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Articles tagged with: Global Mobile and Mobile Broadband
Africa, Middle East to Lead Mobile Broadband Subscriber Growth by 2012
Africa and the Middle East will lead the world in terms of the percentage of mobile broadband subscriptions through 2012, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. Although Africa and the Middle East generated 10 percent of global mobile revenue in 2008, the region contributed only 3 percent of global mobile data revenue, notes Dearbhla McHenry, analyst at Pyramid Research and author of the report. However, the region will double its share of global mobile data revenue by 2014 due to its growing popularity of mobile broadband in the region, in rich and poor markets alike. more
Related Tags: pyramid-research, mobile-data, sim, 3, africa, 3g-network, cagr
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: asia-pacific, 3g, eu, wcdma, rural, mts, cdma, hspa, iden, european-union, gsm, gsa, umts, union, wave, parliament, european-parliament
Mobile Communications Is Uniquely Placed to Drive Economic Growth
At the GSMA's Leadership Summit, bringing together 400 CEOs, government ministers and officials, industry leaders today stressed the unique role that broadband, specifically mobile broadband, can play as an economic stimulus. Those leaders called for governments to support the rollout of mobile broadband services to drive economic growth. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, rural, itu, china-mobile, telenor, ericsson, telecom-italia, gsma, 700mhz, play, mobile-broadband-network, television
Global Mobile Traffic to Increase 66 Times in Five Years
Cisco has published the details of its Visual Networking Index (VNI) Mobile Forecast for 2008-2013, providing key findings on a variety of Internet Protocol (IP) networking trends driven largely by the increased use of mobile broadband applications. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, 3g, iphone, mobile-data, cisco, cisco, ict, itu, blackberry, blackberry-storm, mobile-internet, mobile-video, laptop, 4g, bandwidth, free-mobile, storm, cagr
Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn
2009 will undoubtedly be a tough year for many global economies. However, despite uncertain forecasts, messaging company, Acision believes that the changing economic landscape will present many revenue opportunities for service providers. Based on the 2008/2009 New Year SMS figures alone, Acision predicts messaging and its associated revenues will continue to soar globally despite the economic downturn. more
Related Tags: sim-card, mms, mobile-messaging, sms, social-networking, roaming, arpu, twitter, ict, edge, driving, acision, outsourcing, personal, dongles, mobile-advertising, text-messages, 3, backhaul, smart, billing, opex, laptop, africa, globe
3G Should Keep the Mobile Phone Market Ticking Over in 2009
The global mobile handset market went into a tailspin in October and November, which will result in a nearly 5% YoY decline in unit shipments in Q4. While 2009 is likely to see more stormy economic weather, there are a few rays of sunshine. more
Related Tags: smartphone, wcdma, smartphones, abi-research, cdma, usb-modem, cdma2000, modem, modems, 2g
Emerging Markets Mobile Penetration to Rrise from 46% in 2008 to 95% by 2013
Mobile penetration rates are forecast to rise from 46% in 2008 to 95% by 2013 according to a new survey of 34 emerging market countries published by Tariff Consultancy. Already subscribers in the 34 countries total over 2.1 billion users (based on operator statistics as of mid-2008) which accounts for half of the world's mobile users (based on ITU estimates). By 2013 the 34 countries will have grown to 4.3 billion mobile users and will account for around two thirds of global mobile users more
Related Tags: sim-card, sms, voip, itu, hsdpa, top-up, India
UMTS900 Operator Case Study Shows Significant Cost and Coverage Benefits
The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published an operator case study on Finland's Elisa network which it says shows significant cost and coverage benefits of deploying 3G services in the 900Mhz spectrum band. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, rural, elisa, capex, mts, hspa, 900mhz, umts900, opex, indoor-coverage, indoor, gsm900, Finland
GSA Says Over 200 HSDPA Networks Worldwide
Over 200 HSDPA systems worldwide have launched commercial mobile broadband services, according to the latest research published by GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association. The GSA survey confirms 207 HSDPA networks have launched in 89 countries. This compares with 126 commercial HSDPA networks in 63 countries reported by GSA 12 months previously. more
Related Tags: mts, hspa, hsupa, 3, gsa, umts, hsdpa, uplink, downlink
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