87 million 4G-equipped mobile devices are expected to ship worldwide this year, according to figures from ABI Research. That’s a 294% increase from last year’s total of 4G smartphones, USB dongles, tablets, portable WiFi hotspots and wireless broadband modems.
Most are expected to be LTE devices, with WiMAX now seeing less support.
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Research carried out by YouGov plc and published by Everything Everywhere shows that 74% of British adults want to bring 4G technology to the country as soon as possible.
However, it’s the potential benefit to the economy that attracts the largest number of respondents rather than faster mobile phone connections.
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Mark Bridge writes:
It’s been a week of ups and downs for the mobile industry.
It started with good news as Apple – fresh from hitting 3 million new iPad sales – announced its plans to spend some of the $100 billion sitting in its decidedly non-mobile wallet. There’ll be a quarterly dividend and a share buy-back scheme.
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The number of global LTE mobile phone shipments will grow tenfold this year, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics.
67 million 4G LTE handsets are expected to be shipped worldwide in 2012, up from 6.8 million units in 2011.
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In today’s edition of The Fonecast we’re taking our regular look at all the top mobile industry news stories from the past seven days.
There’s talk about the new Apple iPad, a discussion about Everything Everywhere’s plans for 4G UK coverage, a look at the new Google Play service... and much more.
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