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Articles tagged with: Abi Research and T Mobile
Active RAN Sharing Could Save Operators $60 Billion
A new study from ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 billion over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, eu, rural, vodafone, o2, lte, capex, telenor, 3, backhaul, tele2, infrastructure-sharing, opex
GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry
The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as AppleĂ's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, NokiaĂ's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony EricssonĂ's Xperia X1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS) despite the worsening economic climate. In turn this drives both third party LBS application development and the roll out of LBS infrastructure by carriers to support the much needed Secure User Plane Location (SUPL)-compliant Assisted GPS functionality. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, wi-fi, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, apple, smartphones, gps, ericsson, lbs, location-based-services, blackberry, personal, sony, a-gps, e911, personal-navigation-devices, displays, xperia
Business Customers’ Mobile IM Adoption More About Familiarity than Mobility
In a new White Paper, ABI Research reports that mobile IM adoption is negatively correlated to mobility. According to principal analyst Dan Shey, "The greatest adopters of mobile IM are T-Mobile subscribers whose demographic profile shows a high percentage who only work in an office. As office work typically requires PC access, mobile IM adoption appears more related to familiarity with IM through the PC rather than mobility itself." more
Related Tags: mobile-messaging, smartphone, arpu, driving, verizon, personal, mobile-im, sprint, displays, USA
Operators Find Five Ways to Drive Mobile Business Customer ARPUs
A new study from ABI Research identifies five factors that drive mobile business revenues for operators. They include occupation distribution, customer mobility, smartphone penetration, pricing, and device feature adoption. However the levers pulled by each operator attract a different customer demographic which in turn affects ARPUs. more
Related Tags: smartphone, arpu, verizon
Smartphones, iPhone, and Messaging Driving ARPU Gains for AT&T
Mobile messaging revenues are driven by smartphone penetration, occupation segmentation and pricing. AT&T has the best combination of these variables resulting in the highest mobile messaging revenues from the mobile business customer. A new study from ABI Research analyzes customer demographics and mobile services usage to create profiles of mobile business customer ARPUs for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, iphone, mobile-messaging, smartphone, arpu, verizon, USA
103 Million Consumer Fixed-Mobile Convergence Access Points in Service by 2013
The fixed-mobile convergence market (FMC) is on the brink of very interesting times, according to analysts at ABI Research. UMA-based Wi-Fi dual-mode solutions have seen some significant penetration in both Europe and North America thanks to successful market introductions by T-Mobile in the US (T-Mobile @Home) and Orange (unik) in France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. more
Related Tags: orange, wi-fi, rsa, femtocell, femtocells