Articles tagged with: Driving and Compete

Consumer Demand Steady for iPhone, BlackBerry - But What About the Palm Pre?

..driving this Palm uptick, as we'll see in a moment. Going forward RIM planned purchases remain strong - an accomplishment considering RIM recently completed a wave of new product launches, which normally results in a slowdown in the aftermath. more

Submissions for the Annual Meffys Awards Announced

..nt. The Meffys present an ideal idea opportunity for the visionaries and leaders driving this remarkable evolution to showcase successes and compete to be recognised as the industry's best." This year's Meffys 2009 introduces a new award categor more

Smartphones to Account for 23% of All New Mobile Phones by 2013

Rising demand for complex multimedia-centric applications is forcing handset manufacturers to design increasingly �smart' and highly personalised mobile devices. A new smartphones report from Juniper Research forecasts that these so-called �smartphones' will account for 23% of all new handsets sold per annum by 2013. more

Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined by 12.6% in Fourth Quarter

The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 289.0 million units, 12.6% lower than the 330.8 million units shipped during 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped a total of 1.18 billion units worldwide, 3.5% greater than the 1.14 billion units shipped during 2007. more

China Should Adopt Technology Neutrality for 3G Services

..s with others. Just like the competition between CDMA and GSM is driving the improvement of these two technologies," Mr Meng said. China Unicom is expected to go down the WCDMA route, while China Telecom - which recently brought Unicom's more

Worldwide mobile cellular subscribers to reach 4 billion mark late 2008

.. in spreading mobile telephony by driving competition and bringing down prices. India's mobile operators increasingly compete for low-income customers and Average-Revenue-Per-User in India has reached around USD 7, one of the lowest in the worl more

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Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances

.. stop charging licensing fees, further driving adoption and innovation in Symbian's software. Symbian is primarily on Nokia devices, while the other major handset makers offer only a few cellphones using the operating system. "The wide su more

Mobile Broadband, M&A to Top Colao's Agenda at Vodafone

.. Top of Vittorio Colao's agenda when he takes over the reins of Vodafone Group in July will be driving wider adoption of mobile broadband and deciding which assets to buy in Asia and Africa, as the world's top mobile phone operator looks for wa more

Will mobile Internet services be the next big gamble for mobile phone makers?

..mely, a focus on driving their design and business models based directly on consumer insights will be vital. Also, the development of a participation in a standards-based, open ecosystem for devices and services will be a boon for innovation. more

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Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Grows 14.3% Amid Economic Jitters

..ow cost segment will remain present in certain emerging markets throughout 2008, driving worldwide shipment growth. In contrast, more mature regions are increasingly characterized by highly competitive markets for replacement handsets and somew more

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