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- Yankee Group Ashlee Clevenger, 617-598-7268 mediarelations@yankeegroup.com Yankee Group today announced that it has broadened the global reach and depth of its quantitative Link Data portfolio. Responding to client requests for expanded views of the Anywhere connectivity revolution, the company now provides detailed forecast data across 54 countries, adding 16 countries in Eastern Europe and Asia. Yankee Group also has

deepened its offerings, now forecasting and updating more than 430 unique metrics quarterly in each country and each region.

Yankee Group Link Data Market Adoption Monitors & Forecasts track and forecast end-user demand for connectivity solutions and services, showcasing consumer, enterprise and mobile viewpoints. The expanded country views roll into the company's broader regional and global views. Click here for a complete listing.

The detailed data is relied on by many of the world's leading builders, operators and users of connectivity solutions for strategic decision making. Sample data highlights include:

-- Currently, the mobile users in Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Turkey altogether account for about one-third of the total European mobile users. (Source: Link Data: Global ConnectedView Forecast, Link Data: Global Mobile Forecast).

-- In 2003, the VoIP telephone lines represented only 0.1% of the total telephone lines in United States, but in 2012 they will represent 35%. (Source: Link Data: Global ConnectedView Forecast, Link Data: Global Consumer Forecast).

-- The country with the highest FTTH penetration by household in the world is South Korea, at 44 %. (Source: Link Data: Global ConnectedView Forecast, Link Data: Global Consumer Forecast).

-- In the next five years, the mobile users in Japan will increase by a mere 10% while in Pakistan the number of subscribers will double. (Source: Link Data: Global ConnectedView Forecast, Link Data: Global Mobile Forecast).

-- In 2003, the ratio between global digital TV and mobile video/TV users was around 15-to-1 (112.7 to 7.6 million), but in 2012 it will be 2-to-1 (588.8 to 309.9 million). (Source: Link Data: Global ConnectedView Forecast).

"In tough economic times, accurate, detailed, comparable and specific data is crucial to drive sound business decision making," said Susan Coakley, senior vice president, Yankee Group Client Experience. "Our deeper global perspective of Anywhere connectivity metrics across Eastern Europe and Asia now gives clients even more information to ground strategic investments, technology rollouts, target marketing and more."

About Yankee Group Link

Yankee Group Link(TM) products and services, including Link Research, Consulting, Events, Interaction and Data, bring the insight, analysis and tools to navigate the global connectivity revolution. Link Data products, including Market Adoption Monitors & Forecasts, anchor and fuel the company's qualitative research, such as the Anywhere Index, a simple but powerful measure of the pace of the Anywhere revolution around the world. The result is an experience that no other research analyst firm can provide.

About Yankee Group

The people of Yankee Group are the global connectivity experts(TM)--the leading source of insight and counsel trusted by builders, operators and users of connectivity solutions for nearly 40 years. We are uniquely focused on the evolution of Anywhere, and chart the pace of technology change and its effect on networks, consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in Boston, Yankee Group has a global presence including operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.yankeegroup.com/

Monitors and forecasts for 54 countries offer an expanded view of
pace of Anywhere connectivity revolution