Wireless Facts and Figures

Always-online Internet junkies might seem to be the most likely users to lead the charge in adopting the mobile Web, but a recent ComScore study has found that assumption is …

Despite the disastrous ramifications the global economic crisis has had on other business sectors, a new report from research firm IDC predicts the global mobile industry will remain relatively unscathed …

Mobile video is slowly gaining traction among U.S. consumers, according to new figures from The Nielsen Company. The market research firm found 11 million Americans consumed wireless video during the …

Not only are American consumers not canceling TV (or broadband) because of the recession, people are watching more television than ever, according to new data released today by Nielsen.

The GSM Association said the worldwide wireless industry has reached the 4 billionth connection mark on its way to a predicted 6 billion connections by 2013. The association said growth …

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $12.5 million to back an effort to bring cheap mobile financial services to people in developing markets.The Mobile Money for the Unbanked …

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. plunged after the manufacturer said its quarterly earnings and gross margin would come in at the low end of expectations, despite better-than-expected subscriber growth.The …

Smartphone sales are expected to increase 95% to more than 300 million by 2013 and could help key brands like Nokia during the current economic downturn, according to a new …

Faced with uncertain financial conditions, corporations are cutting capital and operating budgets and the outlook for information technology spending this year – where wireless spend resides – has contracted from …

Text messaging remains the most profitable value-added data service, according to a new study from research firm In-Stat.The company said short message service (SMS) and multimedia message service (MMS) technologies …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. eked out a slim lead in market share over Motorola Inc. in the United States last year, in part due to the latter’s fading fortunes, according …

Sales of GPS-enabled mobile phone are expected to buck the global trend of handset shipment declines this year, according to a report from ABI Research.And even though the market is …

T-Mobile USA Inc. scored a 755 out of 1,000 possible points in J.D. Power and Associates latest wireless customer care performance study, the highest out of all carriers tested. The …

The difficult economy has had an effect on the Ultra Wideband market, with 2008 marking the exit of four UWB chip makers from the market, according to a report from …

Can a clever product name translate to market share? And can an unpopular name sink it? Researchers at Strategic Naming Development say yes. In a consumer study, they found the …

Top executives of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. have reached a deal to settle a dispute with Canadian regulators over the company’s past stock option practices.

Wireless infrastructure vendors can get through this rough economic time if they stay true to their core businesses, even as the economy continues to take financial hits.The world’s largest infrastructure …

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a bleak fourth quarter. The industry’s No. 4 carrier said it added 621,000 customers during the final three months of 2008, which was below the 670,000 …

Despite all the multimedia bells and whistles available to customers on their wireless phones today, nearly half of cellphone users still prefer to use their mobile phone only to make …

By 2011, more than 150 million customers worldwide will use their phone for mobile banking transactions, according to a new study from Juniper Research.The firm said mobile banking currently is …

Mobile handsets bolstered sales and profits at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the fourth quarter, as the Korean handset vendor cemented its No. 2 global position.The company shipped 53 million …

The U.S. mobile imaging market is expected to generate more than $500 million in revenues in 2013, according to a new report form research firm Parks Associates.The company said it …

Bluetooth technology has largely replaced wired headsets and is now making inroads in new markets, according to a report from IMS Research.The emergence of the A2DP profile, which allows stereo …

Mobile financial services are poised to become the next “it” application, according to research firm ABI Research.“Mobile financial services have the potential to be bigger than mobile TV and premium …

The current economic downturn will force companies of all sizes to proceed with caution as they continue to invest in enterprise mobility applications, according to a new report by Forrester …