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William Stofega
Program Director, Mobile Device Technology and Trends

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Apple’s Fiscal 2Q13 Earnings: Despite Challenges, Apple Manages to Please Investors
Rajani Singh, William Stofega
Apr 2013 - Doc # lcUS24087213      IDC Link
Apple released its financial results for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended March 30, 2013, with many impressive announcements, but also with some areas of concerns. The broad picture of Apple’s financials and key business units’ performa ...
Facebook's New Home on Android
Danielle Levitas, John Jackson, Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
Apr 2013 - Doc # lcUS24059613      IDC Link
On Thursday, April 4, 2013, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Facebook Home for Android. The announcement comes at a time following numerous rumors and much speculation whether Facebook would launch its own smartphone, despite Zucke ...
T-Mobile Emerges as "Un-Carrier," Yet Joins Rest of Market in Offering iPhone, LTE
Carrie MacGillivray, John Byrne, John Weber, Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
Mar 2013 - Doc # lcUS24043613      IDC Link
On March 26, 2013, T-Mobile held a press conference to relaunch itself as the "un-carrier." CEO John Legere took to the stage to outline several important announcements for the company. What would be coined as the "biggest" news is that T-M ...
Worldwide Smartphone 2013–2017 Forecast and Analysis
Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
Mar 2013 - Doc # 239847      Market Analysis
This IDC study analyzes the worldwide smartphone market for 2013–2017. IDC believes that smartphone vendors will ship a total of 918.6 million smartphones in 2013, up 27.2% from the 722.4 million units shipped in 2012. From there, shipme ...
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Worldwide Mobile Phone 2013–2017 Forecast and Analysis
Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
Mar 2013 - Doc # 239867      Market Analysis
This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for mobile phone shipments worldwide. The worldwide mobile phone market will reach a total of 1,832.3 million units, inclusive of smartphones, shipped in 2013, resulting in a 5.5% increase f ...
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IDC Predictions 2013: What's Next in Consumer Markets?
Danielle Levitas, Matt Davis, Jonathan Gaw, Linn Huang, Greg Ireland, John Jackson, Ramon T. Llamas, Tom Mainelli, Bob O'Donnell, William Stofega, Lewis Ward, Karsten Weide
Feb 2013 - Doc # WC20130117      Event Proceeding
This IDC Web Conference presents the outlook of IDC's Consumer Technology analysts for key device, service, and media markets. Questions to be addressed include the following::
  • How will consumer mobile device adoption and usage
  • ...
    BlackBerry's Brave New World
    Ramon T. Llamas, John Jackson, Stephen D. Drake, William Stofega
    Feb 2013 - Doc # lcUS23929413      IDC Link
    At its multi-city launch event that spanned New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Johannesburg, and Dubai, Research In Motion officially unveiled its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, devices, and applications. This follows months of developm ...
    Worldwide and U.S. Phone, Tablet, and PC 2013 Top 10 Predictions
    William Stofega, Ramon T. Llamas, Tom Mainelli, Bob O'Donnell, Linn Huang, David Daoud
    Jan 2013 - Doc # 239155      Top 10 Predictions
    This IDC study presents IDC's prognostications in the year ahead and analyzes various major segments of the consumer market, including mobile phones, tablets, and PCs.: "Many in the technology industry have shifted their attention f ...
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    Apple’s Fiscal 1Q13 Earnings: Strong Revenue Overshadowed by Reduced Profit Growth
    Rajani Singh, David Daoud, Ramon T. Llamas, Tom Mainelli, William Stofega
    Jan 2013 - Doc # lcUS23922713      IDC Link
    Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended December 29, 2012, with many impressive announcements but also with some areas of concerns. Although the company shipped significant volumes of iPhones and iPads, its ...
    Worldwide and U.S. Consumer 2013 Top 10 Predictions
    Karsten Weide, William Stofega, Greg Ireland, Lewis Ward, Ramon T. Llamas, Matt Davis, Tom Mainelli, Jonathan Gaw, Danielle Levitas, Bob O'Donnell, Linn Huang, John Jackson
    Jan 2013 - Doc # 239105      Top 10 Predictions
    This IDC study presents IDC's prognostications and major themes for consumer technology research in 2013 and analyzes various major segments of the consumer market, including consumer mobile devices, platforms and services, games, video ...
