Tablet revenues to hit $49bn by 2015

I just came across an interesting snippet from analyst firm Strategy Analytics, which predicts that wholesale revenues from tablet sales worldwide will reach $49 billion in 2015. That's $49 billion more than the nascent segment generated in 2009, the company points out.

"Tablets are a high-value casual-computing segment that is creating huge growth opportunities for major brands such as Apple and Samsung," said Neil Mawston, director at Strategy Analytics, in an announcement on Tuesday.

Mawston believes that by 2015 tablet revenues will exceed those generated by every consumer electronics category worldwide, apart from TVs and PCs.

Details of the company's latest report on the tablet space can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/3rqlvjj

Twirling, Trotting, Tennis or Telecom?

As entries open for the 2011 World Communication Awards, it's time to make sure that key global operators are ready to work on their entries.

And more than ever that includes our colleagues from North America, especially with the new gala date of the 7 November meaning Thanksgiving is no longer a reason for not entering!

With this in mind, Total Telecom set about alerting key US trade associations to the WCA, starting with the US Telecom Association.

However our casual enquiry on Google brought forth not examples of broadband, wireless networks, and all things telecom, but instead Tennis (United States Tennis Association), harness racing (United States Trotting Association), and even baton twirling (United States Twirling Association)

Telecoms only made it onto page 2 of our Google results. Let's hope US operators will rank better than their trade association! Enter today...