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Articles tagged with: Eu and Apple
Financial Sites Popular Among Older European Mobile Web Users
comScore has reported that financial services sites, such as those offering banking and stock trading services, are the most popular among european mobile subscribers older than 55, while teenagers are more likely to visit social networking, entertainment and even comic sites on their mobile devices. more
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MTS and Sicap Team up to Offer Dynamic SIM Services in Belarus
Mobile network operator, MTS Belarus is to launch a SIM upgrade which will continuously display a PrePay customer's balance on their mobile phone display. The service is being provided by Sicap. Real time information is enabled by connecting a Sicap over the air SIM applet to the MTS call billing server. As such, each call is immediately debited from the account balance and the updated remaining credit displayed. more
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IDC Predicts Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments To Fall 8.3% in 2009
The worldwide mobile phone market felt the full effects of the economic crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008 as shipments fell 11.6% year over year, marking the first time the holiday quarter has not recorded double digit growth in seven years. This closed out a year that was dismal at best, yet overall 2008 managed to grow 4.3% over 2007. This has set the stage for what IDC predicts to be a very rough 2009, with the most recent market forecast anticipating growth of -8.3% for the year. more
Related Tags: iphone, smartphone, ict, smartphones, idc, bric, seven, apple-iphone
Russians Ask Interpol to Find Former Mobile Phone Retailer
Russian prosecutors have sent a notice to Interpol seeking the arrest and extradition of Yevgeny Chichvarkin, 34 the former co-owner of Russian mobile phone retailer, euroset. Mr Chichvarkin is understood to be in the UK at the moment, after leaving Russia in January, following allegations of kidnapping and phone smuggling. more
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Nokia Smartphone Sales Fall as RIM, Apple, Samsung Take Market Share
In the fourth quarter of 2008, worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units, an increase of 3.7 per cent on the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Global sales of smartphones for 2008 reached 139.3 million devices, up 13.9 per cent compared with 2007. more
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Foxconn Full-Year Profits Drop 83%
..rse than the mean estimate of US$260.51 million from 14 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. The company put the lower results down to a mix of lower demand, higher operating costs and currency fluctuations, along with higher income taxes. Reven more
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Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?
The market for Western european converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's european Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Deutsche Telekom Surprises with a Fourth-Quarter Loss
Deutsche Telekom has reported a surprise fourth-quarter loss on an impairment charge and shaken up its management team to focus on regions as opposed to industry segments. The company reported a loss of €730 million (US$920 million), compared to a loss of €750 million a year ago. The loss was blamed on a write down of the value of Greece's Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE). more
Related Tags: android, deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, 3g, iphone, t-mobile-usa, lte, ote, apple-iphone, telekom
Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western european mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's european Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Mobile phone manufacturers are 'losing their touch' according to customers
Mobile phone manufacturers risk losing their customers as they race to incorporate touch-screen features into their phones in a bid to copy Apple's success, according to feedback from shoppers collated by european customer review website, Reevoo.com. more
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