The federal government estimates that one of every eight American homes uses only mobile phones for communications.The data comes from the National Health Interview Survey, which was conducted between January and June of this year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.--MTV Networks announced...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research's Julie Ask, Current Analysis'...
In its annual rating of wireless service, Consumer Reports christened Verizon Wireless and Alltel Corp. its top picks-and largely panned service from Sprint Nextel Corp.Based on nearly 48,000 responses from Consumer Reports' online subscribers, the magazine ranked the five largest wireless carriers' performance in...
A recent report from ABI Research says mobile line of business services revenues could reach nearly $5 billion by 2012.The firm noted enterprise data is typically available to employees only on company premises via computers connected to a company intranet. But mobile business process...
Carriers should be careful when developing a plan to deploy femtocells, according to a new report from Analysis.The firm said widespread deployment of the indoor base stations could begin as early as next year, but that large-scale rollout of femtocells is risky because many...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.--NBC Universal said...
The market for mobile first-mile backhaul equipment is expected to reach $8.2 billion by 2010, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.The company said Ethernet copper and fiber equipment are expected to lead the growth in the market. Infonetics said rapid growth in...
More than 1 billion W-CDMA handsets are expected to ship between 2006 and 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 22%, according to a report from IMS Research."The growth is fuelled by both the GSM and CDMA markets," said Bill Morelli, the report's...
Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol will quickly overtake voice-over-Wi-Fi technology and become a mainstream form of communication, predicts a new study from research firm Disruptive Analysis.The firm predicts the number of VoIP over 3G users could grow from virtually zero this year to more...
The third quarter saw consumer handset sales in the United States valued at $3.2 billion, a 47% jump over the year-ago quarter, according to new data from NPD Group. Those numbers are based on 38 million units sold to consumers.Smartphones catapulted to 11% of...
Flash memory will continue to dominate in mobile phones during the next few years, despite inroads being made by new hard disk drive (HDD) solutions in handheld devices, according to a new study from Parks Associates.The company predicts 99% of mobile phones will have...
Revenues from mobile games will grow to nearly $10 billion by 2009, driven by the increasing popularity of casual gaming and the larger variety of gaming-friendly handsets, according to a report from Juniper Research.The company predicts more than 460 million mobile users will download...
J.D. Power announced Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' handsets scored highest in overall customer satisfaction among U.S. and Canadian consumers in the consumer research firm's latest survey.SEMC ranked highest in features, battery life, physical design, operation and durability among U.S. consumers. Najmi Jarwala, president of...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. beat Wall Street's earnings expectations in spite of weak customer numbers, and the company's stock soared nearly 13% in early afternoon trading. MetroPCS' financial metrics were strong, with a 47% year-over-year increase in service revenue to $489 million. The company's total...
Just as we suspected: Smartphone sales far outpace the overall handset market in growth and will continue to do so over the next five years, according to new data from In-Stat. Projections call for a 30% compound annual growth rate for smartphones, in contrast...
The GPS chipset market during the next few years will be driven by integration into mobile devices like personal navigation devices and cellular phones, according to a new report from high-tech market research firm In-Stat.The most promising categories includes ultra mobile devices, handheld games,...
Mobile video phone sales will nearly double by 2010, from $58 billion in 2006 to $125 billion in 2010, according to market research firm Infonetics Research.Mobile video subscribers will also grow from just a few million in 2006 to 58.6 million in 2010, said...
Towerstream Corp.'s stock slipped a little more than 4% to $2.50 per share after the company reported a net loss of $1.75 million for the third quarter. Revenues for the quarter just barely surpassed the overall loss the company suffered. The fixed WiMAX service...
In Verizon's third-quarter results last week, the company tallied its wireless customers at 63.7 million-that number includes 1.8 million new ones.Though the marketer didn't specify whether the gains came from first-time cellphone buyers or by luring existing ones from competitors, it nevertheless seems a...
The average revenue per user among business users is 24% higher than among personal users, yet when it comes to mobile data services the gap is even wider with business users spending 80% more than personal users on multimedia and data services, according to...
Portable navigation solutions and software solutions for multi-user devices are expected to generate $11.8 billion in revenues in Western Europe by 2012, according to a report from Juniper Research.Fueling demand for the products are increasing traffic congestion on European roads, better quality products with...
Wi-Fi hot spots are not longer the domain of business travelers, as more traffic at sites is coming from personal use, noted a recent report from In-Stat. "Service providers are reporting an increase in the number of sessions originating from devices other than laptops,"...
Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc.'s customer additions for the third quarter decreased compared to previous quarters, while the company's churn rate increased. The carrier said it added 10,100 net customers during the third quarter of 2007-a sizeable decrease, given that the company had...
