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Articles tagged with: Gartner and Presence
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down 6% - Smartphones Up 27% in Q2
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1 per cent decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed 40 million units, a 27 per cent increase from the same period last year, representing the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market. more
Related Tags: nokia, apple, samsung, motorola, lg, sony-ericsson,research-in-motion, htc, windows, three, os, qwerty
Mobile Payment Users Worldwide to Increase 70 Percent in 2009
The mobile payment industry will experience steady growth, as the number of mobile payment users worldwide will total 73.4 million in 2009, up 70.4 percent from 2008 when there were 43.1 million users, reports gartner. The research firm predicts that the number of mobile payment users will reach more than 190 million in 2012, representing more than 3 percent of total mobile users worldwide and attaining a level at which it will be considered "mainstream." more
Related Tags: mobile-banking, 3, billing, ussd, mobile-content, mobile-money, latin-america, africa
Eight Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2009 and 2010
gartner says that it has identified eight mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2010, impacting short-term mobile strategies and policies. more
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Worldwide Smartphone Sales Reached Its Lowest Growth Rate in Q3 '08
In the third quarter of 2008, the global smartphone market reached its weakest year-on-year growth since gartner began tracking the industry. Worldwide smartphone sales to end-users totalled 36.5 million units in the third quarter of 2008, an 11.5 per cent increase from the same period in 2007. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, apple, smartphones, wind, ofta, htc, blackberry, rim, sharp, touch-screen, symbian, 3, operating-system, windows, danger, sidekick, symbian-foundation, storm, nseries, os
Telecom Carriers Should Consider Partnering With Google
Google's influence and market power with key telecommunications industry stakeholders is having a significant impact on the industry, according to gartner. more
Related Tags: android, google, microsoft, skype, open-handset-alliance, dell, compete, mobile-internet, 800mhz, fcc, operating-system, linux, 700mhz, downlink, wired, cloud-computing, os, cloud
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