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US Pay-TV Forecast, 2009 To 2014

by Bobby Tulsiani, November 16, 2009

The pay-TV category is a nearly fully penetrated market, reaching 82% of US households today. With little room to increase the market, cable, satellite, and telecom TV providers are fighting an intense battle for market share. Forrester expects telecom . . .

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US Internet Access Forecast, 2009 To 2014

Broadband Reaches Maturity, While Dial-Up Goes Gentle Into That Good Night

by Doug Williams, November 9, 2009

Nearly 16 million new US broadband subscribers will emerge over the next five years, but more than half of those will come in the next two years. Due to slowing organic growth, the Internet access market will be characterized by shifts across platforms. . . .

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US Mobile Forecast, 2009 To 2014

Growth Will Continue Despite Looming Subscriber Saturation

by Charles S. Golvin, Seth Fowler, November 6, 2009

Mobile phones and networks have reached near-ubiquity in the US. Despite a paucity of new subscribers to sell service to, mobile operators will continue to reap the benefits of the advance of their technology over the coming five years. Postpaid subscriptions . . .

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Technographics® Survey Highlights: The Triple-Play Landscape In Canada  (530 KB PPT)

by Joost van Kruijsdijk, November 5, 2009

This highlight deck summarizes the key findings related to devices and bundling from Forrester's North American Technographics Telecom And Devices Online Survey, Q3 2009 (Canada). This is the second survey highlight in a series from the North American . . .

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Technographics® Survey Highlights: The US Triple-Play Landscape  (560 KB PPT)

by Jacqueline Anderson, October 19, 2009

This highlight deck summarizes the key findings related to bundling from Forrester's North American Technographics Mobile and Telecom Online Survey, Q3 2009 (US). This is the second survey highlight in a series from the North American Technographics Mobile . . .

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Phone-Based Navigation Ticks Up

by Charles S. Golvin, October 19, 2009

Earlier this year, Forrester predicted that, while a growing number of consumers would embrace navigation solutions, the phone would be the most widely used tool for navigation by 2013. Our most recent data reinforces this claim, as phone-based solutions . . .

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WiMAX Services Are Both Complements To And Substitutes For Fixed Broadband

by Doug Williams, October 1, 2009

The wireless broadband technology known as WiMAX is slowly rolling out in markets around the US — and consumers have no idea what it is. But that's not a problem: Despite their lack of familiarity with the technology, consumers do understand the benefits . . .

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The Who/What/Where Of WiMAX In The US

by Doug Williams, October 1, 2009

After years of anticipation and temptation, true WiMAX has officially arrived. After a slow initial rollout to four US markets in the past year, network expansion has accelerated, with as many as 22 new markets expected to come online in the last four . . .

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To Deliver The Vodafone 360 Strategy, Vodafone Becomes A Social Network And A Handset Maker

by Ian Fogg, September 28, 2009

Vodafone 360 is a bold initiative that will affect every firm's Social Computing strategy. Vodafone aims to drive mobile Internet adoption, acquire new customers, and increase long-term customer retention. Vodafone 360 both aggregates leading social networks . . .

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The State Of Consumers And Technology: Benchmark 2009, US

A Life Stage Analysis Of The US Benchmark Survey

by Charles S. Golvin, Jacqueline Anderson, September 2, 2009

This report is a graphical analysis of Forrester's North American Technographics® Benchmark Survey, 2009. It provides an overview of US consumers' demographics, behaviors, and technology attitudes by life stage. The document includes five-year forecasts . . .

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Western European Mobile Forecast, 2009 To 2014

Mobile Internet Adoption Will Grow To 39% Of Mobile Users By 2014

by Thomas Husson, August 28, 2009

As mobile phones are now ubiquitous across Western Europe, the industry's attention has turned to the mobile Internet arena. Despite the recession, mobile Internet adoption will continue to grow significantly, with audiences tripling from 13% of Western . . .

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Best And Worst Of UK Brand Building Web Sites, 2009: Internet Service Providers

Forrester Applies Its Web Site Brand Review Methodology To The Sites Of Four Top UK Internet Service Providers

by Jonathan Browne, August 27, 2009

How good are the overall experiences offered by leading Internet service providers' Web sites in the UK in 2009? To find out, we graded the sites of four top UK ISP sites using Forrester's Web Site Brand Review methodology. Our tests measure how well . . .

