Sprint Nextel Corp. maintained its position at the top of Pali Research's customer care survey during the third quarter. Sprint Nextel is not a common recipient of such news (aside from CEO Dan Hesse's nod as an RCR Wireless News Mover & Shaker) but...
Memory cards are proving to be the largest revenue generator of all mobile handset accessories, despite shipping fewer units than other accessories like chargers and batteries, according to a new study from ABI Research.The overall accessory market is valued at $58 billion, said ABI.The...
Best Buy Co. Inc. has recently taken a deeper step into the wireless industry. The retailer sells 90 different handsets from nine different carriers in its stores and recently began opening standalone Best Buy Mobile stores. The company also completed a mobile life survey...
Shipments of home wireless audio and video connectivity products - including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UWB and 60 GHz - are expected to reach nearly 700 million worldwide by 2013, up from just 150 million this year, according to a recent study from ABI Research."Wireless video...
Various metrics for how the handset market is faring at this juncture are swirling like the snow in a paperweight designed to be shaken for pleasant effect. But this swirl of metrics is anything but pleasant. And how and when they settle could well...
A recent report from Visant Strategies found wireless backhaul needs in the United States are extending beyond base stations and into middle-of-the-network elements."As carriers deploy HSPA, WIMAX and EV-DO Rev A and B technologies, they are increasing the capacity of backhaul to these base...
Mobile coupons are expected to reach 200 million redemptions worldwide by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The mobile coupon market is most mature in Japan and Korea to date, but the United States and Europe are showing growth across all the...
The willingness of business customers to adopt mobile instant messaging has more to do with familiarity with PC-based IM services than with mobility, according to a recent study from ABI Research."The greatest adopters of mobile IM are T-Mobile subscribers whose demographic profile shows a...
Consumers have embraced Bluetooth-enabled mono headsets for mobile phones, but getting them to accept stereo Bluetooth headsets is another story.A new study from IMS Research predicts sales of mono Bluetooth headsets will increase by 10 to 20 million per year and could quickly reach...
The first responder terminal market is expected to reach $3.6 billion by 2013 from about $1 billion last year, according to a new forecast from ABI Research.Market growth is being driven by the standardization among agencies onto digital technologies like APCO/TIA Project 25 and...
The difficult global economy is not hampering growth of mobile messaging services, according to a new report from ABI Research.The firm said mobile messaging service revenues are expected to grow from $151 million in 2008 to more than $212 billion by 2013."Mobile messaging ARPUs...
Amid the macro-economic slowdown that threatens typically brisk sales in the crucial fourth quarter, there's at least one silver lining. Smartphone sales are up (you knew that) and that has increased consumers' satisfaction with their wireless experience. And that satisfaction comes despite the higher...
Shipments of ultra-mobile devices, which encompass ultra-mobile PCs, netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices, are expected to exceed 200 million units in 2013, according to a recent study from ABI Research.Netbooks account for about 90% of the UMD market today, but the segment will fall...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. claimed more than 22% market share in the United States last quarter, edging out the American icon, Motorola Inc., according to data released today by Strategy Analytics.
Yet the top three handset vendors in the U.S. are tightly bunched, with Samsung...
The strongest growth in Apple Inc. 3G iPhone sales is occurring among consumers who earn below the median household income, according to comScore/M:Metrics. While nearly half of iPhone owners earn more than $100,000 annually - the proverbial early adopters with high amounts of disposable...
Well-informed consumers looking for a new handset typically turn to online research first, using search capabilities and often searching for a specific handset, according to a new study of online shopping behavior. The online shopper is a high-value subscriber who typically spends more time...
The Wi-Fi Alliance said 5,000 consumer and enterprise products have now been Wi-Fi certified since the testing program started in 2000.The group said more than 1,000 of those certifications have been issued since September, 2007. Growth is being driven by the introduction of the...
Despite its youth, the mobile gaming industry has already reached the billion dollar benchmark, according to a report from In-Stat.The firm said it believes significant momentum for the gaming industry worldwide will continue to make the sector a key contributor to wireless data usage...
The lines of communications between parents and their children have not always been open and clear. But text messaging is proving to be one method of communication that parents and their children are embracing.A survey commissioned by AT&T Mobility and conducted by Synovate found...
Hispanic teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 represent a significant market segment for the U.S. wireless industry. A new report from MultiMedia Intelligence estimates the segment includes about 2.5 million subscribers and is expected to grow at rate of two-to-three-times that of...
Shipments of touchscreen-based mobile devices have nearly doubled since 2006, driven in large part by the popularity of the iPhone, said a recent report from ABI Research.The firm predicts revenue from the global touchscreen market for mobile phones and other handheld devices will reach...
