Frost & Sullivan Looks at the Current State and Future Growth of IFE Hardware and Content Markets in a Challenging Environment

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on the C3I market on Tuesday, 22 September, 2009 at 14:00 BST The European first responders' (law enforcement, fire fighting services and emergency medical teams) C3I market is currently undergoing a shift in the adoption of new technologies that link legacy systems while implementing next-generation solutions. Communication forms the vital core of this capability.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on European Online Collaboration Market on Thursday, 20 August 2009, at 15.00 BST Online collaboration is proving to be an effective way for businesses to save time and money on travel, while maintaining high level of productivity. The arising trend indicates that companies who discovered the advantages of online collaboration are unlikely to return to old ways of conducting business when the economic conditions improve.

July 20th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Adverse economic conditions, the rising cost of healthcare and decreased donor funding to sub-Saharan Africa are posing major challenges to the medical imaging markets in many countries in the region. Price sensitivity and competition in these markets are expected to increase due to the current financial constraints faced by many healthcare institutions.

July 20th, 2009 LONDON - Europe's aging population has led to a rise in the number of registrations and diagnoses of respiratory diseases. While there has been a shift towards non-invasive ventilation to manage these diseases, manufacturers are struggling to maintain profit margins in this highly price sensitive market, while providing technologically advanced products at the same time.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - There has been a recent upsurge in Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activities in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space. While the economic downturn and related credit crunch has had an impact, this alone cannot account for the recent M&A mania, which has including four mega M&As in the first half of 2009.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - The mobile communications markets in Eastern Europe are growing strongly from usage and revenues points of view. Defining these markets as emerging may no longer be accurate as they are demonstrating high growth and looking for new opportunities.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on the APAC Market for Electric Vehicles on Tuesday, 7 July 2009 at 09:00 BST Frost & Sullivan will host a live briefing open to all on Tuesday, 7 July at 09:00 BST to provide industry participants with an overview of emerging trends and forward projections for the APAC market for electric vehicles. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Electric vehicles are seen as the future trend in the automotive industry in terms of oil independence.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - The Healthcare Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2009 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the European Hospital Information Systems (HIS) Market to be held on Tuesday, 7th July 2009, at 2 p.m. GMT. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Although most hospitals in Europe have some kind of information system in place, only a few have fully integrated and functional hospital information systems solutions installed.

May 10th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan's Web Conference on Global Business Aviation Aftermarket Trends and Opportunities for Suppliers Following unprecedented growth in the last 5 years, Business Aviation is now facing harsh market conditions with aftermarket suppliers holding back investment until recovery. Maintenance, ground handlers and VIP services suppliers are affected by this, though they are all still looking at potential opportunities in Middle East and Asia where demand is underserved and expected to grow fast once confidence returns.

April 26th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Biometrics Market on Thursday, 7 May 2009, at 16.00 BST In 2008 biometric vendors witnessed massive growth; however the same downturn that affected banking, construction industry and retail stores since the end of 2008 also affected some biometric vendors. This said, with the ongoing demand for more integrated security solutions from vertical sectors such as education, law enforcement, government, healthcare and manufacturing facilities, 2009 is anticipated to be a steady uphill year for the market.

April 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) is bullish about its future and anticipates a healthy growth rate of 25 to 35 percent in order inflows in the current financial year, the company said Thursday. In the fiscal ended March 31, 2009, the company received orders worth Rs.52,000 crore, recording a growth of 24 percent over the previous fiscal, the company said in a regulatory statement.

January 11th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Sadie Frost, who has moved on from her marriage with actor Jude Law, says she is too busy with work now to think of romance. According to mirror.co.uk, Frost just returned from a break with Law.

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June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian IT hardware industry has called for parity in the countervailing duty (CVD) and service tax, levied on IT hardware products, in a pre-budget memorandum submitted to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. It is strongly recommended that the rate of service tax be aligned to that of the excise duty/CVD to avoid structural anomalies, the Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) said in a statement Wednesday.

January 27th, 2009 BANGALORE - The global economic slowdown will dip the growth of the semiconductor (chip) market in India by over 50 percent, an industry study said. 'The compound growth of the Indian semicon market for 2009-10 will be 13.4 percent as against the projected 26.7 percent due to lower investment and sluggish manufacturing, resulting in over 50 percent decline,' Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) chairman Jaswinder Ahuja told reporters Wednesday.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's civil aviation suppliers market, including components and maintenance, is seen growing annually at 16.1 percent over the next five years to top $3.89 billion, says a new research by a global consultancy. 'Low manufacturing and labour costs are expected to boost outsourcing to India.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecom service providers, has been adjudged the best service provider in the Asia-Pacific region by telecom research and consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan. The company has bagged top honours for overall service quality and has been adjudged the service provider of the year in the "Best of the Best" category, Airtel said in a statement Tuesday.

July 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian IT industry managed to limit the impact of global recession last fiscal and maintain the growth momentum, albeit lower than that in the boom times, says tech publisher Dataquest. "Export firms did better in recession-hit developed markets than those whose business is limited to the Indian market," Dataquest editor Prasanto K.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The global spending on IT is expected to dip six percent to $3.2 trillion in 2009 from $3.4 trillion in the previous year, a report released here Tuesday said. According to the forecast made by Gartner Inc, a leading global IT research and advisory company, the economic situation combined with the effect of exchange rate movements has resulted in continued weak IT spending.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's technology and services industry can earn $225 billion in revenues by 2020 despite the current global economic crisis, said a study released here Tuesday. Of this, $175 billion is expected from exports and the remaining from domestic sources, said the study by global consultancy Mckinsey and IT industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).