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How Consumers Connect Around The World

Extending Digital Media Strategies To Emerging Markets

by Julie A. Ask, August 20, 2009

Forrester forecasts that the number of PC-based Internet connections will grow from 1.2 billion users in 2007 to 2.2 billion — or 25% of the world's population — by 2013. While large, this number doesn't yet include connectivity via cell phones. Some . . .

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A Deep Dive Into European Consumers' Online Behavior, 2009

Consumers' Uptake Of Social Activities Deepens Their Online Engagement

by Olesia Klevchuk, August 13, 2009

For more than 10 years, Forrester has been tracking consumers' online and offline behavior in Europe. In recent years, we've published a dedicated report about their online behavior to understand the changes in this emerging medium. This year's European . . .

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Air Passenger Interest In In-Flight Internet Access Grows

The Longer The Flight, The More Likely Passengers Will Pay To Go Online Aloft

by Henry H. Harteveldt, Elizabeth Stark, August 10, 2009

In 2005, Forrester identified that one-fifth of passengers were interested in accessing the Internet on any flight. In the fourth quarter of 2007, nearly as many passengers — 17% — expressed interest in accessing the Web on a 1-hour flight. By Q4 2008, . . .

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Technographics Insight: Who Buys Mobile Services In Asia Pacific?  (474 KB PPT)

by Reineke Reitsma, July 31, 2009

This Technographic Insight takes in depth look at mobile usage and activities in Asia. It takes a look at differences in mobile ownership and uses between Asian countries with a focus on mobile content purchasing habits. Insights are also offered around . . .

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Success In Mobile Commerce Means Asking The Right Questions Now

by Sucharita Mulpuru, July 16, 2009

Forrester recently adapted its methodology for creating a successful social strategy — based on understanding people, objectives, strategy, and technology (POST) — to the mobile strategy space. While Forrester believes mobile commerce is still nascent, . . .

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Music And ISPs: The Time Is Right For A New Relationship

by Sonal Gandhi, July 14, 2009

Universal Music and Virgin Media's launch of an unlimited MP3 subscription service in the UK marks a new era in the music label/ISP relationship. While labels and ISPs have not had much success at forming mutually beneficial partnerships in the past in . . .

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A Consumer Market Researcher's Introduction To Mobile POST

by Reineke Reitsma, July 9, 2009

Creating and implementing a sound mobile strategy is challenging, but as consumers adopt higher-end cell phones, companies need to understand how they should connect with consumers on a device that's always on and always available. Current mobile strategies . . .

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Building The Perfect Bundle

Use Quantitative Methods To Pinpoint What Consumers Want And How Much They Will Pay

by Doug Williams, June 29, 2009

Bundles have emerged as a strong opportunity for service providers to drive acquisition and improve customer retention, but only 20% of US online consumers subscribe to voice, broadband, and pay-TV service from a single provider. Today's consumers have . . .

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Engage Gen Y Online With Social Interactivity

by Bruce D. Temkin, June 2, 2009

Gen Y is a unique breed. Firms can't interact with these young consumers in the same way they do with older consumers. That's why Forrester identified four design approaches for reaching Gen Y online: immediacy, Gen Y literacy, individualism, and social . . .

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Using Channel Satisfaction Data To Build The Business Case For eBusiness

by Carrie Johnson, Elizabeth Davis, May 26, 2009

Forrester recently released a report showing the results of a survey of more than 4,500 US consumers and their level of satisfaction with Web, phone, and in-person interactions across 12 different industries. The report allows eBusiness and channel strategy . . .

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A Consumer Market Researcher's Introduction To Mobile Technographics®

by Reineke Reitsma, May 22, 2009

Effective marketing requires sending the right message to the right person, and cell phones' anytime, anywhere character makes them the perfect delivery system for that message. The ubiquity of cell phones in people's everyday lives comes as no surprise, . . .

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How Loyal Are Consumers? Not Very

Repurchasing, Switching, And Making Recommendations Across 12 Industries

by Bruce D. Temkin, May 18, 2009

We surveyed more than 4,500 US consumers to find out about the strength of their relationships with companies across 12 industries. Our analysis looked at three areas of loyalty: the willingness to make another purchase, the reluctance to switch business . . .

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Verizon Becomes A Lean, Mean, FiOS Machine

by Doug Williams, May 15, 2009

From a consumer product strategy perspective, Verizon's decision to sell its remaining rural wireline properties to Frontier Communications will free the carrier to focus on its FiOS and wireless products in more strategic, densely populated areas. By . . .