Reportbuyer.com has added two new market research reports on the African broadband market.

The number of European homes paying a monthly subscription to receive SVOD  [subscription video on demand] packages will climb from 1.78 million in 2010 (0.6%  of TV households) to 17.99 million by end-2014 (6.4%) and onto 59.41 million in  2020 (20.7%), according to a new report from Digital TV Research.

In 1Q 2014, the worldwide mobile service revenue increased 0.58% year-on-year (YoY) to US$264 billion according to ABI Research, and the aggregate service revenue for 2014 will grow 2.9% YoY to US$1.01 trillion, mainly driven by the robust growth of the mobile Internet market. Proliferating mobile data subscriptions and enhanced network capacity will drive global mobile Internet service revenue to US$456.7 billion by 2019—44.7% of total mobile service revenue. Despite global service revenue growth, the Western European market is declining: 1Q 2014 service revenue declined 5.2% YoY.

Point Topic has published 40 brand new reports looking at the state of fixed broadband on a country-by-country basis.  The reports focus on the number of subscribers, year-on-year growth, population penetration and ISP market shares within each country.

The global market for conditional access (CA) technology used in set-top boxes (STBs) is set to contract as pay-TV services reach saturation, according to IHS Technology. Worldwide market revenue for pay-TV STB CA technology will decline to US$ 1.9 billion in 2018, down from a peak of US$ 2.2 billion in 2015.

In a new research report, the Arab Advisors Group analyzed the cellular landscape of ten Sub-Saharan African markets. The research report focuses on the cellular markets of Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The cellular adoption in the aforementioned markets grew at an outstanding CAGR of 21% between 2009 and 2013. The Arab Advisors Group projects the upcoming growth in cellular adoption to continue to grow at a CAGR of 9% between 2014 and 2018.

According to an updated market forecast from ABI Research, the installed base of active wireless connected devices will exceed 16 billion in 2014, about 20% more than in 2013. The number of devices will more than double from the current level, with 40.9 billion forecasted for 2020.

NSR's newly released UltraHD via Satellite, 2nd Edition, forecasts over 820 channels of UltraHD content via Satellite by 2025. With Direct to Home (DTH) leading the charge, this next generation technology will not only lead to higher ARPUs, but also greater customer retention.

Mobile devices with 4K screens expected to reach 478 million unitnits by 2019, but services and content will trail adoption according to ABI Research  2K or “Quad HD” screens currently occupy the premium end of the smartphone market while 2015 will see the launch of 4K/Ultra HD devices.

Rosy forecasts for consumer use of 4K or Ultra-HD video are overly optimistic, says a new report from TDG. While 4K will ultimately reach the mainstream, it will be a niche market for at least another five years, with widespread viewing of 4K content arriving in 2019 and growing quickly beyond.