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Articles tagged with: Idc and Iden
Vodafone Offers SMS Access to Twitter in the UK
Fast growing micro-blogging service, Twitter has announced via its own "macro-blog" that Vodafone UK has resumed allowing updates via SMS. Anyone in the world can update Twitter via SMS but receiving tweets on a mobile phone has been restricted to North America due to the costs of providing the service. more
Related Tags: sms, twitter, rsa, ict, vodafone, tim, ovi, vodafone-uk, bell-mobility, bell, UK
Mobile Phone Shipments Continue Robust Growth in Q2
After an impressive first quarter, worldwide mobile phone shipments fell just short of an all-time high in the second quarter of 2006 with volume of 237.8 million units. The robust quarter was enough to boast a 2.1% increase from the first quarter, and 22.5% more than the same quarter one year ago. According to idc's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, 470.7 million units have shipped so far in 2006, which suggests that the industry may be close to shipping 1 billion units for the full year. more
Related Tags: lg-electronics, walkman
New report into Israeli market
According to new idc research, users spent around US$3.97 billion on telecommunications services in Israel in 2003, with the market expected to show an average annual growth rate of 2.3% through 2008. Spending on voice services still represents more than 90% of total expenditure by private and commercial customers. more