IDC announced on Wednesday, November 14, its new Financial Insights report entitled “Technology Selection: Worldwide Mobile Payments 2012-2017 Forecast,” which highlighted a worldwide forecast of consumer and business expenditure over mobile networks from 2012 to 2017.
According to the analytics firm’s latest research, worldwide purchase volume through mobile devices will pass $1 trillion five years from now. A significant part of the volume will be on mobile sales and purchases of …

Microsoft is still behind archrivals Android and iOS in the smartphone market as Windows Phone devices continue to fight its way to grab a spot in the top three mobile operating systems.
Research firm IDC has unveiled that Windows Phone handsets still chase after mobile devices running on Nokia’s Symbian and RIM’s BlackBerry.
The latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker released today reveals that Windows Phone is stuck at top five of all major mobile operating systems, following …

Apple’s iPad has lit the fire of the tablet market’s remarkable second quarter performance.
With initial data interpreted and provided by the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet Tracker, the leading tablet firm was able to reach a record-setting figure in the market that eventually directed to a remarkable second quarter for the entire tablet market, which was more than expected.
IDC’s report, which is bound to release final shipment figures for the …

Ultrabooks have failed to uplift global PC shipments as two independent research firms have revealed that their data indicate that global PC shipments have stalled during the second quarter of this year.
Research firms International Data Corporation (IDC) and Gartner have published independent reports that pegged PC shipments to be down one-tenth of a percentage point compared to the industry performance for the same quarter of 2011.
According to IDC and Gartner, Ultrabooks have not boosted …

Research firm IDC is making a bold forecast that Microsoft’s Windows Phone will actually overtake Apple’s iOS mobile operating system in terms of market share in 2016.
That’s four years from now but given the traction Microsoft currently has with Windows Phone, the prediction is still bold.
According to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report of the research firm, Microsoft’s Windows Phone will grow to take 19.2 percent market share in 2016 or almost quadruple the current …

International Data Corporation (IDC), a US-based technology research firm, has predicted that China will beat US in terms of smartphone sales this year to be the biggest smartphone market, reports AFP. IDC has come to the conclusion as smartphone shipments to China in the second-half of 2011 surpassed the US shipments.
According to IDC figures,China will account for 20.7 percent or almost 137 million units of the global smartphone market in 2012 compared to US share of 20.6 percent. In 2011, …

Researchers at International Data Corp (IDC), a Massachusetts-based research company that tracks technology sales, believe Android tablet unit sales will surpass those of iPad by 2015, reports Bloomberg. According to IDC experts, it will happen with increasing demands for Amazon’s Kindle Fire.
IDC also increased its estimate for tablet shipments in 2012 to 106.1 million. Last year’s tablet sales of 68.7 million were higher than IDC’s expectations.
The statement released by IDC says tablet …

Samsung is now officially the world’s largest smartphone maker, followed by Apple and Nokia in second and third positions, respectively, market research and analysis firm IDC confirmed.

The unveiling of Samsung Galaxy Nexus. (Image: gilipollastv (CC), via Flickr)

According to the International Data Corporation’s report for Q3 2011, Samsung now holds 20 percent of the global smartphone market, which is 11.2 percent higher than the same period last year.
Apple, on the other hand, fell from …

Intel continues to dominate the microprocessor market in terms of revenue, global market intelligence firm IDC reports on its latest figures.

(Image: Michael Sheehan (CC), via Flickr)

According to the International Data Corporation, the Santa Clara-based tech firm had a whopping above 80 percent microprocessor market share worth $10.7 billion for the third fiscal quarter.
Intel managed to gross 12 percent more than Q3 of last year while microprocessor shipments crawled up by 5 percent, with …

The global smartphone industry will grow around 55 percent by the year-end, with more people switching to latest mobile technologies, the IDC reported on its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.
The International Data Corporation, a market research and analysis firm that specializes in IT, telecoms and consumer technology, said on its report that an increased amount of 472 million smartphone shipments will happen this year – 167 million shipments, or roughly 55 percent, more than last …