Silicon TV Tuners Value Expected to Reach US$ 750 Million in 2015, Says In-Stat

Scottsdale, Ariz (PRWEB) August 16, 2011

The transition from older-style can-type tuners to silicon TV tuners finally began to occur in 2010. Today, the top TV set manufacturers are actually putting silicon tuners directly on their main TV chassis boards and many ODMs are using can-type modules that contain silicon tuners and demodulators. In addition, mobile video services in China, Brazil, and the US are creating new growth markets for all-digital mobile tuners, which, according to new In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com) research, will drive the value of silicon TV tuners to $ 750 million in 2015.

?Silicon tuners have finally turned the corner in the battle with traditional can-type modules,? says Gerry Kaufhold, Research Director. ?The major name brand TV set manufactures have been convinced of the performance, reliability and roadmaps presented by silicon tuner vendors. An epochal shift away from cans is now fully underway, and the trend is picking up steam. Digital mobile services are taking off, and even mobile analog tuners are showing strong growth in less developed regions.?

Recent Research by In-Stat found the following:

????By 2015, nearly 80% of all new TV sets will ship with silicon tuners built in.
????Silicon tuner shipments into Latin America will grow at CAGR of 30.5%.
????In North America, silicon tuners built into TV sets, will grow with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22.5% through 2015.
????Many European TV sets already include silicon TV tuners, and expected growth will push the number of units shipped to nearly 36 million in 2015.
????In the cable TV space, Broadcom?s Full Band Capture technologies will help bring an expanding range of Internet Protocol (IP) services to consumers? homes.
????In the satellite space, NovelSat?s NS-3 modulation may create a new wave of satellite services that can re-invigorate shipments for next-generation satellite set top boxes.

Recent In-Stat research, Global TV Sets, Mobile Devices, and CE Boxes Drive Up Silicon Tuner Market (#IN1104973MMT) provides a complete look at silicon tuners including:

????Six product categories that use silicon tuners: set top boxes, satellite STBs, digital and analog mobile TV devices, PC-TVs, and TV sets
????Six geographic regions with six product categories in each region
????Average Selling Prices estimated for six categories, in six regions
????Dramatic upward revision of silicon tuners being built into TV sets
????Robust price competition will limit success to just a few silicon tuner vendors
????Companies profiled include: NXP Semiconductors, DiBcom, Trident Microsystems, Xceive, Zoran (Microtune), MaxLinear, Fresco Microchip, Telegent Systems, Silicon Laboratories, Elonics, ESS Technology, Inc., Broadcom, STMicroelectronics N.V., Texas Instruments Inc., ANADIGICS, Inc., Abilis Systems, Siano Mobile Silicon Ltd., Telegent Systems (Spreadtrum), AVerMedia, MediaTek, Inc.
????Also mentioned: Sony, NovelSat, DisplaySearch

About In-Stat

In-Stat?s market intelligence combines technical, market and end-user research and database models to analyze the Mobile Internet and Digital Entertainment ecosystems. Our insights are derived from a deep understanding of technology impacts, nearly 30 years of history in research and consulting, and direct relationships with leading players in each of our core markets. In-Stat provides its research through reports, annual subscriptions, consulting and advisory services to inform critical decisions. Technology vendors, equipment manufacturers, service providers and media companies worldwide rely on In-Stat to support critical business, product and technology decisions.

About The NPD Group, Inc.

The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,800 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD to help them drive critical business decisions at the global, national, and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to identify new business opportunities and guide product development, marketing, sales, merchandising, and other functions. Information is available for the following industry sectors: automotive, beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment, fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies, software, sports, toys, and wireless. For more information, contact us or visit http://www.npd.com and http://www.npdgroupblog.com. Follow us on Twitter at @npdtech and @npdgroup.

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Email: gkaufhold(at)in-stat(dot)com; Phone: (480) 609-4537

Rick Vogelei, Marketing Manager

Email: rvogelei(at)in-stat(dot)com; Phone (480) 483-4476

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New York Medical Billing Firm, VGA Billing Services, On Track to Collect Over $10 Million for Their Clients in 2011

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 14, 2011

In VGA?s continued commitment to providing a boutique service to their clients in private practice, they have increased client revenue at an average of 30% in 2011. Their use of custom payor mixes and strategic coding allow for faster claim turn around and payment. This has increased marketing budgets, which has in turn increased practice volume.

VGA Billing Services, Inc. is a boutique medical billing service located in New York City that specializes in Orthopedic and ENT surgeons in private practice. Their time tested model of comprehensive healthcare administration and billing has allowed their clients to thrive in an uncertain climate.

VGA?s team of professional business men and women are dedicated to helping surgeons in private practice lead the healthcare industry in efficiency and success. Contact them at 212-206-6465 or info (at) vgabilling (dot) com for a consultation. Or visit their website HERE for more information.

