Portable entertainment devices equipped with 3G/4G radios to eclipse 100 M next year: report

WITH CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY no longer just for mobile phones and laptops, a variety of portable entertainment devices (PEDs) incorporating cellular connectivity are providing a growing revenue opportunity for network operators, content owners, and manufacturers, says In-Stat.According to a new report called Worldwide 3G/4G Portable Entertainment Device Tracker, there will be significant growth across all categories of 3G/4G-enabled PEDs over the next five years. The report, which provides worldwide and regional forecasts of non-traditional cellular-connected CE devices like e-readers, personal navigation devices, and digital photo frames, also predicts that WCDMA will be the dominant enabling technology across the majority of shipments,...