FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—The smart-phone market logged record shipments during the first quarter, according to new research from IDC. Worldwide converged mobile device shipments totaled 18.9 million units during the first quarter, up 7.5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005 and up 67.8 percent from...
"Communications has broken out of its preordained, unleashing applications that can integrate communications across the enterprise," says a new IDC white paper on Voice over Internet Protocol.That one sentence pretty much explains the state of the telecom industry today: Communications are fluid. TV shows...
It's no secret that short codes have failed to gain traction among mass-market wireless subscribers in the United States. Tim Jemison thinks he knows why-and how to cash in. Jemison is the chief executive officer behind Zoove Corp., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup expected...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-This year could mark the beginning of important changes for the U.S. wireless industry, according to research from IDC. Last year was a stellar year for the industry, with about 21.8 million new subscribers activating service, propelling the industry to more than 200...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—This year could mark the beginning of important changes for the U.S. wireless industry, according to new research from IDC. Last year was a stellar year for the industry, with about 21.8 million new subscribers activating service, propelling the industry to more than...
Operators are beginning to deploy full-track digital music services as a way to increase revenues, boost customer loyalty and slow churn. But if carriers are going to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes, they may want to take a hard look at the iPod....
Postpaid customers may take for granted their ability to outfit their phones with jazzy ring tones, flashy wallpaper and nifty games, but prepaid customers historically haven't been offered those luxuries. Increasingly, however, prepaid services are beginning to include a wider selection of downloads and...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported gains in its business during the fourth quarter, but a drop in the company's mobile phone profits appeared to scare investors. Nokia's shares dropped by around 28 cents per share to $18.21 per share after the company's earning announcement. Nokia...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The mobile middleware market has become a half billion-dollar industry and will increase to $1.4 billion by 2009, according to a study from research firm IDC.The mobile middleware market has seen a flurry of acquisitions, customer wins and new product launches in the...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-New product launches and portfolio updates helped the worldwide phone market surpass 200 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2005, according to a report from IDC.The firm's quarterly wireless handset report indicates shipments rose 19 percent year-over-year and 8.8 percent from...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.'s net profit popped to more than $1 billion in its third quarter, up 29 percent compared with the same quarter last year. However, the company's stock price fell almost 6 percent to $16.06 per share in trading after the news, partly...
The squabble over mobile e-mail market share continues, with Research In Motion Ltd., Palm Inc., Visto Corp., and others making waves in the market. Market potential drives such feuds, as research and consulting firm IDC predicted the number of worldwide mobile workers will grow...
Memory company SanDisk Corp. announced a major new initiative the company said will allow companies to sell music, movies and other content through removable memory cards. Such cards are becoming commonplace in mobile phones; research firm IDC forecasts 164 million phones shipping this year...
With the wireless industry's six largest operators now serving more than 90 percent of the country's wireless subscribers, regional players continue to scramble for their pieces of the pie. Many of these carriers have managed to lower their dependence on volatile roaming revenues, but...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Camera phones are more gateways to digital cameras than replacements for them, according to a study released from IDC.The survey found that 30 percent of U.S. camera-phone owners plan to buy digital cameras because they were introduced to digital imaging through their phones....
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Nearly as many U.S. teens acquired their cell phones primarily for text messaging as for talking, according to a study from consultant firm IDC Corp. and text-messaging provider SMS.ac.The poll of 8,000 teens found that 36 percent of respondents bought their phones to...
LONDON-The Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance has contracted with IDC to assess the challenges and opportunities presented by global convergence during the next five years.The project will support an FMCA workstream designed to assess the market opportunity for fixed-mobile convergence products and services, said the group....
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The full-track wireless music download industry in the United States will reach $1.2 billion in revenue by 2009, according to a study from research firm IDC Corp.While the nascent industry faces a host of potential hurdles-including digital rights management issues, razor-thin sales margins...
Sprint PCS continued to court pint-sized wireless users this week, unveiling a new mobile video channel featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and other animated Warner Bros. characters. "Looney Tunes and Friends," which Sprint added to its portfolio of Vision offerings, delivers more than...
OTTAWA-Canada's wireless carriers introduced intercarrier multimedia message services last week. The initiative enables customers with MMS-capable mobile phones, regardless of the customers' wireless service provider, to send and receive messages with rich content to and from MMS-capable phones of friends, family and colleagues. The...
Sprint PCS continued to court pint-sized wireless users this week, unveiling a new mobile video channel featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and other animated Warner Bros. characters. "Looney Tunes and Friends," which Sprint added to its portfolio of Vision offerings, delivers more than...
OTTAWA-Canada's wireless carriers will introduce intercarrier multimedia message services July 1. The initiative will enable customers with MMS-capable mobile phones, regardless of the customers' wireless service providers, to instantly send and receive messages with rich content to and from MMS-capable phones of friends, family...
TORONTO-Wireless security software developer Diversinet Corp. announced a deal licensing VeriSign Inc. to distribute Diversinet's suit of "mobile tokens" and authentication services.VeriSign will market the wireless technology to banks, retailers, online service providers and other businesses through its Unified Authentication offering. The "soft tokens"...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The babysitting potential of cell phones is largely being undervalued by the industry, according to a new report from consultant firm IDC. Mobile video programming for children that can effectively placate and entertain youngsters is quickly gaining traction, IDC said Thursday. Verizon Wireless...
