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NewsPoliticos tout mobile campaigning at CTIA
Former presidential candidates John Edwards and Fred Thompson headlined Thursday's keynote presentation at CTIA Wireless 2008, largely sidestepping pressing issues directly impacting the mobile Read more...
India set to overtake U.S. as number 2
According to a report from India's regulatory body the Telecom Regulatory Authority announced that India will become the second largest mobile phone market after China. The U.S. currently holds the Read more...
Report: Consumers comfortable banking on mobiles
According to a recent report from Harris Interactive, consumers are becoming increasingly comfortable using their mobile phones to access their bank account information and make payments while out Read more...
Should carriers sell laptops?
A recent report from Pyramid Research indicates that wireless carriers that sell laptops in their stores may help improve uptake of their wireless broadband services. According to the report, Read more...
Metric: Mobile broadband use up 154%
According to a recent report from ComScore, U.S. Internet usage via mobile broadband increased 154 percent during 2007. The study looked at data collected from computers that accessed the Internet Read more...
Live from MWC: Open systems, LTE and more
Live from MWC: Open systems, LTE and the mobile Web After a day spent scurrying between press conferences and briefings, I picked up some common themes Read more...
AT&T adds 2.7M subs
The largest U.S. wireless operator reported strong subscriber and revenue growth in fourth quarter 2007. Wireless revenues totaled $11.4 billion, up 16.3 percent over the year-ago quarter. Service Read more...
Qualcomm's profit up, meets expectations
For its fourth quarter report, Qualcomm posted a profit of Read more...
Report: Mobile marketing to hit $24B in rev
According to a recent report from ABI Research, mobile marketing is on track to hit $24 billion in revenue worldwide by 2013. That figure is nearly twelve times the sector's current revenue pull: Read more...
U.S. consumers want one m-payment account
According to a recent report from ABI Research, U.S. consumers are becoming more interested in using their mobile handsets for in-store payments using near-field communications (NFC), but most users Read more...
| Press ReleasesWireless Data Drives High Growth in U.S. Telecommunications Industry Says New ReportLondon, United Kingdom, 04/06/2008 - Report Buyer has added a new report showing that during 2007, total revenue for the U.S. telecommunications industry grew by around 8% to reach over $1 Read more... IPTV, Streaming Movie and Music Revenue Set to Explode, says Insight ResearchStreaming video and music distributed across the Internet or directly to a mobile handset is fast becoming a mainstream entertainment delivery vehicle that will generate more than $27 billion in Read more... In-Stat Survey Finds US Businesses Lagging in Securing VoIP SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Although VoIP may be on its way to widespread adoption, research indicates that many US businesses haven’t yet taken steps to increase security for VoIP Read more... US IPTV Revenues to Hit $13.7 Billion in 2012AT&T and Verizon Lead the Charge Boston, MA - March 4, 2008 - IPTV service revenues will approach $14 billion in 2012, growing from $694 million in 2007, according to "US IPTV Read more... IP Desk Phones Sold in 2008 to Create 47million kg of E-Waste London, UK 11th February 2008 OnRelay, a UK telecommunications software company, today issued a wake up call for European businesses to reconsider their investment in redundant IP telephony hardware Read more... |