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Articles tagged with: Instant Messaging and Ims
Survey finds smartphones transforming mobile lifestyles of college students
Once reserved for busy business executives, smartphones are now being incorporated into the mobile lifestyle of college students, says new research from Ball State University. A recent survey of about 300 college students found that 27 percent own a smartphone as compared to the national average of 19 percent for working adults. more
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Rich Communication Suite Initiative Gains Momentum
The GSMA has reported significant progress in the Rich Communication Suite (RCS) Initiative, a service providing enriched communication capabilities such as in-call multimedia sharing, conversational messaging and presence-enhanced contact management, all accessible through a user's mobile phone contact list. The initiative has generated considerable momentum across a number of fronts since the GSMA brought RCS into its work programme in September 2008, including the delivery of the RCS Release 1 specification, the addition of new programme participants and the successful completion of interoperability tests. more
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Smith Micro Software and NeuStar Deliver IM Platform
Smith Micro Software says that it has partnered with NeuStar, a provider of clearinghouse and directory services to introduce a SIP/MSRP-compliant, IMS-based Instant Messaging Client Server solution. Fully tested within NeuStar's development interoperability program, Smith Micro's client supports enhanced Instant Multimedia Messaging and end-to-end presence functionality for popular Windows Mobile and Symbian devices. more
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Mobile Based Instant Messaging Popularity Surges
According to the second annual AP-AOL Instant Messaging Trends Survey, many IM users are spending time instant messaging from their cell phones. The survey, which examined instant messaging trends and usage habits among 1,246 IM users, revealed that 25 percent of respondents send IMs from their cell phones, including one in three (32 percent) teens. more
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Tekelec aims to open Venezuela office in Q1
US network applications company Tekelec expects to open an office in Venezuela in the first quarter of 2007, Tekelec's Brazil director Paulo Henrique Souza told BNamericas. more
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Majority of Teens Send More Instant Messages Than Emails
According to a new AP-AOL Instant Messaging Trends Survey, nearly three in four (72%) teens who use instant messaging (IM) say they send more IMs than emails, as do one in four (26%) adults. The report may offer some insights to people planning SMS and IM services on mobile phones. more
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Business Use of Wireless IM to Exceed $2 Billion
A new report from Strategy Analytics finds that a number of supply and demand side catalysts are aligning to accelerate business use of mobile Instant Messaging (IM) into a US$2 billion-plus opportunity in Western Europe and North America by 2010. From wireless access, to secure and fully auditable enterprise IM platforms, to public mobile IM services such as MSN Messenger, AIM and Yahoo! - both IT-sanctioned and rogue use of mobile IM is set to grow significantly. more
Related Tags: oracle, mobile-messaging, mobile-email, analytics, ibm, voicemail, strategy-analytics, nortel, rim, mobile-im, mobile-instant-messaging
Synergy with IM is Key for the Future Success of SMS
A research study conducted by LogicaCMG and STL amongst delegates at this year's Telco 2.0 and IMS Services Forum in London has revealed that the future success of mobile messaging services is dependant upon much closer interaction between mobile operators and leading internet players. The research, across 70 senior figures from the mobile industry, shows that in future successful mobile messaging will require operators and internet companies to work together to deliver successful integrated services which take advantage of each industry's respective strengths. more
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IM Network Deployment in Hungary
Comverse says that, working with Huawei it has been selected to supply IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) network infrastructure and applications for Magyar Telekom's T-Mobile and T-Com business lines in Hungary. In this project, Huawei and Comverse will provide IMS network infrastructure, converged services, and a range of IP multimedia applications such as Instant Messaging and Presence. more
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IMS Set-Backs Inevitable as Industry Ignores Handsets
A new research study from Disruptive Analysis has examined the evolution of IMS- and SIP-capable mobile handsets. While much attention has focused on deployments of IMS network infrastructure and applications, the need for a new class of phones has been largely forgotten. more
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