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    Worldwide Smartphone Mobile OS 2012–2016 Forecast and Analysis
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega, Stephen D. Drake, Stacy K. Crook, Ben Hoffman
    Dec 2012 - Doc # 238366      Market Analysis
    This IDC study examines the future of the worldwide smartphone market by operating system and region from 2012 to 2016.: "The worldwide smartphone market is heading for continued growth," says Ramon Llamas, research manager with IDC ...
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    Nokia Signs Up China Mobile
    William Stofega
    Dec 2012 - Doc # 238680      Insight
    This IDC Insight provides a brief overview of the agreement between China Mobile and Nokia to offer the Lumia 920T, the first TD-SCDMA Windows Phone to be sold in China.

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    Technology Selection: Worldwide Mobile Payments 2012–2017 Forecast and Retail Guidance
    Leslie Hand, Aaron McPherson, William Stofega
    Dec 2012 - Doc # GRI238069      Technology Selection
    This IDC Retail Insights report presents a worldwide forecast of consumer and business spending over mobile networks from 2012 to 2017. IDC forecasts that by 2017, worldwide purchase volume over mobile devices will exceed $1 trillion. Mo ...
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    Worldwide Mobile Phone 2012–2016 Forecast Update: December 2012
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Dec 2012 - Doc # 238255      Forecast Update
    This IDC Forecast Update presents the five-year forecast for mobile phone shipments (inclusive of smartphones) worldwide by device vendors. It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document ...
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    Nokia Acquires 3D Mapping Company EarthMine
    Oren Raviv, William Stofega
    Nov 2012 - Doc # lcIL23799712      IDC Link
    Nokia announced the planned acquisition of 3D mapping company EarthMine for an undisclosed amount. The deal, which was announced on Nokia's media event in San Francisco last week, is part of the company’s latest move to revamp its location ...
    Worldwide Business Use Smartphone 2012–2016 Forecast Update
    Stacy K. Crook, Stephen D. Drake, Ben Hoffman, William Stofega, Ramon T. Llamas
    Nov 2012 - Doc # 237835      Market Analysis
    This IDC study provides an updated forecast of the business use smartphone market for 2012–2016, split into employee-liable and corporate-liable segments. Forecasts are provided by mobile operating system and by region. This study is the ...
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    Technology Selection: Worldwide Mobile Payments 2012–2017 Forecast
    Aaron McPherson, Leslie Hand, William Stofega
    Nov 2012 - Doc # FIN237814      Technology Selection
    This IDC Financial Insights report presents a worldwide forecast of consumer and business spending over mobile networks from 2012 to 2017. IDC forecasts that by 2017 worldwide purchase volume over mobile devices will exceed $1 trillion. ...
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    T-Mobile USA Unveils Its New Smartphone and Tablet Lineup for 4Q12
    Ramon T. Llamas, Bob O'Donnell, Tom Mainelli, William Stofega
    Oct 2012 - Doc # lcUS23769912      IDC Link
    At an exclusive invite-only event on Monday, October 29, in New York City, T-Mobile unveiled its new smartphones tablets for 4Q12. These include:Google Nexus 7HTC Windows Phone 8XLG Nexus 4LG Optimus L9Nokia Lumia 810Samsung Galaxy Note IIS ...
    Apple’s FY 4Q12 Earnings: Well Set for the Holiday Season
    Rajani Singh, Ramon T. Llamas, Tom Mainelli, William Stofega
    Oct 2012 - Doc # lcUS23756912      IDC Link
    Despite challenging macro conditions and lackluster consumer demand in the broad computing and device market, Apple continues to perform well relative to its competitors. The company announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 fourth qu ...
    Sprint Stays the Course and Sees Gains
    Carrie MacGillivray, John Weber, John Byrne, William Stofega, Stephen D. Drake
    Sep 2012 - Doc # 237031      Insight
    This IDC Insight provides an overview and assessment of Sprint's strategic direction in the mobile services market. It examines the strategies of several elements of Sprint's business within the larger market context.

