CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Carrier consolidation will cost the North American market $2.5 billion in reduced capital expenses during the next four years, according to new numbers from Pyramid Research."Consolidation opens a significant opportunity for vendors to increase revenues by providing network management and optimization services-especially as...
JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless spending across all U.S. households during the fourth quarter declined for the first time in almost three years, according to TNS Telecoms' latest survey.Average household spending on wireless came in at $50.59 during the quarter. Before that, wireless spending had increased during...
BOSTON-New research shows wireless operators across the globe are suffering declines in profits, with global margins falling below 40 percent for the first time in eight quarters. The numbers come as subscriber volumes continue to rise.According to research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics, subscriber...
DENVER-A new report from the SDR Forum said the international commercial cellular industry represents the most significant opportunity for the deployment of software-defined radio technology. The report, "Market Segmentation and Sizing" identifies several key attributes of the SDR market that make it attractive for...
SAN DIEGO-A new report from ON World said sales of ZigBee products will start ramping up by the end of the year. ZigBee will appear in consumer, residential and commercial markets first. However, the greatest returns are expected in the industrial sector, said the...
WASHINGTON-An Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer official has questioned the fire fighters' union about a study that suggested six fire fighters in California suffered medical problems due to five years of radiation exposure from a cell site at stations, a claim in a...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Although the wireless industry is showing strong forward momentum this year, an eventual slowdown is expected as subscriber penetration surpasses 75 percent of the U.S. population, according to a new IDC report.By the end of 2007, IDC expects carriers will focus mainly on...
TEMPE, Ariz.-New research shows that in wireless, it's out with the old and in with the new.According to a study from research and consulting firm Forward Concepts, handsets running older wireless technologies like TDMA and even GSM are scheduled for a decline this year,...
BOSTON-New research shows the handset industry shipped a total of 257 million camera phones worldwide last year, comprising 38 percent of the total handset market. The numbers are way up from the 84 million, or 16 percent of the total market, in 2003."Global camera-phone...
DALLAS-Sprint Corp.'s strong growth across many of its operational and financial metrics during the past several years could be difficult for the carrier to maintain, according to a report released by consulting firm Alexander Resources. The report claims to have examined and analyzed the...
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J.-The idea of using mobile phones for payment at physical points of sale is receiving increased interest, according to a new report from the Smart Card Alliance. The report, "Mobile Payments at the Physical Point-of-Sale: Assessing U.S. Market Drivers and Industry Direction,"...
WASHINGTON-A newly published Danish study found no link between cell-phone use and risk for certain brain tumors. The study, part of a large multi-nation European study, was published Tuesday by the American Academy of Neurology in the journal Neurology.The population-based, incident case-control epidemiology study...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications companies had the highest number of job cuts during the first quarter within the technology sector, according to a quarterly survey conducted by outsourcing company Challenger, Gray & Christmas."The biggest factor pushing tech job cuts to a five-quarter high was a surge...
Wireless appears to be busting at the seams. Carriers have been signing on record numbers of subscribers, handset makers have enjoyed double-digit growth and the industry's general malaise seems to be lifting. Thus, such successes make the numbers from research and consulting firm ARC...
LONDON-Young American wireless users will spend nearly $500 million on ringtones, ring-back tones and full-track mobile downloads by 2007, according to new research from mobileYouth.While CD single sales continue to decline, according to the report, record companies and artists will increasingly look to the...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Wireless revenues from sports-related applications will more than double this year, reaching $1.3 billion worldwide, according to a new report from Juniper Research.European users will continue to set the pace among wireless sports fans this year, generating 69 percent of worldwide revenues...
WASHINGTON-There are areas of the country that are too rural, too remote and cost too much to serve for telecommunications competition to be viable, said the author of a new paper on universal service."There is a general recognition that there is a fundamental tension...
NEW YORK-Leap Wireless has delayed the release of its annual report due to accounting changes, and announced a bonus plan for employees, according to a pair of Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Leap said it is unable to file its 10-K for 2004 with...
Leap Wireless has delayed the release of its annual report due to accounting changes and announced a bonus plan for employees, according to a pair of Securities and Exchange Commission filings.Leap said it is unable to file its 10-K for 2004 with the SEC...
New research shows that a large and growing number of young people have and use a mobile phone. According to a survey from Wireless World Forum, 50 million mobile-phone owners in the United States are under the age of 25, and they will collectively...
NEW YORK-The number of wireless Internet users last year grew 29 percent, according to a study from market research firm Ipsos."The Face of the Web" study is based on interviews in 12 global markets with more than 6,500 adult respondents. According to the report,...
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.-Nearly half of all adults believe vocabulary skills among the nation's youth are being corroded by instant messaging, e-mail and wireless phones, according to a new study by Reader's Digest.The survey of 1,000 U.S. adults found that 45 percent of respondents feel the...
NATICK, Mass.-The worldwide market for Session Initiation Protocol infrastructure and software could exceed $5.5 billion by 2007, according to research from Venture Development Corp.The company said worldwide shipments for SIP technologies hit $2.6 billion last year. VDC outlined several growth drivers for SIP, including...
SAN FRANCISCO-A study from Visiongain predicted it will take a major virus attack for mobile operators and handset companies to realize the potential market for anti-virus protection for mobile devices and to begin offering such services on a more widespread basis.Worldwide spending on mobile...
