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The direct carrier billing platform, which is also known as direct operator billing, direct mobile billing, or direct to bill, is a software platform. The platform enables mobile device users in making third-party payments using either their account balance with carrier networks or through postpaid mobile bills.     See the complete table of contents and list of exhibits, as well as selected illustrations and example pages from this report . Get a FREE sample now! The growing popularity of subscription model of streaming services is driving the increasing demand for OTT content. Smartphone is considered as a major platform for consuming OTT content. The mobile network operators are also enabling various payment methods such as credit cards, Internet banking, and mobile wallets for billing services.    The share OTT content is growing in mobile IP traffic. These factors are prompting mobile network operators to view direct carrier billing as an...

A wig is a head covering that resembles natural hair and accentuates a person’s appearance. Wigs may be produced from human or synthetic hair. Hair extensions are the length of artificial hair that can be attached to natural hair to create a long hairstyle.     See the complete table of contents and list of exhibits, as well as selected illustrations and example pages from this report . Get a FREE sample now! Several vendors in the global hair wigs and extension market are shifting their production facilities to countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam owing to rising labor costs and constraints in sourcing and procuring the raw materials in key manufacturing countries such as China and India. These emerging countries offer huge market growth potential due to the availability of cheap labor and greenfield resources.   Manufacturers such as Artnature and Evergreen Products Group have phased the shift of their production base to Cambodia and Bangla...

Monoammonium phosphate (MAP), also known as ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP), is a white crystalline chemical compound consisting of ammonium cations and dihydrogen phosphates anions in equal proportions. An increase in the cost of raw material has led monoammonium phosphate vendors to opt for backward integration to reduce operational costs. Backward integration by monoammonium phosphate vendors, including PhosAgro, OCP, and Yara International helps increase their profit margins and gives them the edge. In April 2018, Yara and BASF opened their new ammonia plant in Freeport, US. The new plant is estimated to have a production capacity of 750 thousand MTPA for ammonia. To produce green phosphoric acid that is used to produce monoammonium phosphate, several innovations and product developments are underway. Innophos offers green phosphoric acid to produce monoammonium phosphate. The low concentration of organic matter, including fluorine, sulfate, and arsenic, makes green phos...

Hacksaw blades have a fine metal tooth, which can be to a hacksaw tool. Hacksaws are widely used for cutting materials, such as wood and metal. Leading retailers of hand tools like The Home Depot Inc. offers a wide range of hacksaw blades through their website. Many major vendors operating in the market, including C. & E. Fein GmbH, Snap-on Inc., The L.S. Starrett Co., Stanley Black & Decker Inc., and others also sell their products through their official websites as well as through other e-commerce websites. The advent of social media, increasing internet penetration, and the growing adoption of smartphones have allowed customers to get reliable access to a wide range of products and have helped them to choose from a wide variety of hacksaw blade products available from different manufacturers. For instance, according to the World Bank Group, the proportion of individuals using the internet increased from 43% in 2015 to 45.79% in 2016 across the world. Thus, the growi...

Aquaculture is the process of rearing and cultivating aquatic animals and plants for food under controlled conditions. The process includes the farming of over 30 species of freshwater macrophytes; about 35 species of seaweed; about 50 species of microalgae and invertebrates as fish-food organisms in hatcheries; over 540 species of finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and other invertebrates; and a few species of amphibians and aquatic reptiles. To constantly provide value-added products and attract more customers, the key competitors are offering a diverse range of new species with economic and biological potential. For instance, new finfish species such as meagre, greater amberjack, and Atlantic wreckfish have been introduced. This trend directly focuses on the development of aquaculture and provides core scientific and commercially useful information to support the growth of aquaculture production and in the advancement of new technological tools. Thus, the increasing popularity ...

The global converged infrastructure market is expected to witness a CAGR of about 22% during the forecast period. Certain factors that are driving the market include faster implementation time, alternative solution to cloud, reduced costs, and simplified management.   Many businesses are considering migrating their entire IT infrastructure to the cloud. Converged infrastructure presents a suitable alternative for these businesses. Customers who have already deployed hyperconverged systems can simply add or remove nodes to increase or decrease the computing or storage resources. One of the value propositions of hyperconverged system is bringing cloud-like flexibility to the on-premises data centers. This is expected to drive the overall sales of hyperconverged systems and customers also get the added security of data being in their own premises.   The unit of scaling is an hyper converged system is server node, which comes with both storage an...

The global sustainable tourism market is expected to witness a CAGR of over 10% during the forecast period. Certain factors that are driving the market include large tourism companies implementing sustainable tourism practices, shifting preference toward local and authentic experiences, and increasing number of travelers opting for new types of tourism.   Some tourists are focusing more on exploring local communities, which are considered to be one of the most important aspects of sustainable tourism. They prefer buying local products, undertaking public transport instead of taxis. They also prefer having dinner in a restaurant that uses zero-kilometer ingredients, including local, low impact primary ingredients such as meat, cheese, and honey. The preference of several tourists shifting toward local and authentic experiences from traditional traveling is expected to be driving the growth of the sustainable tourism market during the forecast period.   The t...

The global athleisure market expected to witness a CAGR of almost 7% during the forecast period. Certain factors that are driving the market growth include increasing online sales, increasing adoption of fitness initiatives by corporates, and rise and evolution of athleisure movement.     See the complete table of contents and list of exhibits, as well as selected illustrations and example pages from this report . Get a FREE sample now! The increasing adoption of athleisure wear by millennial population is due to the growing popularity and by the influence of social media and peer networking. Furthermore, the rising popularity of the athleisure movement and its influence on fashion are opening vast growth opportunities for the market. As a result, many global brands are aligning their market strategies around athleisure movement. Hence, the rise and evolution of the athleisure movement by millennials and the working population is fueling the growth of t...

The global bioadhesives market expected to witness a CAGR of almost 13% during the forecast period. Certain factors that are driving the market growth include increasing demand for bio-based hot-melt adhesives in APAC, favorable government policies, and growth in the preference for sustainable packaging.   The awareness about the environmental impact and sustainability among consumers by using plastic packaging is compelling brand owners to adopt sustainable packaging.     See the complete table of contents and list of exhibits, as well as selected illustrations and example pages from this report . Get a FREE sample now!   Bioadhesives are being increasingly used in packaging applications such as printed sheet laminations, flexible packaging, cigarettes and filters, cases and cartons, and specialty packaging. Bioadhesive does not have any health implications as they have mineral oil in the adhesive composition and are increasingly used in ...