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    Worldwide Mobile Phone 2012–2016 Forecast Update: September 2012
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Sep 2012 - Doc # 236732      Forecast Update
    This IDC Forecast Update presents the five-year forecast for mobile phone shipments (inclusive of smartphones) worldwide by device vendors. It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document ...
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    Worldwide Smartphone 2012–2016 Forecast Update: September 2012
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Sep 2012 - Doc # 236736      Forecast Update
    This IDC Forecast Update presents the five-year forecast for smartphone shipments worldwide by region and operating system. It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document are based on in ...
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    Apple Takes the iPhone to the Next Level with the iPhone 5
    William Stofega, Ramon T. Llamas, Bob O'Donnell, Stephen D. Drake, Tom Mainelli
    Sep 2012 - Doc # lcUS23690912      IDC Link
    On Wednesday, September 12, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5. In keeping with previous releases, company CEO Tim Cook dubbed the iPhone 5 "the most beautiful product we have ever made," featuring changes to its hardware design as well as enhance ...
    White Phones: A Sunset Industry?
    Wong Teck Zhung, Melissa Chau, Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Sep 2012 - Doc # AP3053406X      Industry Development and Models
    This IDC study presents our understanding of the white phone, or unlicensed and unbranded mobile phone, market and dynamics from a worldwide and regional perspective. It defines the white phone, outlines its market size, explains IDC's t ...
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    Nokia Announces "The World's Most Innovative Smartphones" with the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Sep 2012 - Doc # lcUS23680812      IDC Link
    On Wednesday, September 5, in New York City, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop officially unveiled the its Windows Phone 8 powered smartphones, the Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820. The announcement follows nearly one year since Nokia announced its first t ...
    IDC's Worldwide Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Taxonomy, 2012
    Carrie MacGillivray, William Stofega, John Byrne, Debra Osswald, Mali Venkatesan, Mario Morales
    Aug 2012 - Doc # 236136      Industry Development and Models
    This IDC study provides definitions for all the components in the M2M ecosystem — semiconductors/modules, connectivity/service enablement, platforms and systems, applications, and business analytics. It also discusses the role that secur ...
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    Apple FY 3Q12 Earnings: Positive Performance But Challenges Ahead
    David Daoud, Rajani Singh, Ramon T. Llamas, Tom Mainelli, William Stofega
    Jul 2012 - Doc # lcUS23622012      IDC Link
    Apple announced financial results for its fiscal third-quarter 2012 ended June 30, 2012. The company posted quarterly revenue of $35.0 billion (23% Y/Y growth) and quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion (21% Y/Y growth).These results indicate ...
    A Closer Look at Nokia's Plan for Long-Term Sustainable Profitability
    Ramon T. Llamas, Scott Ellison, William Stofega
    Jun 2012 - Doc # lcUS23545212      IDC Link
    On Thursday, June 14, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced a series of strategic moves designed to streamline performance, reduce operating expenses, and put the company on a path to sustained profitability. In addition, the company announced m ...
    Worldwide Mobile Phone 2012–2016 Forecast Update: June 2012
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Jun 2012 - Doc # 235190      Forecast Update
    This IDC Forecast Update presents the five-year forecast for mobile phone shipments (inclusive of smartphones) worldwide by device vendors. It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document ...
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    Worldwide Smartphone 2012–2016 Forecast Update: June 2012
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Jun 2012 - Doc # 235193      Forecast Update
    This IDC Forecast Update presents a five-year forecast for smartphone shipments worldwide by region and operating system. It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document are based on info ...
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    Cricket Announces Upcoming Availability of the iPhone
    Ramon T. Llamas, Carrie MacGillivray, John Weber, William Stofega
    May 2012 - Doc # lcUS23517612      IDC Link
    The big news out of San Diego this morning was Leap Wireless' Cricket brand announcing that as of June 22nd, the iPhone will be available on its network with a prepaid plan. The pureplay prepaid operator will offer the 16GB iPhone 4S (at $4 ...
    Huawei Looks to Handset, Enterprise, Software, and Services to Offset Slowing Service Provider Equipment Biz
    John Byrne, William Stofega, Rohit Mehra, Andy Hicks, Peter Kosinar, Melissa Fremeijer, Francisco Jeronimo, Carrie MacGillivray, Vernon Turner
    May 2012 - Doc # 234923      Insight
    This IDC Insight provides analysis of Huawei's progress on key initiatives, based on reported fiscal year 2011 results and discussions by IDC analysts with Huawei executives at the company's Global Analyst Summit in April 2012.

