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Impact of Devices on a Mobile Broadband Universe

Devices can make or break mobile broadband and related services. Operators price their services and build applications based on available devices. Devices attract users to new services. Having the right device can make a service a success, such as the iPhone, while the wrong device can kill a service, such as those available to the now defunct Cellular Digital Packet Data.

Cellular operators are looking at dual-mode phones and femtos, which are devices that could change how services are offered. For WiMAX, just getting working devices on the market is needed to get the technology going. Wi-Fi is popping up all over the place, and this has forced Business IT to deal with all sorts of new issues.

This report includes:

• Data on mobile devices across 3G, WiMAX, and Wi-Fi
• The ways in which devices have impacted the growth of WiBro in South Korea
• The three categories of WiMAX devices and how those different categories will employ different services
• The ways in which business IT has been impacted by the increasing number of mobile data devices—especially Wi-Fi
• Coverage on topics like: femtocells, dual-mode handsets, Wi-Fi/cellular, UMA, WiMAX, WiBro, Wi-Fi access points, Wi-Fi consumer electronics.

Published By: In-Stat
Date Published: Mar 2008

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Airports and Airport Security - International - March 2008

Over the past half-century, airports have progressed from being stark airfields with military-like hangars to modern day centres of commerce. Airports have become key economic development drivers for regions and countries around the world. Retailing and other consumer services have become important revenue generators, alongside the core business of air transport. Securing airports and flights from criminal and terrorist actions has become a major pre-occupation of airport administrators, governments and key supra-national organisations, such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation - EUROCONTROL.

The two main objectives of this report are to provide an overview of the current state of airports around the world, with an emphasis on security issues. Growth trends in passenger movement and cargo transport are summarised and the biggest airports are ranked by several different criteria. Airport management is examined from the point of view of revenue diversification, as well as costs.

Owner/operator trends and the economic impact of airports, as well as environmental issues, are also studied. A summary of airport development projects by region worldwide has also been provided.

Regarding security, the mains themes include passenger and baggage screening, national and international regulatory requirements, human resource issues and dealing with traveller disruption caused by the increase in security procedures. The impact of technological evolution, particularly in the area of biometrics, as well as the development of registered passenger schemes on solving the problems created by enhanced security at airports has also been evaluated.

Published By: Mintel International Group Ltd.
Date Published: Mar 2008

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