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The report provides a review and understanding of mergers and acquisitions (M&As), capital-raising, partnering deals, and agreements entered into by defensecompanies during April2012.

There are two main mobile commerce technology camps: NFC, and ""the rest"" -- methods based on non-NFC technologies such as SMS, mobile Internet, and mobile applications. NFC is the 'holy grail' that provides the easiest user experience. Other methods require more work and expertise from the consumer. The question is: will the NFC market respond to these alternatives and get organized, or will it continue on its own path?

The global recession has impacted the volume of mobile handsets in recent years. This trend has not been seen in equal measure across all segments. While demand on the mid-tier fell away, sales of new smart phones has grown, due largely to consumer demand and mobile operators' focus on increasing smart phone penetration.

Google's mobile advertising business continues to fuel impressive growth for the online search engine pioneer. The company estimates its mobile advertising revenues will likely generate in excess of $2.5 billion a year and growing. Google generates 97 percent of its $34 billion in annual revenue from selling advertising and new CEO Larry Page promises that mobile advertising, including search and social media, will be a prominent part of its growth strategy.

Wireless broadband services are critical to the next wave of development in information technology. Wireless networks and provide mobility and ease of installation, a factor which is significant in the rapid uptake of mobile telephone technology across the developing world where fixed network infrastructure would be prohibitively expensive to install. How will WiFi hold up against WiMAX? What vendors are aggressively pursuing WiFi?

Arguably, much of Google's innovation has recently come through continuous through an aggressive acquisition strategy. The acquisition strategy has helped Google to expand in different business directions like different forms of advertising, location-based services, social media, mobile technologies, cloud business and many more.

The Google Update Report provides timely analysis and projections about Google market prospects, products and applications, product and company integration, current and potential mergers and acquisitions, and more.

The soldier modernization market consists of five system categories: C4ISR based soldier modernization systems, Mobility based soldier modernization systems , Lethality based soldier modernization systems, Survivability based soldier modernization systems and Sustainability based soldier modernization systems.The value of the market is expected to increase at a CAGR of 3.07% during the forecast period (reference see graph below).

WiMAX has a relatively long history of development, and it was long considered the basis of next generation 4G networks. However, deployment lagged, and uptake was relatively slow for a variety of reasons, including immaturity of the wireless broadband market itself, slow deployment of 4G networks, spectrum issues, and the like. Within the past several years it has gained some momentum, and there have been significant deployments. However, its future is now clouded by the growing popularity of the competing technology, LTE.

The evolution of the cell phone, driven by the wireless data industry trying to make individuals more productive wherever they are, has led to the current state of the art device, referred to as the Smartphone. Smart phones are nothing more than handheld computers that support email, personal organizers, voice & data communications services and other applications.