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    The Apple and the Carrier: Who Needs Who?
    William Stofega, Mark Winther
    May 2012 - Doc # lcUS23467112      IDC Link
    By every measure, Apple had an amazing March quarter. Revenue was up 59% to $39.2 billion, and iPhone and iPad unit sales were up 88% and 151%, respectively. Connected devices, iPhone and iPad, drive 75% of Apple revenue. Without mobile ope ...
    Worldwide Business Use Smartphone 2012–2016 Forecast
    Stephen D. Drake, William Stofega, Ramon T. Llamas, Stacy K. Crook, Ben Hoffman
    May 2012 - Doc # 234475      Market Analysis
    This IDC study provides a forecast of the business use smartphone market for 2012–2016, split into employee-liable and corporate-liable segments. Forecasts are provided by mobile operating system and by region. This study is the result o ...
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    A Peek at the Nokia Lumia 900 at AT&T
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Apr 2012 - Doc # lcUS23431612      IDC Link
    A Peek at the Nokia Lumia 900 on Launch Day at AT&TOn Sunday, April 8, Nokia's highly anticipated Lumia 900 arrived at AT&T's shelves, just three months after its initial unveiling at CES. This marks Nokia's second smartphone launch in the ...
    Making the Connection: Growth Opportunities in Tangible Computing
    William Stofega
    Mar 2012 - Doc # WC20120329      Event Proceeding
    This IDC Web Conference will look at new growth opportunities in mobility related to tangible computing, including Near Field Communications (NFC) and related services such as mobile payments. The presentation will highlight both the tec ...
    IDC's Pre-Event Presentation at the World Mobile Congress, Barcelona, February 2012
    Chris Lewis, Francisco Jeronimo, William Stofega, Scott Ellison, John Delaney, Nicholas McQuire, Carrie MacGillivray, John Byrne, Debra Osswald, Mark Winther, Courtney Munroe
    Mar 2012 - Doc # I53U      IDC Presentation
    IDC brought together its mobile analysts from around the world in Barcelona in February 2012 to present at a pre-MWC brunch with clients. The presentations included the multiple perspectives that IDC brings to the table on the future of ...
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    IDC MWC Mobile Industry Dynamics, 2012: Multiple Perspectives on a Shifting Industry Landscape
    Francisco Jeronimo, William Stofega, Scott Ellison, John Delaney, Nicholas McQuire, Carrie MacGillivray, John Byrne, Debra Osswald, Chris Lewis
    Mar 2012 - Doc # I52U      Insight
    Mobile World Congress (MWC) is a barometer for the mobile industry but also for many adjacent sectors. IDC used the presence of many of its analysts involved in the mobile sector to deliver a unique series of perspectives on the mobile i ...
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    Worldwide Mobile Phone 2012–2016 Forecast and Analysis
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Mar 2012 - Doc # 233550      Market Analysis
    This IDC study looks at the worldwide mobile phone market, inclusive of smartphones, from 2012 to 2016. IDC believes that total mobile phone shipments will reach 1.7 billion units in 2012, up 8.2% from the 1.6 billion mobile phones shipp ...
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    Worldwide Smartphone 2012–2016 Forecast and Analysis
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Mar 2012 - Doc # 233553      Market Analysis
    This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for worldwide smartphone shipments by region and operating environment. This market analysis looks at the worldwide smartphone market from 2012 through 2016. IDC believes that total smartphone ...
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    IDC Predictions 2012: Consumer - More Mobile, More Connected
    Danielle Levitas, Irene Berlinsky, Scott Ellison, Jonathan Gaw, Greg Ireland, Carrie MacGillivray, Tom Mainelli, Bob O'Donnell, William Stofega, Lewis Ward, Karsten Weide, Christopher Chute, Suzanne Hopkins, Linn Huang, Ramon T. Llamas
    Feb 2012 - Doc # WC20120126      Event Proceeding
    Join IDC's Consumer Technology analysts as they present the top consumer predictions for 2012. In this Web conference, IDC will share its outlook for key device, service, and media markets. Some key questions to be discussed include:: ...
