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Consensus Emerges on Urgent Need for Advanced Video Compression in Mobile Networks -- The Case for VVC

As the global technology community returns from Barcelona, which hosted the Mobile Word Congress 2025 conference, a significant amount of discussion revolved around how the rapid rise in mobile video consumption is straining network infrastructure. This is making the adoption of more efficient video compression technologies an urgent priority, according to Aytac Biber, Director of Product at Qualcomm and a board member of the Media Coding Industry Forum (MC-IF).

Editor's PickStaff ReportsMarch 18, 2025MC-IF, VVC, Mobile Networks, Mobile Devices

Strategy Analytics: Mobile Data Revenue Falls Below US$1 per Gigabyte as 5G Uplift Proves Elusive

Mobile operators are still struggling to create ARPU uplift from network upgrades as mobile data revenue fell below US$1 per Gigabyte for the first time in Q4 2020. According to the latest report from Strategy Analytics, “Mobile Data Revenue per Gigabyte Falls Below US$1 as 5G Ramps Up”, weak service revenue growth in the strong 5G markets of South Korea and China paint a challenging picture for consumer 5G value creation across the globe in 2021.

Nicholas CooperApril 20, 20215g, Mobile Devices, mobile data, Strategy Analytics

ABI Research: Machine Vision Boosted by the Increasing Use of AI Chips in the Mobile Devices Market

Shipments of mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets, and wearable cameras, with embedded machine vision technology, will increase from 45 million in 2018 to over 590 million in 2023, according to a new forecast by ABI Research. That amounts to a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 67 percent.