Business users in Western Europe and other regions will help drive surging sales of smartphones and other converged devices over the next few years, according to new figures from IDC. The market research firm predicted converged mobile devices (CMD) will see a compound annual...
Business users in Western Europe and other regions will help drive surging sales of smartphones and other converged devices over the next few years, according to new figures from IDC.The market research firm predicted converged mobile devices will see a compound annual growth rate...
Funambol plans to push ahead with its open source mobile e-mail strategy this week with an upgraded version of its white-label offering for carriers.The Redwood City, Calif.-based startup is set to unveil Funambol v6, a Java-based application that pushes e-mail to wireless devices from...
It's been about a month since wireless number portability kicked in for consumers in Canada, and in the words of analyst Lawrence Surtees, "Guess what? The sky hasn't fallen." Surtees, VP and principal analyst of communications research for IDC Canada Ltd. of Toronto, said...
The global handset market grew 12 percent in the first quarter over the year-ago quarter to 252 million units, the first time in two years that growth in this segment fell below 20 percent, according to Strategy Analytics. The bright spots for the quarter...
Verizon Wireless rang up the most mobile data revenue in the fourth quarter of 2006, but Sprint Nextel Corp. regained its lead in data ARPU, according to new figures from IDC.The market research firm found that Verizon ended 2006 with 56.8 million direct retail...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
Visto Corp. added to its already impressive coffers earlier this month, raising another $35 million in what the mobile e-mail service provider said is its final round of funding. But this time it's the investor-not the amount of cash-that's raising eyebrows.The Redwood City, Calif.-based...
Nokia Corp. is making lots of money churning out mobile phones, but the pattern of its success is shifting. Its position as the world's leading handset maker was easily confirmed as it claimed solid revenue, profits and handset shipments in the fourth quarter of...
Verizon Wireless subscribers spend more on mobile data than customers of any other U.S. carrier, according to new data from IDC.The market research firm found Verizon Wireless users spent an average of $7.27 per month on data services in the third quarter of 2006,...
Full-track, over-the-air downloads have yet to gain any serious traction, and ringtones are so 2006. But when it comes to mobile music applications, U.S. carriers increasingly are looking to ringback tones to boost data revenues.Ringback tones-music clips that a caller hears instead of a...
Mobile gaming in the United States will gain steady ground over the next several years even as titles get more expensive, according to new figures from IDC.The market research firm predicts the number of wireless gamers will grow more than 16 percent annually during...
Canadian consumers soon will have the flexibility granted to American wireless customers late in 2003: the ability to take a phone number with them if they switch mobile service providers.Canada's wireless number portability option will go into effect March 14. Customers will be able...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Steep prices are keeping U.S. mobile consumers from buying wireless entertainment offerings, according to a study from IDC.The market research group found that 47 percent of the coveted 18- to 24-year-old market complained that mobile data services are "too expensive," and nearly three-quarters...
Within the mobile industry, security vendors' warnings are gaining traction as headlines blare the latest loss of corporate or government data-a sure way to destroy an organization's credibility, not to mention the violation of federal mandates on data privacy and security. Getting drubbed in...
The fourth quarter-a seasonally hot quarter for handset sales-is well underway. Time for the crystal ball and a word from a couple of gazers. The outlook remains positive for fourth-quarter shipment volumes, based largely on historical trends and the remarkable volumes of handsets shipped...
Flash Lite is finally here. Verizon Wireless last week became the first U.S. carrier to offer Adobe Systems Inc.'s wireless platform, introducing a stripped-down version of its popular Flash Player for computers. The technology, which will initially be supported by four high-end handset models,...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-IDC said there is tremendous growth potential in the market for business-focused phones, and predicted that Microsoft Corp's involvement with Motorola Inc., Palm Inc., and others, as well as Nokia Corp.'s commitment to an end-to-end strategy, threatens to weaken Research in Motion Ltd.'s...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—IDC said there is tremendous growth potential in the market for business-focused phones, and predicted that Microsoft Corp’s involvement with Motorola Inc., Palm Inc., and others, as well as Nokia Corp.’s commitment to an end-to-end strategy, threatens to weaken Research in Motion Ltd.’s...
Operators around the world are rolling out sexy new services like mobile TV and full-track downloads in an effort to compensate for razor-thin margins for voice service and see a return on investments in 3G technology. But carriers looking to spur data revenues-which is...
The Symbian operating system, championed by Nokia Corp. in its smart phones, currently has a majority of OS market share, a state of affairs likely to continue for the foreseeable future, according to projections from market research firm IDC. This is likely despite the...
Mobile-phone penetration rates are surpassing 90 percent in markets around the world, reaching the saturation point in Hong Kong, South Korea and Western Europe. Meanwhile, handset manufacturers continue to gain ground. Worldwide mobile-phone shipments in the second quarter fell just short of an all-time...
Flash Lite-essentially a stripped-down, mobile version of the popular Flash Player for computers-has quietly gained impressive ground since NTT DoCoMo Inc. introduced handsets enabled with the software in 2003. DoCoMo recently touted surpassing the 2 million subscriber mark to its i-channel service, which uses...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—Despite low adoption today, wireless over-the-air music services could become a booming market segment, with the potential to reach more than 50 million users and exceed more than $1 billion in revenues by 2010, according to a new survey by research firm IDC....
