bemused by Microsoft‘s announcement yesterday that it’s planning to set up its own retail stores business. The company has done exceedingly well in getting its software and solutions preloaded onto many device manufacturers’ products, from computers to games consoles, and by making the best use of alternative distribution [...]
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