More than half a million buildings will be equipped with in-building wireless systems by 2013, according to a new report from ABI Research.ABI said drivers for in-building system growth include frequency spectrum band distribution, network air interface protocol, data services adoption forecasts, customer ARPU...
In part due to social networking and internet commerce, smartphone users are spending an average of more than 4.6 hours per month browsing the mobile web in the US and nearly 2.5 hours per month in Britain, reports M:Metrics - via MarketingCharts .
Verizon Wireless continues to please its business customers, both big and small. According to the J. D Power and Associates 2008 Business Wireless Satisfaction Study, released today, the carrier ranked highest in overall customer satisfaction for wireless data service, effectively meeting customer expectations and...
According to Opera's survey of the more 11.9 million Opera Mini users in March, almost 41% of mobile traffic now goes to social networking -- up to 60% in some countries, including the US. Compare that to about 6% of total web traffic for...
Ovum, a consulting firm that specializes in telecom and software consulting, released a study this week projecting that the global market for managed services will deliver revenues of $66 billion by 2012.
User-generated video content has proved more popular than expected, with significant growth in China, according to a new report from In-Stat.Higher-quality content and increasing file size maximums will push the demands of bandwidth to a faster growth rate than the number of files/videos served,...
The mobile digital commerce services market reached $1.1 billion last year and is expected to grow to $1.9 billion in 2012, according to a report from MultiMedia Intelligence.The market includes digital commerce service providers that process the financial transactions for premium content for music,...
The United States is expected to add more than 65 million mobile subscribers to the worldwide subscriber base between 2007 and 2012, according to a new report from Portio Research.About 1.8 billion subscribers are expected to be added worldwide during the period. Two-thirds of...
New government data suggests wireless substitution continues to rise, a trend that could become a bigger factor in telecom policymaking. The preliminary results of the National Health Interview Survey, conducted under the auspices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, indicates that one...
The worldwide service provider switching and routing equipment market grew 25% during the first quarter to $3.1 billion, according to analyst firm Ovum RHK."There were no significant market share movements in 1Q08," said Mark Seery, VP at Ovum. "Alcatel-Lucent returned to 2Q07 revenue levels,...
Mobility continues to be a top investment priority for enterprises, according to a new survey by Aberdeen.The survey found that businesses increased their planned spending on wireless by 7.6% over last year.In addition, business professionals named mobility as one of the top three technologies...
Mobile messaging revenues are expected to grow to $212 billion by 2013, according to new predictions from ABI Research.The growth will be driven by increasing popularity of short message service, strong mobile e-mail uptake in developed regions, messaging adoption in Asia-Pacific and social networking...
A new report from Juniper Research predicts WiMAX growth will begin to take off in the period between 2009 and 2011, growing to more than 47 million subscribers worldwide by 2013.The report predicts WiMAX will find a strong foothold as a substitute for DSL...
Redback Networks, an Ericsson company (NASDAQ:ERIC) that makes video-centric routers for 75+ percent of the world's largest triple-play networks, today announced the results of an Ovum/RHK study, which found that telephone operators made up to $36 billion selling broadband services on Redback
