According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 9 percent annually to reach 408 million units in the first quarter of 2014. Huawei was the star performer among the top five players, capturing 3 percent share and growing two times faster than the industry average.

Scott Bicheno, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, "Global mobile phone shipments grew 9 percent annually from 372.7 million units in Q1 2013 to 407.9 million in Q1 2014. Smartphones accounted for 7 in 10 of total mobile phone shipments during the quarter. The 9 percent growth rate of the overall mobile phone market is at its highest level since 2011, driven by healthier demand for 4G and 3G models across Asia, Africa and elsewhere."

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Photonic IC Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," the market was valued at USD 160.1 million in 2012, which is expected to reach USD 996.2 million by 2019, growing at a CAGR of 31.3% from 2013 to 2019.

Cost reduction achieved by integrating different optical components such as lasers, detectors, modulators and others into a single unique package is the major driving force for the growth of photonic integrated circuits (PIC) market.

One more addition to the ingenious database of Research Beam is the report titled "Polylactic Acid (PLA) Market in Packaging, Textile, Agriculture, Transportation, Bio-Medical, Electronics and Others - Global Industry Size, Company Share, Growth, Trends, Strategic Analysis and Forecast, 2012 - 2020."

Researchmoz presents this most up-to-date research on Services Oriented Architecture (SOA): Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020

Researchmoz presents this most up-to-date research on Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) Market  Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020. A new study Services Oriented Architecture (SOA): Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020. The 2014 study has 679 pages, 250 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the cloud computing for utility infrastructure and the smart phone communications systems for apps are put in place. IBM Leads Foundation for Cloud Computing: Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Javelin Research Findings Quantify the Costs of a Data Breach and Effect on Consumer Spending

Consumers avoid doing business with a breached organization at an alarming rate, according to a new study conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research and commissioned by sensitive data management solution provider, Identity Finder.

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Human Machine Interface Market (HMI) (Display/Touch screen, Interface software, Industrial PCs and Others) -Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," the global market is expected to reach a value of USD 5,579.3 million by 2019, at a CAGR of 10.4% from 2013 to 2019.

MRRBIZ includes new market research report "Green Energy (Solar PV, Wind Energy, Hydroelectric Power, Bio-Fuels, Geothermal Energy) Market - Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019" to its large collection of research report.

There has been an increased emphasis on the need for green, renewable and sustainable energy sources globally. Rise in demand has been due to growing concern to protect the environment from pollutants such as greenhouse gases and issues related to energy security. Various factors driving the growth of green energy include environment concerns, government regulations and initiatives, coal plant retirements, need for natural gas hedging, rising demand for energy and fuel shortage/replacement.

Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending is projected to total $37.5 billion in 2014, an increase of 12.2 percent from 2013 spending of $33.5 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. Capital spending will increase 5.5 percent in 2014 as the industry begins to recover from the recent economic downturn and total spending will follow a generally increasing pattern in all sectors through 2018.

"While capital spending outperformed wafer fab equipment (WFE) spending in 2013, the reverse will hold for 2014," said Bob Johnson, research vice president at Gartner. "Total capital spending will grow by 5.5 percent, while WFE will increase 13 percent as manufacturers pull back on new fab construction and concentrate in ramping new capacity instead.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Industrial Fastener Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

One of the major trends emerging in the Global Industrial Fastener market is the development of industry-specific industrial fasteners.

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Global Femtocells Market - Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 - 2019", the global femtocells market was USD 420 million in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 4,706 million in 2019; growing at a CAGR of 37.1% from 2013 to 2019. In recent years, increasing femtocell deployments by a large number of mobile operators such as Sprint, Verizon and AT&T in North America, helped North America to dominate the market in 2012.

Wireless Machine to Machine (M2M) Connectivity, Enterprise & Consumer Connected Devices & Objects Ecosystem

With the ever increasing number of connected devices globally, and with the potential of smart objects, there is the potential to transform and revolutionize multiple vertical sectors to operate in a connected ecosystem; the Internet of Things (IoT). Coupled with the proliferation of electronic devices that already exist in businesses, homes consumers, all of which can be transformed via the use of IoT technologies, and the stage is set for IoT to become ubiquitous.

Research and Markets have announced the addition of the "Global System-on-Chip (SOC) Test Equipment Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

The analysts forecast the Global System-on-Chip (SOC) Test Equipment market to grow at a CAGR of 3 percent over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing demand for semiconductors.