Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. all gained bragging rights from this year's J.D. Power and Associates Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. Customers rated each carrier highest in call quality in at least one of the six geographical regions included in...
BOSTON-A new report finds that ZigBee technology players are squaring off against Zen Systems, which has established a strong position in the residential control market with its proprietary Z-Wave solution.Strategy Analytics, a global research and consulting company, predicted that by 2008, the market for...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The enterprise wireless local area network equipment market, including both access points and switch/appliances, will overwhelm the market for standalone WLAN equipment, according to a report from Dell'Oro Group.The report said digital subscriber line and cable customer premises equipment increasingly will come...
NATICK, Mass.-Venture Development Corp., a technology market research consulting firm, estimates worldwide markets for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems infrastructure equipment will exceed $2.6 billion by 2008, which would be a growth rate of 67 percent from 2005 to 2008.VDC said the IMS market is...
LONDON-Wireless and online download services are fueling a dramatic surge in digital music offerings, according to a study released Wednesday by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The group's annual report indicates 180 legitimate download services were launched last year, bringing the total...
SAN FRANCISCO-Slow network speeds and cumbersome user interfaces are among the issues hindering uptake of wireless data services, according to a study from Harris Interactive.The poll, which was conducted on behalf of software developer Macromedia Inc., indicates that 81 percent of U.S. adults own...
Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants jumped 32 percent in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Gartner, reaching a total of 3.6 million units in the second quarter. The firm said BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. maintained its No. 1...
Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. continue to wage a number of side battles in Sprint's attempt to acquire Nextel. Most of the conflicts are with respective affiliates that are trying to clear up partnership pacts before the merger closes, expected to happen sometime...
LONDON-More than 30 GSM/GPRS networks now offer commercial push-to-talk service, according to new research from the Global mobile Suppliers Association. Fifteen of the networks are in Europe, 11 are Asian, five are in the Americas and two are Middle Eastern.Several more operators are in...
Eighty-four percent of teenagers own at least one of four devices, including a desktop computer, laptop computer, cell phone or Blackberry. In addition, 45 percent of teens have their own cell phones, said a new report. The findings were part of a survey on...
LONDON-Worldwide pre-WiMAX equipment sales rang up $16.4 million in 2004, and the market will grow to $124.5 million by the end of 2005, according to a report from Infonetics Research.While the technology initially is being deployed as a wireless backhaul solution, it will begin...
The big appear to keep getting bigger as Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. accounted for half of the 188 million phones sold in the second quarter, according to research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics. However, such gains came at the expense of others in...
Nextel Communications Inc. said it has sent a letter to affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. asking for revisions to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Nextel Partners in late June detailing the terms of a control premium in the affiliate's put option. That option,...
AUSTIN, Texas-More than 15 percent of U.S. "tweens" will own wireless phones by 2009, representing a significant opportunity for handset manufacturers, according to a report from iGillottResearch.The study indicates children as young as 6 years old are already using their own phones, and 4...
WASHINGTON-More than one third of adults with landline telephone service say they're ready to cut the cord and use only mobile phones at home in the next two years, according to a new survey. "People seem to be excited about new communications options," said...
Teens and young adults continue to transform the wireless marketplace in the United States, according to two studies released Thursday. Devices such as cell phones, handheld computers and MP3 players are threatening the traditional hold of the apparel industry on the spending priorities of...
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 Corp.'s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. has become a virtual soap opera, with numerous tit-for-tats that have cropped up ahead of the deal's expected closing later this quarter. The issues are not expected to thwart the deal's final outcome, though they could...
NEW YORK-The technology sector could be on the verge of a turnaround in terms of economic growth, according to a new report form outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which provides a quarterly technology job-cut report.The firm said its latest report on tech-sector downsizing...
Nextel Communications Inc. questioned the value of its affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. in relation to a put option Nextel Partners can trigger following Nextel's pending acquisition by Sprint Corp., which garnered shareholder approval yesterday.In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Nextel stated that Nextel...
LONDON-Erotic mobile content will explode into a $2.3 billion market by 2010 if carriers, content providers and regulators can figure out how to manage it, according to a study from Informa Telecoms and Media released Wednesday. The report commends Vodafone U.K. and other U.K....
JENKINTOWN, Pa.-High-tech wireless applications like mobile video and contactless payments are less appealing than text-based localized services, according to a study from TNS Telecoms released Wednesday.The market research firm's latest quarterly survey indicates 20 percent of households were interested in mobile services that provide...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-North American and European businesses are adopting mobile applications more quickly than they had planned, according to a report from Forrester Research.The survey indicated nearly half of the 1,000 network and telecom decision-makers polled had deployed wireless applications such as e-mail, calendars and...
STAMFORD, Conn.,-Gartner Inc. predicted the next down cycle in the semiconductor capital equipment market will take place in the second half of this year, with sales dropping by 12 percent. Gartner analysts said segments of semiconductor capital equipment sales are projected to decline this...
