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AUSTIN – 3D-ready TVs will grow from 200,000 units in 2009 to 64 million units in 2018, says DisplaySearch.
LED backlighting and 240 Hz LCDs will serve as enabling technologies for new feature developments in TVs in 2010, specifically for 3D TVs, an area of intense interest to TV manufacturers, according to the research firm.
“We have passed the first hurdle,” said Paul Gray, DisplaySearch director of TV electronics research. “The critical Blu-ray 3D specification is written, but now comes the hard work of securing interoperability. Consumers will want reassurance that such things as 3D glasses will interoperate between brands. Retailers will also have the same demand to allow a thriving accessory market to develop.”
DisplaySearch forecasts that more than 70 million connected TVs will be shipped in 2012, up from around 15 million in 2009.
“The Consumer Electronics Show demonstrated that Internet-connected TVs have finally come of age,” Gray added. “While in the past connected TV sets have seemed to be a solution in search of a problem, compelling new capabilities such as family video calling not only reinforce the TV’s central position in the home, but also represent a bold move to reclaim some of the tasks swallowed by the PC.”
BETHESDA, MD – A Consumer Product Safety Commission rule exempting several electronics devices from lead-content limits for children’s products goes into effect next week.
CHONGQING, CHINA -- Quanta Computer has signed an agreement with the municipal government here to set up a new plant, the company said today.
SAN FRANCISCO -- IT spending recovery is expected to continue in 2010 as signs show improving corporate capital spending, a leading analyst said today.
ESPOO, FINLAND – Finnish EMS giant Elcoteq plans to open a new facility in Tallinn, Estonia, say published reports.
BOONTON, NJ – Overall telecommunications services revenues are expected to grow at a compounded rate of nearly 13.8% during the next few years, reaching $3.7 trillion by 2015, says The Insight Research Corp.
The worldwide telecommunications industry is expected to continue expanding over the next five years, as growth of wireless services in emerging markets offsets the spending slowdown in the advanced economies, says the firm.
Wireless is expected to make the strongest showing, while wireline will follow a distant second.
Nearly all growth in both sectors is expected to occur in broadband services, with wireless broadband service revenues expected to grow at a compounded rate of more than 62% over the forecast period; wireline broadband services is expected to grow at a 6% rate.
MANILA -- Integrated Microelectronic Inc. will list its shares in the Philippine Stock Exchange later this month, the company said.
