ARLINGTON, Va.—The Telecommunications Industry Association has released a third-quarter supplement to its 2001 Multimedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast. The supplement explores policies, technologies and market drivers for domestic and international communications markets and outlines how slow growth in the first three quarters of...
SAN FRANCISCO—The most important feature a wireless phone can offer is E-911 location accuracy, according to the majority of Americans interviewed for a study conducted by Harris Interactive last month. 59 percent of those surveyed said "the ability to have 911 dispatchers locate your...
ARLINGTON, Va.—Consumers are finding it more important to carry wireless phones with them everywhere and are interested in more than just talking on them, according to a recent survey by the Consumer Electronics Association.CEA said that 48 percent of wireless phone owners claim they...
NEW YORK—Telematics has the potential to create $20 billion to $40 billion in revenues during the next ten years, according to a recently released Booz Allen Hamilton report. Telematics has the potential to transform car manufacturers into providers of recurring, high-end consumer services, the...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.—Two new studies show a huge market potential around the world for messaging services, and, according to Probe Research, U.S. wireless carriers are missing out."U.S. carriers could be leaving as much as $6 billion on the table each year by neglecting short...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—There is a potential market of 20 million users and annual revenues of $350 million for data mobility services, according to a new study from research firm Ovum.The study, commissioned by FusionOne, found that 63 percent of U.S. respondents would pay for...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.—A comparison study from The Broadband Wireless Internet Forum looking at adapting current third-generation technologies based on CDMA as a possible alternative transmission system for delivering non-line-of-sight, high-speed wireless broadband services concluded that the tradeoffs in quality would be unacceptable to consumers and...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Wireless Inc. announced the results of a study of ReFLEX network technology, which found that there is demand for ReFLEX networks and that the technology supports low-cost, high-performance devices.Arch, which operates a ReFLEX network, commissioned the study.
LONDON—Although European awareness of application service providers is growing, enterprises still seem cautious to implement the services, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan survey.Of the companies surveyed, 74 percent were accurately aware of ASPs as the entity that "manages and delivers application capabilities...
NEW YORK—Bell Labs researchers said Oct. 9 they have developed a software architecture, called Common Operations, that will enable global roaming across all wireless network types, including those providing third generation mobile and high speed fixed data access services."As next-generation high-speed mobile data networks...
LONDON—According to a recent Frost & Sullivan study, the pending introduction of GPRS may change mobile data access, especially among enterprises.According to Ben Connelly, a research analyst at Frost & Sullivan, many carriers are increasingly focusing on reducing subscriber churn and on keeping high...
BOSTON—In a recent report, analyst and consulting company Ovum warns that operators need to follow thought-out strategic business plans in order to successfully implement third-generation technologies in the foreseeable future."Operators need to be prudent. The capabilities and anticipated limitations of 3G technologies have been...
WASHINGTON—A traffic systems advocate on Sept. 10 said the current debate over whether using wireless phones is a distraction is a continuation of a debate that has gone on for many years regarding keeping drivers focused on the road."I think the cell-phone debate today...
LONDON-The viability of wireless local area network (WLAN) technology is growing more questionable as its speed continues to lag behind that of wireline LANs, according to one Frost & Sullivan research analyst."The disk drive is a simple technology that does what it was designed...
NEW YORK—A new study shows a surprisingly small number of consumers prefer to use speech-recognition technology, results that possibly dampen recent pushes by wireless companies to create a range of speech-recognizing applications.Jupiter Media Metrix's new report, "Managing the Migration to Speech Systems," shows that...
PLANO, Texas—A new study shows short message service chatting, embraced by European youth as the new cool way to communicate, is now quickly becoming a mainstay among adults age 35 and over.The latest Mobinet study, which covered 2,400 mobile-phone users in six countries, was...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—Ciber Inc. announced it merged with Overland Park, Kan.-based Century Computer Consultants Inc., a technology consulting services firm.The merger will help solidify Ciber's presence in Kansas City by adding 70 consultants to Ciber's office there, bringing the total to about 120 employees,...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., released the results of a study the company conducted to determine subscriber interest in 2.5- and third-generation multimedia messaging services.The research revealed a strong desire among business, residential and young subscribers to access multimedia services, including...
FRAMINGTON, Mass.—IDC said phone sales have dropped three percent this year, a reflection of what it described as the ongoing IT recession in the United States and worsening conditions in Europe.The research firm, however, foresees growth from 412 million sales this year to 672...
Cellemetry L.L.C.Numerex Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cellemetry L.L.C., will incorporate Ida Corp.'s Global Trakit Data Center in its Cellemetry network, enabling automatic vehicle location and remote asset management. According to Geoff Girdler, head of the Numerex wireless communication group, "This powerful tool for...
ScoreBoard likes to keep the networking slate clean of errors.The company, which specializes in network management and optimization for the mobile communications industry, helps operators to improve network quality and leverage existing core network assets and, therefore, lower costs.The key, according to the company,...
Rural Cellular Corp. reigned supreme during the first quarter of this year, according to Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown's recent metric ranking of 22 U.S. wireless operators. The report ranked each operator on five metrics included in their first-quarter financial results, including penetration gain, average...
NEW YORK-The worst is just behind or dead ahead for technology stocks, depending on whether you believe the bull or the bear who shared the dais at the New York Society of Security Analysts' "Internet Economy Conference."Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan has become...
CINCINNATI-Happy with his company's first-quarter 2001 results, Jim Orr, Convergys Corp.'s chairman, president and chief executive officer, explained: "All of our key financial metrics are growing led by increasing subscriber counts and greater outsourcing needs, as well as the expansion of the market for broadband...
