Rise in Remote Work and Interest in Health Monitoring Driving Growth Worldwide end-user spending on wearable devices will total $81.5 billion in 2021, an 18.1% increase from $69 billion in 2020, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. The rise in remote work and increased interest in health monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic was […]
Ericsson 5G to cover Bangkok Metropolitan area, central plains and eastern economic and industrial region of Thailand. Ericsson 5G to support dtac’s 5G ambitions across subscriber, enterprise, industry and society customers Deployment already underway. dtac set to switch on 700 MHz 4G and 5G network Almost half of Thailand’s 70 million population live in areas to be served by a new Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) 5G radio access network (RAN) for […]
COVID-19 topped the list of terms that Gartner* IT practice clients in Thailand searched for in the research on gartner.com between January and 30 November 2020. Searches for “work from home” and “remote work” peaked in March and April. Terms falling just outside the top 10 included cloud security, digital workplace and GDPR. Two terms […]
Xiaomi Moves Ahead of Apple to Become No. 3 Smartphone Vendor Worldwide Worldwide smartphone sales to end-users totaled 366 million units in the third quarter of 2020, down 5.7% from the third quarter of 2019, according to Gartner, Inc. Overall global mobile phone sales to end users totaled 401 million units, a decline of […]
220 million global 5G subscriptions forecast by end of 2020 In South East Asia and Oceania, 5G subscriptions to surpass 380 million, accounting for 32 percent of all mobile subscriptions by 2026. Potential USD 297 bn in 5G-enabled consumer revenues for communication service providers in South East Asia, Oceania and India by 2030 Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) projects that four out of every ten mobile subscriptions in 2026 will be 5G. This forecast is included in the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. Current 5G uptake in […]
Analysts Discuss the Outlook for the Global IT Market During Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2020 Americas, October 19-22 Bangkok, Thailand, November 5, 2020— Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.8 trillion in 2021, an increase of 4% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. IT spending in 2020 is expected to total $3.6 […]
News Michael Hasenstab, Ph.D. Chief Investment Officer, Templeton Global Macro Thailand October 26, 2020 – After a surge of summer optimism, global financial markets have appeared to cool with the arrival of fall. Risk- asset rallies in the United States and Europe have recently shown signs of reaching their limits, as equity prices have pulled back from […]