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Articles tagged with: Asia Pacific and Eu
80% of Healthcare IT Executives Placing Increased Reliance on Mobility
More than 80 percent of global IT decision makers within the healthcare industry stated that mobile technologies are more important to their organizations today than they were in 2008, according to a recent research study commissioned by Motorola. Respondents cited key benefits such as increased order fulfillment accuracy, reduced manual errors and increased employee productivity due to the utilization of mobile technologies within various clinical settings. more
Related Tags: rfid, motorola, itu, driving, tim, ovi, iden, vas, personal, fixed-mobile-convergence, USA
EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz
The decision by the European Parliament to accept the amendment of the GSM Directive to allow UMTS (WCDMA-HSPA) technology to be deployed in the 900 MHz band has been welcomed by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). more
Related Tags: 3g, wcdma, rural, mts, cdma, hspa, iden, mobile-broadband, european-union, gsm, gsa, umts
Mobile broadband to be worth $137 billion by 2014
Users of mobile broadband services (3G and 3G+ technologies) will grow from 181 million in 2008 to over 2 billion in 2014, growth of 1024%, according to Ovum's latest research. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, arpu, driving, lte, ovi, ovum, iden, usb-modem, vas, mobile-broadband, opex, laptop
EDGE Continues to Dominate New Base Station Deployments in 2009
EDGE will dominate new base station deployments in 2009 with over 40% of new base station deployments, reports In-Stat. The slowdown in the global economy is having an effect on EDGE base station deployments as operators push out deployments. There will be a slight decline in new EDGE base station deployments from 2008 to 2009, resulting in 2008 being the zenith of EDGE deployments. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, edge, td-scdma, cdma, hsupa, in-stat, sharp, base-stations, gsm
Asia-Pacific Telecom Sector Well-Placed to Defend Credit Profiles
Debt ratings agency, Fitch Ratings says in a new report, that notwithstanding the impact of the current recessionary environment, the overall Outlook for the Asia Pacific telecoms industry is Stable, and most operators are well-placed to defend their credit profiles. The report explores how key financial metrics will move for each of the operators across Asia Pacific in 2009 and conclude that while revenue growth is likely to slow, cash flow from operations (CFO) and free cash flow (FCF) after dividends are likely to, on average, moderately rise. more
Related Tags: itu, fitch-ratings, china-mobile, seven, weather, fitch, cfo
Managed Services for Network Equipment OEMs to Reach $6.4 Billion in 2009
Managed services for mobile networks returned about $19 billion revenue in 2008, ($5.8 billion for network services and $13.4 billion for IT-related services.) Europe led managed services adoption: Tier One operators there face stiff competition, so they have turned to managed services to improve their margins. According to a new study from ABI Research, that $19 billion figure represents only a small part of the potential addressable market. more
Related Tags: orange, nokia, ibm, abi-research, alcatel-lucent, verizon-wireless, ericsson, verizon
Q4 Mobile Base Station Contracts Surge With Nokia Siemens Networks on Top
EJL Wireless Research has published its fourth quarter 2008 base station contract analysis results. Despite the global financial crisis that has engulfed the wireless telecom industry, fourth quarter base station contracts totaled 182, increasing from 112 in Q3. more
Related Tags: nokia, base-station, huawei, zte, cdma, hspa, ericsson, nokia-siemens-networks, 112, cdma2000, hspa+, siemens, nokia-siemens
Survey: Mobile Sector Expects to Buck Economic Trend in 2009
New research, commissioned by OSS vendor, Comptel has found that mobile service providers are surprisingly upbeat about the mobile sector's potential in the year ahead. The research found that over half expect mobile operators to be less affected than the wider economy and the majority think that mobile operators face less of a challenge than service providers from other sectors of the communications industry. more
Related Tags: itu, driving, revenue-assurance-, oss, comptel
WiMAX Forum Supports Decision on Harmonization of 2.6 GHz Bands
The WiMAX Forum has commended the European Commission on the completion and publication of an important new regulation relating to the 2.6 GHz (2500-2690MHz) frequency band. The 2.3, 2.6 and 3.5 GHz frequencies are key bands for Mobile WiMAX technology. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, european-commission, wimax-forum, mobile-broadband, tim, european-union
Vodafone's First Half Results - An in Depth Study
This article, supplied by The Mobile World contains more charts and data in their subscription service. more
Related Tags: mobile-messaging, mobile-data, telekom-malaysia, verizon-wireless, arpu, swisscom, vodacom, proximus, essar, telecom-egypt, telsim