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Kate Holton
Mobile phones becoming more crucial to people
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 19, 2008 - 10:02pmLast updated: November 19, 2008 - 10:02pm
The International Communications Market report by the British regulator Ofcom said mobile phones are becoming more crucial to people, especially in emerging markets where growth is very strong. Some 216 million new mobile subscriptions were registered in Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2007, with China alone adding more new connections at 88 million than the total number of subscriptions in Britain.
Advertising groups issue dire slowdown warnings
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 28, 2008 - 8:29pmLast updated: October 28, 2008 - 8:29pm
Three of the world's largest ad groups have issued dire warnings about an industry slowdown, as economic upheaval throws planned spending on advertising from TV commercials to Web searches into doubt.
IPTV subscriptions to grow 64 percent in 2008: Gartner
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 25, 2008 - 7:54pmLast updated: September 25, 2008 - 7:54pm
Worldwide subscriptions to Internet-based television platforms are on track to reach 19.6 million subscribers in 2008, a 64 percent increase, according to analysts at Gartner. It forecast that 1.1 percent of households worldwide would be using IPTV in 2008, and expects that to rise to 2.8 percent by 2012.
Britain agrees to plan to tackle online music piracy
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 24, 2008 - 6:56pmLast updated: July 24, 2008 - 6:56pm
Britain's music and film industries launched a fight back against online piracy on Thursday, persuading the six biggest Internet providers to send warning letters to those suspected of illegal file-sharing.
Newspapers likely to be free in the future: survey
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 6, 2008 - 7:14amNewspapers seeking to compete with the Internet are likely to become free and place greater emphasis on comment and opinion in the future, a survey of the world's editors showed on Tuesday.