    Worldwide and U.S. Consumer 2012 Top 10 Predictions
    Jonathan Gaw, Danielle Levitas, Carrie MacGillivray, Karsten Weide, Scott Ellison, Ramon T. Llamas, Tom Mainelli, Suzanne Hopkins, Lewis Ward, Greg Ireland, David Daoud, Christopher Chute, Irene Berlinsky, William Stofega
    Jan 2012 - Doc # 232880      Top 10 Predictions
    This IDC study presents IDC's consumer prognostications and major themes for 2012 and analyzes various major segments of the consumer market, including games, video, consumer mobile devices, applications and services, consumer PCs and me ...
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    Apple Announces 1Q 2012 Earnings: iPhone Powers Another Record-Breaking Quarter for Apple — Faces Pivotal Growth Period in 2012
    William Stofega
    Jan 2012 - Doc # lcUS23285512      IDC Link
    OverviewReaffirming its strength in the smartphone market, on January 24, 2012, Apple announced that it had sold 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter, representing a 128% unit growth over the year-ago quarter and doubling the prior years’ t ...
    RIM Announces Thorsten Heins as President and CEO: More Challenges Ahead
    Stephen D. Drake, William Stofega, Courtney Munroe, Ramon T. Llamas
    Jan 2012 - Doc # lcUS23281412      IDC Link
    On January 22, 2012, the board of directors of Research In Motion (RIM) named Thorsten Heins as President and Chief Executive Officer. Heins was also appointed to RIM’s board. Mike Lazaridis, former Cochair and Co-CEO, will become Vice Chai ...
    Worldwide Smartphone Mobile OS 2011–2015 Forecast and Analysis
    Stephen D. Drake, William Stofega, Ramon T. Llamas, Stacy K. Crook
    Dec 2011 - Doc # 232163      Market Analysis
    This IDC study examines the growing worldwide and U.S. smartphones market and the mobile operating systems that power it. In addition to providing worldwide and U.S mobile OS forecast, this study reviews each mobile OS, including its dri ...
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    All They Wanted for Christmas? AT&T Gets T-Mobile Coal, Verizon Gets Coveted Spectrum
    Courtney Munroe, John Byrne, Scott Ellison, Carrie MacGillivray, William Stofega
    Dec 2011 - Doc # lcUS23242311      IDC Link
    December 19, 2011, marked the end of a tumultuous nine-month battle by AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom. The main thrust of this acquisition effort was to obtain much-needed spectrum from T-Mobile as a means of bolstering ...
    U.S. Telecom, Mobile, and Network Infrastructure 2012 Top 10 Predictions
    Courtney Munroe, Amy Lind, Carrie MacGillivray, John Byrne, Nav Chander, Matt Davis, Melanie Posey, Stephen D. Drake, Stacy K. Crook, William Stofega
    Dec 2011 - Doc # 232191      Top 10 Predictions
    This IDC study provides IDC's U.S. telecom predictions for 2012. This study was compiled by the U.S. telecom teams and provides our view of the market for 2012.: "The next year will be another tumultuous year for the mobile, cloud, ...
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    Worldwide Smartphone 2011–2015 Forecast Update: December 2011
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Dec 2011 - Doc # 231906      Forecast Update
    This IDC Forecast Update presents a five-year forecast for worldwide smartphone shipments by device vendors. It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document are based on information gathe ...
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    Market Analysis Perspective: Worldwide Mobile Phone Technology and Trends, 2011 — From Social to Tangible
    William Stofega
    Dec 2011 - Doc # 232035      IDC Presentation: Forecast
    This presentation provides forecast updates as well as a qualitative overview regarding new technologies and services that will drive the next era of growth in mobility. Key topics covered include feature phone to smartphone migration, m ...
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    Worldwide Mobile Phone 2011–2015 Forecast Update: December 2011
    Ramon T. Llamas, William Stofega
    Dec 2011 - Doc # 231909      Forecast Update
    This IDC Forecast Update presents the five-year forecast for mobile phone shipments (inclusive of smartphones) worldwide by device vendors. It is part of IDC's continuing research with respect to mobile devices. Findings in this document ...
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