LONDON-Mobile operators are positioned to beat other content providers at their own game, according to new research from Ovum. The research firm suggests mobile operators will generate more revenue from content than all other players combined by the end of 2005, with revenue produced...
LONDON-By 2008, more than 40 percent of mobile-equipped employees will wirelessly check company e-mail, calendars and contact data, according to research firm Analysys."Increasing revenue will come from general Web access over mobile networks, but this alone will not be enough to convince businesses to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless local area network market has grown 2 percent from the first quarter of 2003 to the second quarter of 2003, according to Dell'Oro Group. Revenues were $419 million for the second quarter, and total unit shipments were up 6 percent...
NEW YORK-A new study finds that the average selling price for mobile phones continues to drop, a situation that could put added pressure on the world's top mobile-phone makers.Research firm FastTrack Wireless Inc. found industry average selling prices fell an average of more than...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Although the sluggish economy has hurt a variety of information-technology companies-including those selling wireless wares-research firm IDC said verticals such as manufacturing, banking, health care and insurance represent bright opportunities."The worldwide economy ended 2002 much weaker," said Anne Lu, IDC's senior analyst for...
DALLAS-The hot-spot service market in the United States will garner revenues in excess of $800 million by 2007, according to a new report from Parks Associates. The research firm estimates service revenues for hot spots will reach $105 million for 2003 and will experience...
NEW YORK-Smart-antenna technology is now deployed in one of every 10 base stations in the works, according to new research from Visant Strategies Inc. The research group expects the smart antenna systems market to grow to $1.6 billion by 2008, fueled by the economic...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Total wireless handsets shipped reached 107 million units in the second quarter, demonstrating 12-percent year-on-year growth and 2-percent sequential growth, according to research from ABI. New features including color screens and camera phones likely fueled the growth. Replacement shipments accounted for 27...
BOSTON-Most people completely replacing their landline phones with wireless phones are between 18 and 24 years old, according to The Yankee Group's 2003 Mobile User Young Adult Survey.While 12 percent of respondents who said they had replaced their landline phones were in the 18-to-24...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless local area network market will grow from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $3.1 billion in 2007, according to new research from the Dell'Oro Group.The group expects most WLAN products to transition from 802.11b to 802.11g and then to 802.11 a/g...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Mobile e-mail will drive the growth of mobile data services for Western European businesses during the next five years, according to advisory firm Analysys.Analysys predicts 40 percent of people in Western Europe with business mobile phones will use mobile e-mail in 2008,...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Even without wireless local number portability, churn continues to increase, according to a recent study by Solomon-Wolff Associates that says annual churn is currently 17.7 percent, reflecting an increase of 62 percent during the past five years.According to churn ratios determined in...
LONDON-The worldwide ring-tone market totals an astounding $4 billion, a number that will likely draw music companies like BMG, Sony Music, EMI, Warner Chappell and Universal into the wireless market, according to new research from consulting company Strategy Analytics.The firm said the ring-tone market...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Businesses are likely to react to wireless local number portability, according to new research from The Management Network Group Inc. The research also showed wireless service continues to penetrate U.S. businesses, with 45 percent of respondents saying they plan to increase future...
Two-way messaging devices may have a niche in emergency services communications.U.S. emergency service organizations need an effective way to guarantee that their wireless devices and their users receive the emergency messages that are intended for them, according to research from Westlake Software Inc. Although...
LONDON-The gap is widening between the number of Wi-Fi end-user devices and the number of commercial Wi-Fi hot spots, but the devices should catch up within the next two years, according to two new studies from Juniper Research."The imbalance that we see now will...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Advanced handset features will be key to cdma2000 1x and GPRS networks, but the industry must guard against rapid price declines, according to a new report released by Allied Business Intelligence.As the technologies grow worldwide, replacement handset sales will drive market growth,...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Global Wi-Fi use will grow at a record pace, reaching 707 million users by 2008, according to predictions from Pyramid Research. However, the research firm expects Wi-Fi prices to fall at an equally rapid pace, with average revenue per user dropping from $30...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-There are now significant opportunities for carriers to generate revenue from non-voice content and services, according to a new report from Probe Group L.L.C. The research group found that companies offering billing, hosting and aggregating of mobile content are ready to meet...
NEEDHAM, Mass.-ATM operators could benefit from offering prepaid wireless airtime at U.S. automated teller machines, according to new research from financial services company TowerGroup. According to TowerGroup, non-financial electronic transactions are being aggressively explored as possible revenue streams for ATMs. At the same time,...
DALLAS-Wireless local number portability will lead only a moderate number of subscribers to churn, despite recent speculations claiming otherwise, according to Parks Associates' new U.S. Mobile Market Intelligence report."There have been claims that 25 to 30 percent of subscribers will switch operators as soon...
LOS ANGELES-Marketing and research firm Driscoll-Wolfe announced it will conduct a new marketing research study on consumer interest in location-based services and telematics to offer wireless carriers, automotive companies and other suppliers insight into consumer opinions on the services. The study, to be completed...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Interest in one-stop shopping for communications services continues to decline, with less than half the population still interested, according to new research from Solomon-Wolff Associates.The survey found that 46.1 percent of respondents were interested in getting local and long-distance phone service, wireless...
LONDON-Mobile operators should revise their pricing models for advanced mobile messaging services including multimedia messaging services, wireless e-mail and wireless instant messaging, analyst firm Ovum warns in a new research report.According to Ovum's forecasts, the number of mobile text messages sent per year worldwide...