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Rebtel 2.0 Launches on Android as Company Reaches 15 Million Users in Advance of 'Hello Sunday'

Stockholm, Sweden & San Francisco, USA (PRWEB) December 15, 2011

Rebtel, the world?s second largest mobile VoIP company after Skype, today announced the Android launch of Rebtel 2.0, its latest generation of intelligent applications designed for desktop and smartphones. The company made its Android app available just in time for New Year?s Day, or what the company is terming 'Hello Sunday' or the ?Black Friday? of international calling in the U.S., when people say hello and ring in the new year on a day that Rebtel *reports is 64% higher than an average day in December.

Rebtel 2.0 for Android, which facilitates free high-quality calls, is available today on the Android Market. Now users can make and receive free international calls using WiFi/3G as well as the company?s local numbers network from any Android device. Once downloaded, the Android application will seamlessly intercept all outgoing international calls thereby making the calls for free to other Rebtel users or cheap to non-Rebtel users. In contrast to other WiFi/3G calling applications, users aren?t limited to their in-app list of contacts. Texts and calls can also be done to any non-Rebtel user on any phone for rates up to 90% cheaper than the standard international calling rate of an average carrier, and up to 85% cheaper than Skype.

According to research firm Canalys, Android captures approximately 50% of the global smartphone market, with year over year shipments up 379% from 2010. Today?s news is directly geared toward these users and those looking for a smart and simple solution for making free or affordable international calls and texts.

Today's launch follows the popular introduction of Rebtel 2.0 on iOS in October. Since that launch, Rebtel has seen over one million downloads of its applications. The company has also announced that it just passed 15 million users who rack up over one billion minutes in calling per year.

?In the wake of tougher times and higher Christmas spending, we wanted to time the launch of the application for the busiest international calling time of the year when what people really want is amazing call quality at free or very cheap prices," said Andreas Bernstrom, CEO of Rebtel.

Android users can also benefit from the following features and options:

KeepTalking

For situations when the WiFi/3G connection is not good enough to sustain a call, Rebtel introduces KeepTalking, a much appreciated feature first premiered in Rebtel 2.0 for iPhone released in October. KeepTalking allows users to simply press a button on their Android device?s call screen during a WiFi/3G call to seamlessly improve the connection by jumping from data to the operator network and still be able to call for free using Rebtel?s local numbers network. The new innovation aims to increase voice quality, reduce phone bills and greatly reduce dropped calls.

Native Dial Pad Interception

Users downloading the application won?t have to change their existing way of making a call on their Android device in order to realize serious savings with Rebtel. Once the application has been downloaded and the user has signed up or logged in, the app will run in the background and seamlessly intercept all calls made to international numbers whether it be from the device?s regular dial pad or native contact list. Instead of being routed over the users? regular carrier network, the calls will be connected with Rebtel for savings of up to 90%.

Free Calls Between Rebtel App Users

Calls to friends who are running any Rebtel application on a smartphone or PC can be made for free over WiFi/3G as well as using Rebtel?s local numbers network when the data connection is too weak. These contacts are labeled ?Free? in the in-app contact list to make it simple to see who?s already using Rebtel, and who you should invite. Whenever a friend or business acquaintance in a users? contact list downloads Rebtel 2.0, a notification is sent to the users? device and appears on the display. Rebtel also offers SMS to any mobile phone number, with an average cost savings of approximately 60% over U.S. carriers.

Contact Integration

No more contact synching or managing multiple address books. Rebtel 2.0 works with each user?s own contact list wherever it might live. The company?s new mobile offering for Android integrates with the phone?s native address book and lets the user get started calling instantly.

Easy Set-up

With the new Rebtel application, the sign up process is reduced to one single step where the user simply connects their phone to the Rebtel network. Immediately after sign up, the user can see which friends in their contact list they can call for free or for savings of up to 90%.

To download the Rebtel 2.0 app from the Android Market, please visit the following link.

*Note: In order to measure the highest call volume day of the year, Rebtel surveyed the calling history of 200,000 representative users in the U.S. on various holidays, and measured them against an average day for that month. According to the study, New Year?s Day was first with a 64% increase, with Christmas Day coming in second with 55%, followed by Mother?s Day, which was up 14%.

About Rebtel

Rebtel is the world?s second largest mobile VoIP company. Today, Rebtel is growing rapidly with more than 15 million callers and with a run rate of over 1 billion minutes per year. The company is on pace to hit $ 75 million in revenue run rate end of 2011. Rebtel users call through smartphone or desktop applications or any other phone to make free or cheap international calls using either data calls globally or one of the world?s largest local number network for calling from more than 50 Rebtel countries. For more information, or to start using Rebtel, go to http://www.rebtel.com.

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