IDC’s top 10 telco predictions for 2009
Analyst firm IDC has predicted Australia’s telecommunications industry will enjoy sustained growth of 3-4 per cent in 2009, despite the economic downturn.
Analyst firm IDC has predicted Australia’s telecommunications industry will enjoy sustained growth of 3-4 per cent in 2009, despite the economic downturn.
Mobile phone shipments will decline by more than 2% in 2009 when compared with this year, the largest decline since 2001, according to a forecast from IDC released Thursday.
Sales of mini-notebooks (netbooks) and a strong Australian dollar kept the PC market buoyant during the third quarter of this year, according to new IDC figures.
Ericsson Australia and New Zealand will cull approximately 300 employees and contractors across the entire business over the next six months, it announced this week.
Hardware vendors will be among the hardest hit as the Australian economy slides into a recession, according to IDC.
The x86 server market hit record shipments in the second quarter this year, according to IDC.
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By Kalyan Madala, CTO, IBM ASEANZK