An increase in mobile broadband connections, along with record telecom investments and smartphone penetration growth were the highlights of the Chilean wireless market in 2011.
According to the latest numbers from Chile's secretary of telecommunications (Subtel), the telecommunications industry generated $2.4 billion in investments in...
In today’s marketplace, there are three main competitors for mobile phone communications in the corporate world: iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. As of late, iPhone sales have moved
For U.S. Cellular (USM), first quarter results showed that a negative plus a positive can result in a slight positive, as the carrier’s shrinking customer base was offset by increased consumer spending resulting in revenue gains.
During the first three months of the year U.S....
The convergence of mobile communications and broadband Internet connections has created countless new opportunities and challenges for wireless telephony. This marriage of technologies has given birth to devices that are changing lives and changing business practices. Just as mobile devices are bringing together people...
For the past few years, at my direction, Accenture has studied usage of technology by consumers to identify major trends that might assist our corporate clients. Our most recent survey
At times, it appears as though wireless industry giants such as Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA can do just about anything they want. Especially in the U.S. the size and reach of the largest operators enable them to operate with...
An increased focus on subsidizing LTE handsets and dramatic drop in gross customer additions torpedoed MetroPCS’ PCS) first quarter results that sent stockholders scurrying.
MetroPCS reported an 82% drop in net customer additions for the first quarter, plummeting from nearly 726,000 new subscribers added...
Leap Wireless (LEAP) saw its stock price plunge more than 20% early Thursday following release of its first quarter financial results that showed an increase in expenses to support smartphone sales and a bevy of financial analysts cutting their price targets for the regional...
Wireless trade association CTIA shook up the plans for its annual spring event for 2012, pushing the shows traditional late March, early April timing until early May. In announcing the change last year, CTIA noted the move was due to requests from vendors that...
IT consumerization and the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend are changing companies and as consequence, their IT departments. If a couple of years ago, a company's chief information officer (CIO) was “the man” who decided all, current employees – and many high-level executives – are now...
Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular added some color to its LTE device plans, announcing the immediate availability of the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The device is set to run on the carrier’s LTE network that is available in select markets across Iowa, Maine, North...
Sprint Nextel continued to add to its LTE device lineup with the launch of the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone expected to hit shelves by mid-year. The device joins a trio of previously announced LTE-enabled devices by the carrier ahead of its LTE network...
Emerging markets will drive growth in worldwide smartphone sales in the years ahead, International Data Corporation (IDC) said in a recent survey entitled the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. According to the consulting and research firm, China will become the leading country-level market for...
Qualcomm and Telefónica announced an agreement focused on fostering the adoption of 3G and smartphones throughout Latin America. Under terms of the agreement, both companies will collaborate in an effort to bring a variety of 3G devices to the region, including smartphones enabled by...
If you've made it through a year without losing your phone, you're beating the odds. That's according to statistics from the mobile security experts at Lookout, who say their phone-finding app locates a lost or stolen phone every 3.5 seconds. Lookout surveyed its 15...
Most of us are familiar with “wireless triangulation,” which involves identifying the approximate location of a wireless device using IEEE 802.11 standards.
Almost one in three Americans now uses a smartphone, and 3 out of 4 have at least one mobile device. According to ComScore's quarterly report on the mobile phone industry, Samsung remains the top handset manufacturer with 25.4% of the market, followed by LG...
BARCELONA, Spain – Emerging markets and the carriers that serve those areas took center stage, literally, during day two of this week’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, as leaders from India’s Bharti Airtel, Telefonica’s Latin American operations and VimpelCom talked about the...
Following up on its pre-release of fourth quarter results last month, Leap Wireless rolled out the rest of the numbers showing improved financial results to go along with positive operational news.
Despite the results coming in just ahead of most estimates, Leap’s (LEAP) stock was...
The mobile line penetration in Ecuador is 108%, with 8.4% of people in the country having a smartphone, according to a report by the Ecuadorian Minister of Telecommunications and Information (MINTEL).
The report, based on a survey of nearly 22,000 households in December, 78.8%...
Mobile-health smartphone applications will take off in 2012, reaching $1.3 billion, according to a recent survey by market research and consultancy firm Research2guidance. The group estimates the current market size at $718 million.
“We think the m-health market will be mainly driven by private persons...
While worldwide mobile data traffic is expected to increase 18-fold over the next five years, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month by 2016, in Brazil the rate is slightly higher with Cisco Systems predicting an 19-fold increase between 2011 and 2016. That will result in...
Ever get a feeling of déjà vu? The longer I spend in the wireless industry (2012 will be 20 years), the more it seems that history repeats itself. This has become apparent recently as we have been looking at the developments in the smartphone market.
