EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-The memory business did not fail chip companies last year, according to an annual semiconductor ranking from iSuppli Corp. The ranking showed that memory chip companies outperformed companies that concentrated on other products, said iSuppli.The sales revenue of companies such as Samsung...
NEW YORK-The next 18 months are crucial for the increasingly crowded field of mobile virtual network operators, according to consulting firm Global Advertising Strategies. According to a new study from the firm, MVNOs need to strengthen relationships with their wireless carriers and aggressively market...
MONTREAL-The sub-11 GHz broadband wireless market has grown 30 percent since 2003, from $430 million in 2003 to $562 million last year, according to a new research report from Maravedis. The report, "WiMAX and Broadband Wireless (Sub-11 GHz) Worldwide Market Analysis and Trends 2005-2010,"...
SEATTLE-Consumers in some of the world's fastest-growing wireless markets are the most likely users to upgrade to cutting-edge new phones, according to a new study from global market research firm GMI.The poll found that nearly 75 percent of respondents in India and China said...
BOSTON-Small screens and high prices will likely keep wireless adult content a niche-but billion-dollar-market in the next several years, according to a new report. The study, conducted by Strategy Analytics, indicates that less-expensive content and a more satisfying user experience on computers will prevent...
DALLAS-Research and consulting firm Parks Associates said the mobile-phone industry is in a unique position to set digital rights management standards that will work for consumers and industry players."Unlike the personal computing and consumer electronics spaces, the mobile-phone industry has been able to develop...
NEW ORLEANS-Wireless subscribership grew by 21.7 percent last year, according to CTIA's semi-annual industry survey released this week at CTIA Wireless 2005.Wireless subscribers now exceed 180 million, representing a penetration rate of more than 60 percent. The survey also found wireless users in the...
A new survey confirms what has become painfully obvious in society: Americans have a love-hate relationship with cell phones. University of Michigan preliminary data found that while more than 80 percent of wireless subscribers report mobile phones have improved their quality of life, 60...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The migration of fixed-line traffic to mobile networks is expected to create a $200 billion revenue opportunity for mobile networks as well as Internet Protocol technologies, according to an upcoming report from Pyramid Research called "The Future of Mobile Voice."Mobile operators will compete...
NEW YORK-Nearly half of the nation's 10- to 18-year-olds own mobile phones and a vast majority are interested in handsets that double as music players or cameras, according to a study from NOP World Technology. According to the survey-the fifth in a series of...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-The North American mobile game market will increase tenfold during the next five years, exploding into a $4.1 billion industry, according to a new study by Jupiter Research.According to the report, a combination of a widening gaming demographic, better user experiences, increased...
In the world of digital marketing, Will Hodgman sees himself as a kind of safe-cracker. Hodgman was the marketing savvy behind AdRelevance, a Seattle-based firm he co-founded with University of Washington computer science professor Dan Weld. AdRelevance quickly established itself as a leading online...
WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says cell-phone use by drivers is on the rise. In 2004, according to a new NHTSA survey, approximately 8 percent of all motorists in the United States-or about 1.2 million drivers-were using cellular phones (both handheld and hands-free)...
Continued growth in the wireless industry is likely to come from untapped market segments that may not prove as financially rewarding as the saturated early-adopter segments, according to a new report from Compete Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. The report, "Characteristics of...
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.-Companies involved in the radio-frequency identification market largely believe there are not enough available employees skilled in RFID technology, according to a new survey by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Eighty percent of the companies that participated in the survey said there...
Numbers show that the worldwide mobile-phone market increased to 674 million units in 2004, a 30-percent increase from sales in 2003. The research comes from Gartner Inc. and mirrors similar findings from the likes of Strategy Analytics and IDC."The market exceeded even the most...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-An exploding demand for full-track downloads will help push mobile music revenues to more than $9.3 billion by 2009, according to a new report from Juniper Research.According to the study, ringtones and master tones will continue to represent the bulk of mobile...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-GSM subscribers more than doubled in the Western Hemisphere during 2004, according to 3G Americas.In the Americas from December 2003 to December 2004, GSM added more than 59 million subscribers. Worldwide, 284 million new customers signed up to GSM networks, and total GSM...
LONDON-The worldwide equipment business for Wi-Fi enjoyed traction last year in revenue and unit sales, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. Global revenue stood at $2.8 billion for 2004, a 15-percent jump from 2003. Unit sales leaped 51 percent from the previous...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Most U.S. telecom companies are not tracking and assessing their competitors around the world, according to a new study.Two-thirds of more than 300 North American executives surveyed admit they have not instituted any formal practices to determine what the competition is doing,...
BOSTON-The deafening buzz surrounding mobile TV may be unwarranted, according to a report from Strategy Analytics.In the new study, "Mobile TV: Hype not Justified by Demand!," the consultancy argues that vendors rushing to bring broadcast services to market around the world may be overestimating...
ST. LOUIS-U.S. wireless operators will slowly migrate from CDMA networks to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing technology as they move from third generation to fourth generation, according to a report from the Rysavy Research and Datacomm Research Co. The study predicts that wireless local area...
In conjunction with its 20th anniversary in the country, Nokia Corp. reiterated its focus on China-the world's No. 1 wireless market-and promised to increase its presence there. "In 2004, Nokia not only retained, but clearly extended, its position as the No. 1 player in...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-The Mobile Marketing Association said it has formed two new working groups.The MMA Best Practices Committee, led by Enpocket Chief Operating Officer Mike Baker, will work to establish guidelines and recommendations for executing marketing campaigns via short message service, multimedia message service,...
