A sharp uptake in services such as video-on-demand and downloads will contribute to pushing revenue from mobile video from just over a hundred million dollars this year to over the $2 billion mark in 2013, according to the latest data from ABI Research.

Even as 4G networks have launched in the US and Scandinavia, analyst In-Stat has predicted that by 2014 only 3.6% of mobile devices with baseband connectivity will be using 4G standards.

The Allot MobileTrends World Cup Report, tracking mobile bandwidth usage during the FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa, has revealed the strength of mobile streaming in the overall video content mix.

On the back of impressive growth for the first half of 2010, one of India's biggest online video advertising suppliers, Jivox, is turning its attention to what it sees as an increasing opportunities in mobile video.

Fears that 3G networks will not be able to cope with an expected upsurge in demand for mobile video applications should be alleviated by widespread adoption of Wi-Fi says market analyst Juniper Research in a new report.

New research from RNCOS projects Brazil, Russia, India and China, the so-called BRIC countries, to account for more than 15% of the global mobile TV subscriber base by the end of 2013.

A new report by ABI Research is predicting that 2011 will be the year when LTE goes live in a big way, as major operators such as Verizon in the US and DoCoMo in Japan begin wide-scale roll-outs by the end of 2010.

In the face of continued economic uncertainty, high-end mobile devices such as smartphones are still experiencing robust growth, with consumers increasingly seeking well-designed devices with innovative features and applications.

Despite being one of the fast selling products of its kind, the iPhone 4 is being lambasted by Strand Consulting as liable to place excessive financial burdens on those who offer it.

A new report by ABI Research is forecasting over five billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2010, with an approximate 4.8 billion connections having been reached by the end of the year's first quarter.