Overview: By the end of 2021, the LATAM and Caribbean region is expected to have 20-25 5G network operators. This is almost a three-fold rise over the networks launched in 2020. For 2021, we expect more 5G smartphones to be sold in the region than 5G subscr...

Overview The definition of Smart home has evolved over the years to achieve greater efficiencies, enable device management and incorporate intelligent decision making. The smart home market is quite fragmented with several players active in this space acros...

Overview: From January 1, 2021, the French government requires manufacturers and sellers to communicate to consumers the “repairability” score (out of 10) of their devices based on several criteria. The product lines covered under the index incl...

Overview: The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has reminded government officials and business leaders how fast a crisis can transform their organizations. Companies and governments have seen their supply chains disrupted, creating deep challenges. Having lear...

Overview: The Global Smart Home market grew in double digits in the year 2020 in terms of shipment units due to increasing consumer demand for connected devices, availability of increasing range of smart devices and growing important of wireless communicati...

Overview: The Union Budget of India for 2021-22 was announced on February 1, 2021. This budget is expected to set the ball rolling for India’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery. For the technology and digital sectors, significant announcements included ...

Overview: The report summarizes the key trends in India smartphone market in 2020. The report also discussed upcoming trends in 2021. In 2020, India witnessed resilient nature of smartphone market as there was not much effect on demand due to pandemic. Onli...

Overview: China’s MIIT issued 5G licenses for commercial use to China’s three major operators in June 2019, marking the start of the 5G era in China. China has aggressively pushed for the development of 5G networks in China, installing over 680,...

Overview: In April 2019, South Korea became the first country in the world to commercially launch a 5G mobile network. Although subscriptions increased faster than expected in the early stage of 5G commercialization as well as when compared to the earl...

Overview:  Cellular connectivity is the pivotal technology powering a global-scale digital transformation. With more than two billion mobile devices sold every year, these devices rely upon cellular connectivity to drive communication, collaborati...

Overview: Handset production in China has continued decline since 2016, when it accounted for 75% of all global production. India, Vietnam and Indonesia are emerging as new production hubs – each with distinct strengths and weaknesses across factor...

Overview: Over the quarters, the handset market in the underpenetrated and diverse region of the Middle East and Africa has been growing faster than the global average. There is a transition going on from feature phones to smartphones, 2G/3G to LTE and 5G. ...

Overview: LATAM Handset shipments slightly decreased in 2019 due to a further slowing in the replacement rate. Despite the flatlining market, the top three brands all increased their volume in the region. Brazil was the only country that experienced YoY gro...

Overview Samsung will be impacted the most as the brand has the highest number of offline retail points (200,000 points). Samsung has to get rid of existing inventory across all its retail touchpoints. As the offline channel is believed to resume normalcy a...

Overview: The government of India announced a hike in GST on mobiles from 12% to 18% w.e.f. April 1, 2020 to correct inverted duty structure. This resulted in price hike announcements by most of OEMs as they could not absorb the effect due to already strugg...

Overview: This report contains a business overview and product portfolio of Samsung Electronics in detail. This comprehensive study is helpful for industry participants seeking to get a holistic view of Samsung Electronics, covering financial insights ...

Overview:  The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the whole world, including multiple industries and geographies. India has seen a surge in the number of COVID-19 positive cases. As a result, the government has initiated a lockdown for three weeks. As the ...

Overview: Current estimates show COVID-19 is 2-3 times more contagious than the flu and 10 times more deadly. COVID-19 has become a global pandemic as announced by the WHO on March 11, 2020. This short reports discusses the impact on global smartphone ...

Overview: We conducted a focus group interview with smartphone users to track the change of attitude towards foldable smartphones before and after use. Interviews were conducted, in Nov and Dec 2019, with 14 participants across 7 countries where the Galaxy ...

Overview: The report provides general overview of Pakistan smartphone market. In Q4 2019, sales volume of mobile phones in Pakistan grew by 5% YoY to 4.5 million units. Smartphones have accounted for over 53% in the country’s total handsets sales. The...